One of the first musicians to interpret the “Star Spangled Banner” in a way that displayed a Black consciousness was the piano prodigy known as “Blind Tom.” ...
From a Mormon choir to Beyoncé and Lady Gaga, watch and listen to the US national anthem, The Star-Spangled Banner, performed at presidential inaugurations since 1961. Video by Elise Wicker ...
June 14, 1777, the Continental Congress issued a resolution making the Stars and Stripes the nation's flag. Enjoy a little red, white, and blue from across the Smithsonian. Visit the O Say Can You See ...
The Motor City Madman kicked off the 2025 Texas legislative session by playing a few licks on an Austin street corner a block from the Capitol.
Long before pop culture’s fascination with celebrity-inspired patriotism, before Whitney Houston made the national anthem a ...
Slamming NBC's decision to not air the National Anthem, a social media user wrote, 'Absolute shame on @nbc for not showing ...
On the other side of the Atlantic, many people in the United States will be belting out the words to the national anthem for Independence Day. But it may come as a surprise to some that the tune ...
The Saltire has a strong connection to Athelstaneford (Image: The Scottish Flag Trust) However, David Johnston, from the Scottish Flag Trust, told the Courier: “It is in fact to mark that the Consul ...
At an NFL game on Christmas Day, which saw the Baltimore Ravens go up against the Houston Texans, music was – as is custom at any sporting showdown – central to the occasion. Before the game began, ...