On this day 125 years ago the Black National Anthem was first performed, written by James Weldon Johnson and with music ...

A play by the Nobel winner Jon Fosse gets a rare staging, but New Yorkers will have to wait a little longer to see a ...

The first song from the Kannada film Kuladalli Keelyavudo, starring Madenur Manu, has been released and has quickly gained ...

Hard as it may be to believe, singer and songwriter Sheryl Crow turns 63 years old today! Her music has inspired several ...

Sometimes a song is just a song. But other times, it's poetry set to music. And that is often the case when it comes to the music written, recorded and released by artist Leonard Cohen. His lyrics are ...

The performance of "Lift Every Voice and Sing" by Ledisi and a chorus of New Orleans students stirred audiences. It also ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Celebrations are underway, marking the 125th anniversary of the song “Lift Every Voice and Sing.” It’s a ...

Photo courtesy of Roland JackThis year's Super Bowl featured R&B singer Ledisi performing the Black National Anthem, "Lift ...

If we renounce these things, then is our fasting true and acceptable. The words of this hymn, sung at Vespers on the first day of Great Lent, challenge us to take a deeper look, not only into the very ...

Garth also was an in-demand session musician who lent his talents to a wide variety ... a synthesizer solo by Hudson. Van wrote the song about the times during his childhood when he’d accompany ...

The lyrics were at one time thrown into the trash can, but music journalist Al Aronowitz lent Dylan his typewriter to write the iconic song. “In an article titled 'Bob Dylan: The Champ Has No ...