The Memphis Flyer is Memphis’ alternative newsweekly, serving the metro Memphis area of nearly a million residents. The Flyer was started in 1989 by Contemporary Media, Inc., the locally owned ...

Some countries have as many as four anthems, to represent different languages or tribes. Others have dark histories buried in the music and lyrics. Some are lyrical, others defiant; still others are ...

Build your soundtrack for the Jewish holiday that kicks off on Saturday night (April 12). By Gil Kaufman Passover is one of the most musical of Jewish holidays. The annual springtime celebration of ...

The Memphis Flyer is Memphis’ alternative newsweekly, serving the metro Memphis area of nearly a million residents. The Flyer was started in 1989 by Contemporary Media, Inc., the locally owned ...

Martin Luther King Jr. had a deep respect for music as an instrument of change. The March on Washington in 1963, where King delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech, featured live performances by Peter, ...

In the pews, on the streets and in the halls of Washington, songs of freedom rang out loud and proud during the civil rights era. As we mark the 50th anniversary of the seminal year that changed it ...

Music mobilizes emotion and poetry often communicates indirectly. When Tom Hanks tearfully played Maria Callas singing an aria (“La Momma Morta”) for Denzel Washington in “Philadelphia” he not only ...

Editor's Note: PBS has partnered with historians and experts to bring fans the Mercy Street Revealed blog. Kenyatta D. Berry is genealogist and lawyer with more than 15 years of experience in ...

An upcoming documentary and a new musical shine light on the life and work of Betty Reid Soskin, an activist, famed ranger — and musician. In a scene from a forthcoming documentary, Betty Reid Soskin ...

Editor's Note: PBS has partnered with historians and experts to bring fans the Mercy Street Revealed blog. Kenyatta D. Berry is genealogist and lawyer with more than 15 years of experience in ...