“A patriotic song is an emotion,” the great songwriter Irving Berlin once said. “And you must not embarrass an audience with it or they will hate your guts.” The history of patriotic music in the ...

Big kerfuffle over Bruce Springsteen’s playing CCR’s “Fortunate Son” at the big Washington Veteran’s Day concert last night. The Vietnam-era song was a protest at the upper middle class men who got to ...

Some songs were made for the charts, others for the streets. Across decades and genres, many pieces have served as ...

Fourth of July is fast approaching, and with it, the wave of patriotic playlists featuring rousing anthems, nostalgic rock 'n' roll favorites and all sorts of other songs with "America" in the title.

Fourth of July is here, and with it, the wave of customary patriotic playlists featuring rousing anthems, nostalgic rock 'n' roll favorites and all sorts of other songs with "America" in the title.

Surprising in its inclusionary approach, Parade magazine published a long list of what it considers America’s greatest patriotic songs. Yet in tune with our current American moment, it’s using a ...