One of the most effective protest songs of 2018 doesn’t mention Donald Trump by name. It doesn’t push back directly against one of his controversial policies, nor does it question the means by which ...

Last Friday, just two days before the Army Corps of Engineers announced it will reroute the Dakota Access Pipeline from the Standing Rock reservation, artists, activists, and music fans gathered at ...

MinnPost’s reporting is always free, but it isn’t free to produce. We rely on donations from our readers to fund our independent journalism. In life, “Front Row” Paul Engebretson championed music and ...

Bejeweled in blue and gold, a Lebanese musician struts across stage, weaving her hands into the air, hips leading with ease, ...

Artistic expression has always been an effective weapon against oppression. And according to Boulder Philharmonic Orchestra music director Michael Butterman, that sentiment is at the heart of the ...

Originally published by The 19th In 2007, Rissi Palmer became the first Black woman to have a country song reach a Billboard chart since Dona Mason in 1987. Even then, Palmer was acutely aware of the ...

Musical activism is nothing new. Think of Jimi Hendrix protesting the Vietnam War at Woodstock with his distorted, electronic take on the “Star-Spangled Banner.” So it should come as no surprise that ...

We live in an age of noise. Even an absent-minded soul can expect to be bombarded by information that is manipulated to distract, entice and further influence us. Our platforms, our infrastructures, ...

Perhaps the smartest move Ultra Music Festival has made recently was the creation of the Resistance stage. What began as a single stage in 2015 has become a brand in and of itself. Resistance has ...

Funkadelic never said that a lecture is funkier than a party — but they weren’t far off. To wit: understanding why one of New York’s hottest techno tickets this weekend isn’t some 2 a.m. DJ gig in a ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Cafe Resistance celebrated its one-year anniversary on June 22 with vendors, music, and family fun. Opened by State Rep. Angie Nixon, the bookstore located on Soutel Drive in ...