A career-defining song. On this date in 1970, the late, great Loretta Lynn was at #1 on the country chart with her signature tune "Coal Miner's Daughter." It also became her first song to chart on the ...

In 1774, Lee led eight followers to North America, settling near what is now Albany, New York. As is still true today, ...

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Counting Crows singer Adam Duritz, whose voice powered '90s hits like "Mr. Jones" and "Round Here," is featured in the new ...

The Third-Term Panic by Thomas Nast was the first political cartoon depicting the elephant as the Republican Party symbol. The GOP symbol we are now familiar with did not show up until the 20th ...

When Christina Aguilera released "Beautiful" in 2002, she gave a lifeline to those rarely seen, showing that representation ...

A northern English town loses its best choral singers to fighting in World War I but finds new hope in a time of loss through music in Nicholas Hytner's new film "The Choral," featuring Ralph Fiennes.

What are the most unbearable Christmas songs? We offer a few of the many, many options.

Music, as we all know, is a truly wonderful experience, albeit an emotional one at times. Listening to music transcends space itself. I often find myself lost in a good song, without a sense of time ...