"America The Beautiful," "This Land Is Your Land," "God Bless America," and "The Star-Spangled Banner" are beloved classics that celebrate the nation. As the United States marks the 250th anniversary ...

The country singer reflects on how music mirrors America’s diversity while performing original song “All American” and John ...

We asked 25 people to tell us about a song that captures the sound of the present, speaks to where American culture is going, or otherwise evokes this moment in time. Here are their answers, including ...

"Of all nations," wrote Walt Whitman, "the United States with veins full of poetical stuff most need poets and will doubtless have the greatest and use them the greatest." This prediction in ...

The project "is about capturing our dynamic musical roots as a country," producer Emilio Estefan said. By Sigal Ratner-Arias Deputy Editor, Billboard Español America250, the national nonpartisan ...

Woody Guthrie changed folk music forever on this day in 1940. Woody Guthrie wrote "This Land is Your Land" in 1940 as a response to "God Bless America." The song contrasts American ideals with 1940s ...

In 1970, Dewey Bunnell, Dan Peek, and Gerry Beckley combined their talents to form the rock band America. Their eponymous debut album came out two years later, kicking off a career that would last for ...

Concordia University Irvine celebrates America's story in song across generations. From spirituals and hymns to Broadway and contemporary classics, America in Song: A Concordia Celebration explores ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. They gave American music a good name. Bruce Springsteen, Jon Bon Jovi, Public Enemy, Little Steven Van Zandt, Sheryl Crow, Jackson ...

What is an “American song”? Simply defining this term raises a whole bunch of questions. Is an “American song” one that is about America? Is it one that played a role in American history, or one that ...