Wartime songs, or "ditties" (an old-fashioned term for poems with catchy tunes), create camaraderie among troops yearning for places, people, and things they've left behind. These tunes live long ...

Amid the fervor over America’s 250th birthday, the music ensemble Newberry Consort aims to weave a complex tapestry of sounds ...

The Indianapolis Symphonic Choir will present "Voices of the Spirit" on May 17, featuring Mozart's Requiem and a piece by ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Music played a key role in the civil rights movement. People marched to freedom songs while artists from Sam Cooke to Bob Dylan ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Peanuts growing in field - Busra İspir/Getty Images Wartime songs, or "ditties" (an old-fashioned term for poems with catchy tunes ...

Although many of the struggles he addresses in the song are on a more personal scale than systemic oppression, "Alright" is one of three times on the album he references the 40 acres and a mule that ...

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.