An astonishing number of America's premier performers and songwriters have explored the subject. They include Leonard ...

Musical instruments, original sheet music, and portraits of musicians preserved in the Smithsonian remind us that American music flourishes within a wide variety of traditions drawn from our ...

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Many politicians have made music a cornerstone of their political campaigns. Kamala Harris became the first presidential candidate to make coconuts a big part of her campaign. Here’s a classic rock ...

American Experience spoke to him about ... of with the growth of Tin Pan Alley and the production of sheet music. And a lot of the songs coming out around that time were about supporting a war ...

You’ve sung them while clutching cups of hot cocoa. You’ve heard them played in shopping malls. But do you know how some of ...

A collection of documents described as a treasure trove of Jewish music has been acquired by the New York Public Library, ...

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A Smithsonian curator reflects back on the artistic legend, a "Renaissance man" with 28 Grammys to his name, who died Sunday ...

T he award-winning trio of Coco Jones, Amanda Jones and Autumn Rowe are this year’s honorees for ASCAP Rhythm & Soul’s Women Behind the Music. The 16th annual celebration will take place Nov. 12 in ...