Lucinda Williams
The World’s Gone Wrong (full album)
To support our American friends, we are presenting you with a series of protest songs this issue. The singer-songwriter and solo guistarist Licinda Williams (1953) recorder her first albums in the seventies. Williams’ commercial breakthrough came in 1998 with Car Wheels on a Gravel Road, an album presenting a broader scope of songs that fused rock, blues, country and Americana into a distinctive style that remained consistent and commercial. The success of her career has been marked with many prizes and other recognitions.
Lost Highways
Bruce Springsteen
Streets of Minneapolis
“Bruce Springsteen is dedicating his new song to the people of Minneapolis, criticizing President Donald Trump’s ongoing immigration enforcement operations in the city.The lyrics of ‘Streets of Minneapolis,’ released Wednesday, describe how ‘a city aflame fought fire and ice ‘neath an occupier’s boots,’ which Springsteen calls ‘King Trump’s private army.’ Springsteen in a statement said he wrote and recorded the song over the weekend and released it in response to a second deadly shooting by federal immigration agents in Minneapolis.”(Texarkana Gazette)
Columbia
Joe Clark Music
Believe Your Eyes. A Protest Song for 2026
“It’s about history repeating itself, propaganda wearing new faces, and being told not to trust what’s right in front of us. Same playbook. Different war.” Kentucky born Calrk’s first two full-length albums, Storyteller and 10 Years Too Late, showcase an artist leaning into his acoustic roots. Word-of-mouth support quickly built him a devoted local following, and in 2024 he earned the Appy Award for Album of the Year. Both records are filled with relatable songwriting that tackles timeless struggles set against modern, often dark realities.
Sparks and Shadows
Jeremy Messersmith
Fuck This
“Let’s just get this one out of the way. Armed with his ukulele and a string arrangement by Dan Lawen, Messerschmidt unloads the F-bomb on the situation and the parties involved. He is working on turning it into a collaborative effort by offering up a lyric sheet and an uncensored version of the track and inviting vocalists to send in a file to be added to a ‘giant choir version’ of the song.” (The Current) Bandcamp plays the song uncensored; other outlets don’t. Jeremy himself calls it an “F-Bomb Dr. Seuss song.”
Bandcamp
Cloud Cult
Compassion
A lady on the corner waves a cardboard sign with a bible verse / But deep down she just wants the pain to end / And the guy in the car behind you looks totally enraged / But what you don’t know is he just lost a friend / And the demons that we’re all blaming / Are wounded parts of me and you / Yeah, most us just need a frickin’ hug. / And the Beatles are on the radio, so you roll down all your windows / As you sing along to “All you Need is Love.”
See also this concert clip of Cloud Cult.
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