Eugene M. Bartlett is a gospel songwriter and music publisher known for his lasting impact on Southern gospel music and heartfelt hymn writing. He gained widespread recognition for composing beloved ...

Now that the Olympics are officially underway in London, there will be certain songs that will be inescapable as the world’s finest athletes show their stuff. “Bugler’s Dream,” the Olympic anthem,, ...

There are few human endeavors, from the most joyous to the saddest, that are unaccompanied by song. Weddings, funerals, war, victory. All events of consequence, and also inconsequential ones, like ...

On June 19, 1865, a Union general arrived in Galveston, Texas, with a copy of the Emancipation Proclamation, which he read , officially announcing enslaved people were free. Since then, June 19 has ...

JOHN DICKERSON: We talk a lot about politics on Face the Nation, today we decided to look at the relationship between politics and music. (Baptiste playing waltz) Jon Batiste is the bandleader for The ...