Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Fourth of July is upon us, and it's a time to celebrate freedom and embrace patriotism. And what better way to celebrate than ...

To mark America's Semiquincentennial, TIME asked 25 experts to share a song that captures the essence of American life today.

It is impossible to live in any of the 50 states in the U.S.A. and not know about schoolhouse classics like “The Star-Spangled Banner” and “This Land Is Your Land,” but those famous odes aren’t the ...

In this 250th anniversary year of the United States, pianist Lara Downes is traveling the country collecting conversations with scholars, searching for our history through songs. Her first stop is a ...

For over two hundred years, Americans have used songs to express who we are and who we want to be. Before political parties became so divided and before social media made arguments public, our ...

The Miss America Organization has hit a bum note with the widow of the man who wrote its signature tune. Phyllis Wayne, whose late husband Bernie Wayne wrote the song "Miss America" (popularly known ...

Twenty years ago, the country legend talked with Variety's chief music critic about what drove him to write the anti-Bush/anti-Iraq-war song, now being revived as the Republican VP candidate's walk-up ...

Donald Glover's music video for "This is America" is a jarring work of art that addresses gun violence, entertainment, police ...

The Fourth of July is upon us, and it's a time to celebrate freedom and embrace patriotism. And what better way to celebrate than with some well-curated music? We've got the best America songs to ...