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Protest Songs

Protest Songs Song Highlights

Desolation Row Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan
The Revolution Will Not Be Televised Gil Scott-Heron
Gil Scott-Heron
Love Minus Zero/No Limit [Take 2]
Bob Dylan
Darkest Hour Arlo Guthrie
Arlo Guthrie
Union, God and Country Steve Earle
Steve Earle & the Dukes
Mozambique Bob Dylan / Jacques Levy
Bob Dylan
Tangled Up in Blue Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan
Talkin' New York Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan
John Brown Marc Ribot
Marc Ribot
You're Still Standin' There Steve Earle
Steve Earle / Lucinda Williams
Mystery Train, Pt. 2 Steve Earle
Steve Earle
Black Diamond Woody Guthrie
Woody Guthrie
False from True Pete Seeger
Pete Seeger
Do Re Mi Woody Guthrie
Woody Guthrie
The Grand Coulee Dam Woody Guthrie
Woody Guthrie
Civil War Joe Henry
Joan Baez
Baby, I'm in the Mood for You Bob Dylan
Odetta
City of New Orleans Steve Goodman
Arlo Guthrie
Last Train Arlo Guthrie
Arlo Guthrie
500 Miles Hedy West
Peter, Paul and Mary
My Country 'Tis of Thy People You're Dying Buffy Sainte-Marie
Buffy Sainte-Marie
Tape from California Phil Ochs
Phil Ochs
Way Over Yonder in the Minor Key Billy Bragg / Woody Guthrie
Billy Bragg / Wilco
Lookin' for a Woman Steve Earle
Steve Earle & the Dukes
This Land Is Your Land Woody Guthrie / Traditional
Woody Guthrie
Johnny Magic Neil Young
Neil Young
Woody’s Ghost, Pt. 1 David Bernz
David Bernz
The Times They Are a-Changin' Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan
The Sinking of the Reuben James Traditional
Almanac Singers
If I Had a Rocket Launcher Bruce Cockburn
Bruce Cockburn
The Knowing Ani DiFranco
Ani DiFranco
Lay Down Little Doggies Woody Guthrie
Arlo Guthrie
The Other Side of This Life Fred Neil
Peter, Paul and Mary
The Times They Are A-Changin’ Bob Dylan
Peter, Paul and Mary
Life Boat Ani DiFranco
Ani DiFranco
Leaving on a Jet Plane John Denver
Peter, Paul and Mary
Give Yourself to Love Kate Wolf
Peter, Paul and Mary
Dance and Sing Bright Eyes
Bright Eyes
The Calendar Hung Itself... Conor Oberst
Bright Eyes
Down by the River Neil Young
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
Blues for Heaven Jon Herington / Madeleine Peyroux
Madeleine Peyroux
Brother Is Gone Ry Cooder
Ry Cooder
I Am the One Who Will Remember Everything
Dar Williams
Society's Child
Janis Ian
Twelve-Thirty (Young Girls Are Coming to the Canyon) John Phillips
Rufus Wainwright