" In September, 2014, Baltimore and the United States will mark the bicentennial of the event that inspired "The Star-Spangled Banner." But Francis Scott Key's poem, set to a British drinking song, ...

While a native of Louisiana, country singer Robert Mizzell found his life taking him far beyond the state when he enlisted in the U.S. Army. Traveling the world, he eventually settled on a new home in ...

What does it mean to love a country that doesn’t always love you back? Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter album opens with “American Requiem” — a soul-soaking song that can easily be described as a new Black ...