Playlists
Brilliant free playlists for your utmost listening pleasure, curated by the one and only (me). All work in progress; more playlists in the making!
Songs of the World
Will I ever complete this list? Unlikely… but it’s a start!
- 🇦🇷 Argentina: Gustavo Cerati - Tabú
- 🇦🇲 Armenia: System of a Down - Aerials
- 🇦🇺 Australia: Ninajirachi - Infohazard
- 🇧🇷 Brazil: Jorge Ben Jor - Ôba, Lá Vem Ela
- 🇧🇬 Bulgaria: Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares - Kalimankou denkou
- 🇨🇦 Canada: Devin Townsend - Deadhead
- 🇨🇳 China: Cheng Bi - I Want to Waste Time with You
- 🇨🇴 Colombia: Shakira - Ojos así
- 🇨🇺 Cuba: Buena Vista Social Club - Chan Chan
- 🇩🇰 Denmark: Mercyful Fate - A Dangerous Meeting
- 🏴 England: Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
- 🇪🇪 Estonia: Arvo Pärt - Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten
- 🇫🇮 Finland: Oranssi Pazuzu - Uusi teknokratia
- 🇫🇷 France: Lorien Testard - Alicia
- 🇩🇪 Germany: Konstantin Wecker - Willy
- 🇭🇰 Hong Kong: Faye Wong - Dreams
- 🇮🇸 Iceleand: Björk - Hyperballad
- 🇮🇩 Indonesia: The Trees & The Wild - Empati Tamako
- 🇮🇪 Ireland: My Bloody Valentine - when you sleep
- 🇮🇹 Italy: Ennio Morricone - L’estasi dell’Oro
- 🇯🇲 Jamaica: Bob Marley & The Wailers - Get Up, Stand Up
- 🇯🇵 Japan: Shiina Ringo - Honnou
- 🇱🇧 Lebanon: Fairouz - Al Bosta
- 🇲🇽 Mexico: Juan Gabriel - Hasta Que Te Conocí (En el Palacio de Bellas Artes)
- 🇲🇳 Mongolia: Egschiglen - Goviin Magtaal
- 🇳🇿 New Zealand: Ulcerate - Drown Within
- 🇳🇬 Nigeria: Fela Anikulapo Kuti and Afrika 70 - Zombie
- 🇳🇴 Norway: Emperor - Ye Entrancemperium
- 🇵🇰 Pakistan: Arooj Aftab - Mohabbat
- 🇵🇸 Palestine: Mohammed Assaf - Dammi Falastini
- 🇵🇱 Poland: Krystian Zimerman / Frédéric Chopin - Ballade No. 1 Op. 23
- 🇷🇺 Russia: Vladimir Sofronitsky / Alexander Scriabin - Piano Sonata No. 3 Op.23
- 🏴 Scotland: Cocteau Twins - Heaven or Las Vegas
- 🇰🇷 South Korea: Parannoul - White Ceiling
- 🇪🇸 Spain: Javiera Mena - Cámara lenta
- 🇸🇪 Sweden: Opeth - Blackwater Park
- 🇨🇭 Switzerland: Mani Matter - I han es Zündhölzli azündt
- 🇹🇼 Taiwan: Bao Meisheng - My Little Jasmine
- 🇹🇭 Thailand: Desktop Error - Kwan Jang La
- 🇺🇸 United States: Nina Simone - Sinnerman
- 🇻🇳 Vietnam: Vũ Thanh Vân - Em không
- 🇿🇲 Zambia: Backxwash - Vibanda
We Shall Not Be Moved: A Chronology of US Protest Songs
North American songs covering socialist, anarchist, feminist, anti-fascist, anti-war, anti-imperialist, anti-racist, abolitionist, pro-worker, and/or pro-LGBTQ themes. Mostly US, some Canadian.
- 1944: Woody Guthrie - This Land Is Your Land
- 1944: Woody Guthrie - Tear the Fascists Down
- 1963: Pete Seeger - We Shall Overcome
- 1964: Sam Cooke - A Change Is Gonna Come
- 1964: Nina Simone - Mississippi Goddamn
- 1965: Nina Simone - Sinnerman
- 1966: Phil Ochs - I Ain’t Marching Anymore
- 1966: Barbara Dane - It Isn’t Nice
- 1969: Nina Simone - Revolution
- 1970: Barbara Dane - We Shall Not Be Moved
- 1971: Gil Scott-Heron - The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
- 1971: Marvin Gaye - What’s Going On?
- 1972: Aretha Fanklin - Young, Gifted and Black
- 1973: Stevie Wonder - Living for the City
- 1981: Dead Kennedys - Nazi Punks Fuck Off
- 1982: M.D.C. - John Wayne Was a Nazi
- 1989: Janet Jackson - Rhythm Nation
- 1990: Public Enemy - Fight the Power
- 1991: 2Pac - Words of Wisdom
- 1992: Rage Against the Machine - Killing in the Name
- 1994: Drive Like Jehu - Here Come the Rome Plows
- 1996: Rage Against the Machine - Bulls on Parade
- 1997: Snapcase - Guilty by Ignorance
- 2000: Dead Prez - Police State
- 2001: System of a Down - Prison Song
- 2003: Immortal Technique - Peruvian Cocaine
- 2004: System of a Down - B.Y.O.B.
- 2004: Eminem - Mosh
- 2004: Blue Scholars - No Rest for the Weary
- 2004: Steve Earle - F the CC
- 2005: Killer Mike - Pressure
- 2006: Jedi Mind Tricks - Uncommon Valor: A Vietnam Story
- 2007: Brother Ali - Uncle Sam Goddamn
- 2007: El-P - Dear Sirs
- 2007: CunninLynguists - Georgia
- 2008: DJ Sprinkles - Ball’r (Madonna-Free Zone)
- 2011: Kendrick Lamar - HiiiPower
- 2012: Killer Mike - Reagan
- 2012: Panopticon - Come One All Ye Coal Miners
- 2012: Panopticon - Black Soot and Red Blood
- 2012: Big K.R.I.T. - Praying Man
- 2014: Run the Jewels - Close Your Eyes (and Count to Fuck)
- 2014: Dälek - Police State Is Nervous
- 2015: Kendrick Lamar - Alright
- 2016: A Tribe Called Quest - We the People
- 2016: YG - FDT
- 2016: Jeff Rosenstock - Festival Song
- 2020: Run the Jewels - Walking in the Snow
- 2020: Terrace Martin & Denzel Curry - Pig Feet
- 2020: clipping. - Chapter 319
- 2021: Noname - Rainforest
- 2024: Jessie Welles - War Isn’t Murder
- 2024: Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Babys in a Thundercloud
- 2025: Macklemore - Hind’s Hall
- 2025: Backxwash - History of Violence
- 2025: Dropkick Murphys - Who’ll Stand With Us?
- 2026: Dropkick Murphys - Citizen I.C.E.
- 2026: Panopticon - The Poppies Bloom For No King