Concordia University Irvine celebrates America's story in song across generations. From spirituals and hymns to Broadway and contemporary classics, America in Song: A Concordia Celebration explores ...

On the eve of America's 250th birthday, NPR's Juana Summers talks with NPR Music's Stephen Thompson and Sheldon Pearce about songs that reflect the country's complex identity. In a country as ...

What is an “American song”? Simply defining this term raises a whole bunch of questions. Is an “American song” one that is about America? Is it one that played a role in American history, or one that ...

"Of all nations," wrote Walt Whitman, "the United States with veins full of poetical stuff most need poets and will doubtless have the greatest and use them the greatest." This prediction in ...

Marking the opening of the Bruce Springsteen Center for American Music, Springsteen reflects on more than five decades of work, the artists who influenced him, the themes that drive his creativity and ...

“Of all nations,” wrote Walt Whitman, “the United States with veins full of poetical stuff most need poets and will doubtless have the greatest and use them the greatest.” This prediction in ...