Justin A. Brummer, PhD

Founding Editor of the Vietnam War Song Project (VWSP)

Media Appearances


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Featured on prominent news and history outlets, including PBS, WPR, BBC World Service, Deutsche Welle, and Military.com

  • Shindig! - "The Vietnam War: Songs of Protest and Anti-Protest" - Sean Casey (September 2025) (1)
  • Deutsche Welle - "Vietnam War: How protest music fueled a movement" - Alexander Plaum (29 April 2025) (1).
  • BBC World Service - "The Vietnam War soundtrack" - Beatriz De La Pava (03 January 2024) (1)
  • Napalm in the Morning (podcast) - "Presents: An Interview with Justin Brummer" - Drs. Jones and Jagel (01 August 2023) (1)
  • NPR - "Hear the Drumming: The music of the Kent State and Jackson State tragedies" - Robin Washington (1 May 2020) (1)
  • PBS - "Music of My Lai" - Cori Brosnahan (March 2018) (1)
  • Military.com - "The Weird and Obsessive World of Songs About Vietnam" - James Barber (20 September 2017) (1)
 
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 "The Vietnam War Song Project is an epic undertaking [...] it's an invaluable resource for anyone who cares about the history of the war [...] Justin Brummer, the one-man operation who put together the project [is] the greatest scholar of songs about the Vietnam War"

(James Barber; cited in Military.com, 2017)
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"Widespread dissensus is enfleshed in the many thematic groups compiled by Justin Brummer, founder of the Vietnam War Song Project, a digital archive of more than 6,000 recording spanning protest and/or peace, anti-protest/patriotic, pro and anti draft songs, battleground pick-me ups, laments of love and longing, and combinations of the above"

(Sean Casey; cited in Shindig!, 2025)