Canción de Protesta 1

The term canción de protesta is used in Venezuela to describe, in a broad sense, a song with a political and ideological message or with a marked social criticism, usually expressed through its lyrics. Other terms are known to represent to a lesser extent the same type of music, for example canción política (political song), canción de contenido (song with contents), canción revolucionaria (revolutionary song) and canción necesaria (necessary song), the latter promoted in the 1970s by the singer/composer Alí Primera. The canción de protesta first appeared as a relevant genre in the country’s popular music from the mid-1960s to the mid-1980s, within the context of the global counter-cultural media explosion of the 1960s, by way of influences from Bob Dylan, the Beatles ’ psychedelic period and the era’s emphasis on the importance of social and political meaning in the lyrics. It was a music trend similar to that of the nueva canción latinoamericana that occurred at the same time in othe