GBH News anchor Henry Santoro offered his three playlist picks, all of which take on a common theme: protest songs.

“I was so shellshocked and this was the only way I knew how to move forward,” Gerber says. “I thought, ‘what can I do that’s ...

Curtis Mayfield was one of the strongest musical voices during the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s, and no song cemented that position more than this one.

Randle Chowning, founder of the Ozark Mountain Daredevils, writes about songs that tell a story and shares one based on a ...

Smithsonian Folkways Recordings playlists, Sounds of the Civil Rights Movement and Peace Songs of the 1960s, reveal the vibrancy of the genre.

My music taste — eclectic some would say: 90s Garage Dad Rock, Frederic Chopin (while I am studying), Granola Indie/Folk music and 60s/70s British Invasion — ranges depending on my mood, nonetheless, ...

These classic rock powerhouses defined the 1960s era of rock and roll music, and I doubt you won't recognize them.

The internationally renowned Jamaican singer, best known for “War Ina Babylon,” died of complications from a heart condition ...