You know the songs of Bob Dylan and Joan Baez, but do you know the 1940s songs that shaped their vision of folk music?

What is widely considered the world’s first synthesizer came into existence in Ottawa in the 1940s, and a meticulously ...

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But seconds later, the reference to the curly blonde wig she’s wearing hits as the American Idol champ begins singing a cover ...

The new Lorenz Hart biopic “Blue Moon” gets a lot right about the creation of musicals that a spate of 1940s films got wildly ...

The property containing the historic Edson’s Hayloft barn, 3775 W White Lake Drive in Whitehall, recently hit the market for ...

Marred by the harsh realities of war, 1940 was a year filled with turmoil and uncertainty. With WWII now looming over much of ...

Aspiring novelists and playwrights are often advised to “write what you know.” UH-Manoa Master of Fine Arts candidate Alison ...

“Lit” dates back to the early 1900s, when it meant being drunk. These days, it’s used by rappers to describe something exciting. Rapper Nas used the term in his 1996 song “The Message,” in which he ...

Hank Williams, Jimmie Rodgers and Fred Rose were the first three country artists to join the Country Music Hall of Fame. The Hall of Fame describes Wiliams as an artist who set the tone for an entire ...

For a century, the tiny Coolidge Auditorium, at the Library of Congress, has been a wellspring of cultural integrity, ...

Featuring visuals by Hollywood’s finest animators and music by some of the nation’s best musicians, “Fantasia” still delights ...