The history of protest songs in America dates back to the days of slavery. During these times, gospel songs were often sung ...

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Not long after that, Springsteen made good on his word by releasing " Streets of Minneapolis ," a new song inspired by the ...

His concert at Manchester’s Co-op Arena in May last year featured a lengthy onstage broadside against Donald Trump, and his long history of political activism and recording songs that speak truth to ...

Sixty-seven years ago today, Johnny Horton stepped into the studio and turned a history lesson into a Grammy-winning No. 1 ...

Ahead of his Palm Springs show, the “American Pie” songwriter reflects on six decades of music, creative independence and why ...

John Mellencamp does. The 74-year-old rocker revealed Jan. 14 that he'll embark on a 19-date run of U.S. amphitheaters this ...

TURN on the news and you can be forgiven for thinking the world is going to hell in a handcart. But one singer is refusing to go down without a fight. Lucinda Williams, bearer of one of America’s ...

Emmylou Harris has always been a musical enigma, from the moment she first picked up the $30 pawn shop guitar her grandfather bought for her when she was a teen. She would later say the nightly folk ...

To boil Zach Bryan's new Heaven On Top album down to the songs about his relationships is to simplify a rich, complex 78 minutes of country/rock emotion. Just as interesting are the creative country ...

NEW ORLEANS — When it comes to building the new Ole Miss football era, defensive coordinator-turned-head coach Pete Golding is looking at who does it the best right now and who has done it the best on ...

What a year for music — great songs came out of anywhere, in every style and every genre. These are my 25 favorite songs of 2025, though some gems will appear over on my albums list, to avoid ...