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. The ...

Not every great protest song is in your face or direct about its message. Some songwriters take a more poetic approach to singing anti-war songs. Let’s take a look at four tracks that are very much ...

J.S. Gornael has a BA in English with a Creative Writing Emphasis in Poetry and an MFA in Fiction. He has taken workshops in poetry, fiction, and non-fiction (though mostly the second). Half-cinephile ...

The Arabic and Hebrew music landscape has been shaken up dramatically by the Israel-Hamas war — first by shock, then silence, and now a burst of new songs. Israeli music critic Einav Schiff and ...

Nena is one of the greatest one-hit wonders of the Cold War era, and “99 Luftballons” is a long-standing fan favorite among pop songs of that era. Honestly, this band deserved so much more than they ...

Creedence Clearwater Revival frontman John Fogerty performs in 2007 in Los Angeles. (Mark J. Terrill/AP) Editor’s note: April 30, 2025, marks the 50th anniversary of the fall of Saigon and the end of ...

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. War, ...