This video details the history of riverboat songs. Ranger Don highlights the music as they were sung on United States levees ...
When the Fisk Jubilee Singers first performed in the late 1800s, they sang ballads and patriotic anthems; it was their director, George White, who suggested that they sing the songs of their ...
This coming Tuesday, Nov. 12 at 1 p.m., Ray Corse of Sullivan Township will play his accordion and sing during the free Golden Afternoons program at the Deane Center for ...
The RCA Victor Recording Studios is said to be the “birthplace of the Nashville Sound.” Many legends have recorded within these walls, including Elvis Presley, Dolly Parton, Waylon Jennings, among ...
Train songs, especially popular in the 1800s and 1900s but even written today, can often be described as “story songs,” ...
A celebration of American music to benefit North Coast Repertory Theatre will take place on Tuesday, Dec. 10 at 2 p.m. at ...
In every state, urban legends have been scaring residents for years.
Indeed, the connections between them have tended to resist full investigation, particularly in the musical sphere.The Idea of Art Music in a Commercial World, 1800-1930, is a collection of essays that ...
Among the well-known stores of the past was J.H. Troup’s Music House, 38-40 W. King St., run by the family of “Route 66” songwriter and “Emergency” actor Bobby Troup.
Experimental Universe will be performed at 7:30 p.m. on Nov. 15 and 16 in Anderson Auditorium at Centenary College.
A derelict music hall where famous stars including Charlie Chaplin and Anthony Hopkins have performed is set to reopen. After being left empty for over 15 years, the Grade II-listed Palace Theatre ...
in the afternoon on Dec. 8 at the Fortuna Christmas Music Festival at the River Lodge Conference Center, 1800 Riverwalk Drive, Fortuna; and on Dec. 15 at 2 p.m. at the Eureka Woman’s Club, 1531 J St., ...