The Star Spangled Banner' is not so easy to sing. It's not so easy to understand. Yet it's our national anthem. Why?

If the nature of the piece was originally dictated by a particular period and style of performance, should subsequent ...

(RNS) — Our patriotic songs are sacred texts — even in the way that we try to sing them.

On September 13th, 1814, lawyer and poet Francis Scott Key was negotiating the release of American prisoners aboard a British ship when he became a prisoner, himself. Held through the night, he ...