Throughout history, musicians have used music as commentary on current events. It’s often powerful, and it’s a phenomenon ...

Messersmith captured the unexpected occurrence in a video, filming himself listening and laughing as The Current's Jill Riley ...

Artists from Jesse Welles to Nashville songwriter Zach Schmidt are singing about the senseless killing of Renee Good ...

When Maui musician Gail Swanson was growing up in Chicago, she would often accompany her mother on protest marches. “On the ...

Venezuela has a deep tradition of reflecting political change through music. This week, as the country reels from the seizure ...

Bob Dylan started his career by writing inherently political protest music. He moved away from this style of music relatively quickly, but his protest songs are still culturally significant. When ...

The set-up for a typical Jesse Welles video is simple: the 32-year-old stands in an open field under a string of powerlines, clutching an acoustic guitar. From behind a tousled, curly mop of hair, he ...

Jamie Laurie is best known as Jonny 5, and the lead emcee and founder of Denver’s hometown hip-hop sensation Flobots has been busy.

Today, entertainment is political. Despite this trend, however, political conviction continues to elicit resolute objection: people continue to dislike the invasive nature of today’s politics, and ...

Like Fela, Falz packs his music with playfulness and satire while also stirring public consciousness with activist lyrics.

Hundreds of people gathered in the centre of St Petersburg in a rare moment of protest against Russian president Vladimir Putin to sing anti-war songs. A crowd of young people gathered to sing ...