This melancholic waltz - one of the earliest examples of Bluegrass music - has become a classic since it was penned by Bill Monroe in 1945. The official state song of Kentucky, it was the first single ...

The biggest hit of each decade since the 1840s—and what it said about the country.

With a song from 1759 as a mile marker, pianist Lara Downes and historian Jill Lepore examine what this land was like just ...

In an uncertain time, folk musician Jesse Welles – a four-time Grammy Award-nominee from Ozark, Arkansas – is reinvigorating the spirit and relevance of the protest song, spreading messages on such ...

How about a very old classic? “God Bless America” was written by Irving Berlin during the first War War, around 1918. He would later revise the song as the world began to delve into World War II, ...

God Bless America’ was a Jewish refugee’s love letter to America.

Thousands of rare American songs spanning jazz, blues and gospel — some more than a century old — are now available for the public to enjoy online. That’s thanks to a collaboration between UC Santa ...

Get away from the hustle and bustle of a big city, and small towns shine all over the country. A much simpler way of life, these four country songs celebrate everything that is good about rural ...