American history is complicated. So are these all-American hits. From "Born in the U.S.A." to "We Shall Overcome" and "Sweet ...

To mark America's Semiquincentennial, TIME asked 25 experts to share a song that captures the essence of American life today.

In a new essay for Rolling Stone, former President Barack Obama reflects on the role of spirituals, gospel, protest songs, ...

Few songs out there describe the beauty of the great American landscape quite like John Denver’s “Take Me Home, Country Roads”. While this song is more about the stunning nature and vision of the ...

The song, penned before American Independence by a slave trader turned abolitionist, has remained a source of comfort, ...

For over two hundred years, Americans have used songs to express who we are and who we want to be. Before political parties became so divided and before social media made arguments public, our ...

Travis Young Click to enlarge. 4. To find out everything going on this weekend and beyond, you should be informed that the robots have been punished and our readings calendar is now completely ...

Before moving on to the future, anyway, much of our conversation focused on just how much the songs of “Wicked” — the historical song score, but especially the two new ones he wrote for Cynthia Erivo ...