Not all classic rock songs are made from a greater meaning, but these 8 have some surprising backstories that will no doubt ...

The end of the Vietnam War, 50 years ago, also helped wind down an extraordinary era of protest music. For Collins and such contemporaries as Joan Baez, Pete Seeger and Peter, Paul and Mary ...

For millennia prior to the dawn of the Industrial Revolution, the vast majority of men, women, and children toiled from dusk ...

War, like love, has long inspired artists and musicians. That is especially true of the songs written in response to the Vietnam War during the countercultural movements of the 1960s and ’70s.

Editor’s note: April 30, 2025, marks the 50th anniversary of the fall of Saigon and the end of the Vietnam War. In commemoration, Military Times is highlighting stories about the Vietnam War.

The scars of that war, and the specter of new conflicts, con5nued to inspire songs – even if the tone and targets evolved. In the late 1970s, some ar5sts turned to history for lessons.

Out of the many Vietnam War protests she performed at in the 1960s and 1970s, Judy Collins can never forget one in Washington, DC, where she stood before thousands and sang Bob Dylan's “Masters ...