On this day (September 5) in 1964, The Animals topped the Billboard Hot 100 with “House of the Rising Sun.” The song, an arrangement of a traditional American folk song, occupied the top spot for ...

Some British bands found a vast new fanbase Stateside, while other seminal acts failed to crack America. What gives?

If you are a country music fan who also loves jam band music, then you should check out these three classic southern rock and country songs.

"A bicentennial project: Library of Congress, Archive of Folk Song"; includes recordings from field and commercial sources. Various performers. Program notes, including words of the songs, ...

Thousands of songs representing some of the rarest and most uniquely American music borne from the Jazz Age and the Great Depression would have likely been lost to landfills and faded from memory.

"America, you're calling us, still our home sweet home," the lyrics say. "Oh let me tell you that I love you, that I think about you all the time. America, you're calling us, still our home sweet home ...

Will Marion Cook, born in 1869 to educated parents in Washington, D.C., played some mean violin. As was true of many musical geniuses, his technique was at first faulty. But his facility, as well as ...

"Song Sung Blue" director had to decide what Neil Diamond songs made the movie starring Hugh Jackman and Kate Hudson, and ...

An old religiously inspired songbook that uses shape notes for people who can't read music got a major update and is attracting younger singers. Hundreds of singers from all over the world gathered in ...