Music and politics are two subjects that have long been intertwined since before the birth of our nation. The freedom of self expression, and the ability to have an expressive outlet to allow many to deal with frustration at any events happening around them is an important part of our democracy and the spreading of various messages across a range of platforms. Our heritage of music starts out with simple tunes such as “Yankee Doodle” and “John Brown’s Body”. These simple melodies set to repetitive and catchy lyrics burned through the American public at the time around the Revolutionary War. Catching most of their popularity by word of mouth, the lyrics of these songs were also printed on newspapers and sold in big cities as a form of protesting
