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 ...

Carnegie Hall will present Songs of America in Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage, a large-scale concert celebrating the music that reflects the cultural diversity of the United States. The performance ...

Country music spans generations. Dating back to soon after the turn of the century, the genre has gone through multiple changes and evolutions in the decades since it began. So many great songs have ...

Music shapes us. It defines movements, sparks revolutions, and captures moments that words alone cannot express. Some songs transcend their era and become woven into the national fabric, influencing ...

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

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, ...