The Maywood, Illinois-born songwriter and performer John Prine is regarded as one of the best pure lyricists of all time. He ...

By William H. Kittelson Ordinarily I refrain from responding to the “Left Side of the Prairie” column. However, when Mr. Lapadat felt compelled to publicize that the United Nations had once again ...

Words are just part of telling a great story. In the 10 years that we have put out The Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s Black History Month series, we also paid close attention to how we told these ...

One Escape to the Country buyer was left speechless when BBC ... “I think I’m a little bit lost for words at the moment. The house, the three floors, the annexe. The annexe kept giving and ...

To hear that their heroic acts were almost erased from history by the branch of the U.S. Armed Forces they helped, is a slap in the face of Black America, says Bea Hines.

To play this video you need to enable JavaScript. Watch Bailey perform her song Cobalt Blue by the sea. Bailey talks about living in St Ives and becoming a musician. What is the meaning of the ...

Meanwhile, the first inauguration of Mr Obama in 2009 saw Aretha Franklin perform My Country Tis Of Thee at the swearing-in, while the new president and his wife Michelle were serenaded by ...

directly referencing the civil rights leader’s iconic words. Sewell said: “My country, ‘tis of thee, sweet land of liberty, of thee I sing; Land where my fathers died. Land of the pilgrims ...

At former President Barack Obama's inauguration in 2009, Aretha Franklin sang "My Country, 'Tis of Thee." Cellist Yo-Yo Ma, violinist Itzhak Perlman, pianist Gabriela Montero and clarinetist ...

my country, tis of thee, sweet land of liberty, of thee I sing. Land where my fathers died, land of the pilgrim's pride, from every mountainside, let freedom ring.” He added, “And because ...

Sewell continued with heartfelt appeals for unity and liberty, incorporating words from the patriotic hymn "My Country, ’Tis of Thee" and concluding with an adaptation of King’s vision ...

invoking the words from King's speech at the Lincoln Memorial in 1963. "We are grateful today that you would use our 47th president so we would sing with new meaning, 'our country 'tis of thee.' ...