Political Folk & Protest Songs
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Arlo (son of Woody) gave
folk music a playful, hippie
twist with epic narratives
("Alice's Restaurant") and
social awareness.
First inspired, then
disgusted by punk's
quasi-Leftist posturing,
Bragg sang from where
Woodie Guthrie and Phil O...
Discovered by Ralph Peer,
Reed was an anachronistic
protest singer and fiddle
player who scorned the
rich folks of the 1920s.
Odetta Gordon, the first
black political folk singer,
influenced many others to
pick up an instrument in
melodious protest. After f...
Known for his songwriting,
politics and five-string banjo
playing, Seeger has been a
key figure in folk music
since the '30s. Pete Seege...
Ochs' songs play like the
soundtrack to the late '60s,
as many reflect America's
disillusionment with the
Vietnam War. Topical pro...
This modern folksinger
found her way into the
singer-songwriter scene via
the L.A. hardcore scene of
the 1980s.
Too old for letterman
sweaters, the Weavers
were a clean-cut folk troop
with looks and songs as
square as the Kingston Tri...
Woody Guthrie is folk music
personified, plain and
simple. Even more than
Dylan, he's the genre's
icon. Guthrie wrote one o...
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