Music played a key role in the civil rights movement. People marched to freedom songs while artists from Sam Cooke to Bob Dylan took the message to the masses in recordings as enduring as "A Change is ...

We shall overcome (originally publishing: New York : Oak Publications, 1963) -- Freedom is a constant struggle (originally publishing: New York : Oak Publications, 1968). We shall overcome. Sit-ins ...

Nearly 62 years ago, Bob Dylan — or Bobby Dillon, according to an article — performed in Mississippi, where he sang in honor of Medgar Evers. By John Otis If someone tried to compile every New York ...

With a lauded reputation in music's political history, David Crosby praised one band years later for having unleashed a cut that matched his own activism.

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Beyoncé wrapped her final London show with a tribute to Paul McCartney and a Stella McCartney ensemble while performing “Blackbiird.” The Grammy-winning artist delivered the track to a packed crowd at ...

Amid the counterculture engulfing the Western world, France's May 1968 political turmoil found its flames fanned by the era's pop hits in the country's charts.