Musical Theater originated in Ancient Greece, but in the late 19th century the artform took America by storm.

In protest against the Vietnam War - one of the most divisive conflicts in US history - American musicians wrote and performed hundreds of songs calling for peace and criticising the US government’s handling of the war.

What can music offer to economists? Ed Pavlić, Distinguished Research Professor of English and African American Studies at the University of Georgia, explains how music offered a powerful lyrical companion to the social scientific...

Fanny Mendelssohn was a german composer and pianist of the early romantic era. Born in 1805, she was the eldest of four children of Abraham and Lea Mendelssohn. Her father was a very successful banker which meant that the family was...

Legendary artist Marcus Miller gave a very special performance of 'Detroit' at the Montreux Jazz Festival, performing at the Hotel Fairmont Le Montreux Palace. Miller's bass playing skill has seen him play with the likes of Miles Davis,...

Tiny Habits showcase their incredible harmonies with the live Music Box session of "Mudroom".Taken from the debut album All For Something, the music of the three college friends who met in Boston has been championed by the likes of David...

In a sun-filled church in Stamford, Connecticut, a small group of young students sit with their musical instruments. Among them are many instruments you'd expect to see in a classroom—like violins and...

Singer Rhiannon Giddens joins international music collective Silk Road ensemble to perform "St. James Infirmary Blues," spiking the American folk song that Louis Armstrong popularized in the 1920s with Romani influence and mischievous...

Today we are looking at Symphony No. 9 by Antonín Dvořák. Dvorak was a composer of the Romantic era and made a name for himself as a musician and composer from an early age. In 1892 he was invited to become the director of the National...

Sheena Graham was educated in the Public School System of Ansonia, Connecticut. She received her B.S. in Music Education from Western Connecticut State University, and 30+from St. Joseph's and Southern CT State Universities. She became...

Earle Brown was a major force in contemporary music and the American avant-garde since the 1950s and the creator of open form, a style of musical construction greatly indebted to the works of Alexander Calder. In 1963 Brown and Calder...

Learn how Christian Frederick Martin created a uniquely American form of the guitar and, through the company he founded, influenced 180 years of American music. With performances by Douglas Back and Thom Bresh on historic and modern...

Born on March 17, 1919, in Montgomery, Alabama, Nat King Cole was an American musician who first came to prominence as a jazz pianist. He owes most of his popular musical fame to his soft baritone voice, which he used to perform in big...

Martin Guitars have a long history with the Cash family: Johnny Cash had dozens of Martins—including the iconic black D-35—and some that had belonged to "Mother" Maybelle Carter of the famous Carter Family act. Grammy Award–winning...

Poet, rapper, and playwright Arya Shahi performs a poem from his bold novel-in-verse debut An Impossible Thing to Say and talks about the inspiration behind the poem. Read more about the book below! -- The Poet X meets A Very Large...

Author and poet Arya Shahi gives tried-and-true tips to writing and performing poetry, with a live performance of his poem “A Question I Must Answer” from his novel-in-verse An Impossible Thing to Say. Learn more about the book below! --...

Visualizing rhythms and rhymes through American Sign Language. Subscribe to our channel!'http://goo.gl/0bsAjO' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>channel! Amber Galloway Gallego is one of a growing number of ASL interpreters that...

Rhiannon Giddens pours the emotional weight of American history into her music. Listen as she performs traditional folk ballads -- including "Waterboy," "up Above My Head," and "Lonesome Road" by Sister Rosetta Tharp -- and one glorious...

In 2000, Maria Rivas immigrated from El Salvador to the United States. A year later, she received Temporary Protected Status (TPS) to stay and work legally in the U.S. TPS is set to expire for people from El Salvador in September of...

Judge Olly Neal grew up in Arkansas during the ’50s and didn’t care much for high school. One day he wandered into the library, where he came across a book by African-American author Frank Yerby. The cover piqued his interest, but Olly...

Mohammad Ashraf Faridi immigrated from Pakistan to the United States in the 1980s. He settled in New York City, and his family joined him almost a decade later. By then, Mohammad was earning a living driving a cab. His oldest son,...

“I’m a mother. And I don’t know what to say.” As active shooter drills become integrated into schools across the country, students must grapple with the threat of school shootings. This is the case for ten-year-old Dezmond Floyd, who has...

#Stonewall50 #Pride2019 #StonewallOutloud “I had to be who I wasn’t so that I could survive.” SUE MCCONNELL AND KRISTYN WEED Sue McConnell and Kristyn Weed are best friends and Vietnam-era veterans. Although they didn’t serve in the war...

#Stonewall50 #Pride2019 #StonewallOutloud “I knew I was a girl. And so that weekend, I got to be me.” DEE WESTENHAUSER AND MARTHA GONZALEZ In 2018, at the age of 63, Dee Westenhauser came out as a transgender woman. But growing up in El...