These four folk protest anthems are just a handful out of hundreds of incredible works that are still lifting spirits today.

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The country singer and songwriter, who died on Saturday at 88, tucked enduring aphorisms into tales about facing up to loss.

Yet even at their annual worship conference, there’s room for multiple styles of music to declare the stories of the Bible.

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Kris Kristofferson passed away on 28 September at the age of 88, in Maui, Hawaii, leaving behind not just a void in music and ...

Enslaved people would sing work songs while working the plantations and ... was one of the earliest types of blues music and originated in Mississippi in the Delta. The Delta was particularly ...