Common elements like memorability, teachability and timelessness can lead to songs moving from the stage to the streets.
Fans loved the smooth sounds of jazz and catchy doo-opp tunes of the 1950s. This list includes the biggest artists of the ...
The 'Freedom Movement' for civil rights was a turning point in history - Martin Luther King Jr said there was one genre of music essential to powering it.
LOGAN COUNTY, KY.- Charles Neblett, a prominent civil rights activist, reflects on the transformative power of music during ...
Set to a melancholy arrangement of strings and horns, “A Change Is Gonna Come” became an anthem of the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s, historians say. It was named the third greatest song ...
The Beatles' "Blackbird" flies into the top 40 for the first time on the U.K. charts, hitting that region on a pair of lists ...
The Augusta Heritage Center and Appalachian Forest National Heritage Area will host Tennessee folk singer and social activist ...
The Natchez Festival of Music will honor the enduring legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. at “Songs from the Battleground.” ...
When Martin Luther King Jr. Day is celebrated on Monday, Jan. 20, those who attended an annual program on Friday afternoon will have a lot to think about. The event, entitled “Martin Luther King Jr.