The Civil Rights movement used music extensively, with songs like "People Get Ready" serving as anthems. Many protest songs from the 1960s remain relevant and are still sung at demonstrations today.

Kent Courtney will help mark the 150th anniversary of the Civil War with his first appearance at the Kutztown Folk Festival. The Kutztown Folk Festival marks the 150th anniversary of the American ...

KINGSPORT, Tenn. (WJHL) — Kingsport Cultural Arts and the Tri-Cities Civil War Round Table partnered to host “Songs and Stories from the Civil War Era” on Monday night. The musical event featured one ...

GENESEO — New York State’s first commercial winery was founded in York before the Civil War. The two topics are intertwined as area soldiers enlisted, fought and returned.

LOS ANGELES — Singer-songwriter Peter Yarrow, one-third of the iconic folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary, has died. He was 86. Yarrow, with Noel Paul Stookey and Mary Travers, captured the attention of ...

Whatever happened to songs that benchmark history and cultural change? For years, songwriters and musicians gave us refrains that defined eras, from stirring hymns to evocative folk ballads and pop ...

Music played a key role in the civil rights movement. People marched to freedom songs while artists from Sam Cooke to Bob Dylan took the message to the masses in recordings as enduring as "A Change is ...