Stephen Foster wrote some of the most enduring American songs, invented the role of songwriter, and served as a cautionary ...

A range of artists were asked to perform two songs, one from the back pages of the American songbook and a modern song that they think will live on.

He probably didn’t anticipate, though, that the most powerful American poetry would come from its songwriters. With the creation of jazz, blues, gospel, and country music, and the synthesis of those ...

Since the late ’70s, the bassist has worked to map a musical route that mirrored the trans-Atlantic slave trade and birthed nearly all of American popular music. Since the late ’70s, the bassist has ...

Amateurs and executants -- The ragtime life -- Everybody's doin' it -- Alexander's got a jazz band now -- Cake eaters and hooch drinkers -- The king of jazz -- The record, the song, and the radio -- ...