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After witnessing a crucial episode of the War of 1812, Francis Scott Key wrote the poem that, set to the melody of an ...
Star-Spangled Fest returns July 3–4 with expanded programming and live performances leading up to the 48th Annual Austin ...
Safe to say I’m never allowed in that stadium again,” Latin-R&B musician Nezza said after her performance at a Los Angeles ...
The Star Spangled Banner was penned on a rainy night in 1814 by the 35-year ... the Star Spangled Banner is a tone poem/song, the music was borrowed and it was made a hit by Executive order of the ...
The 30-year-old artist chose to sing a translated version amid immigration raids, despite being told to sing the anthem in ...
Like most national anthems, ‘The Star-Spangled Banner’ is sung at the beginning of sporting events, orchestral concerts and other public gatherings. But thanks to a few spectacular viral performances ...
Jimi Hendrix’s Star-Spangled Banner brought the sounds of Vietnam to the crowd at Woodstock. But he wasn’t the only musician to reimagine the national anthem during a time of war.
The Latin-R&B singer Nezza tearfully explained why she sang "The Star Spangled Banner" in Spanish at a Dodgers game despite being told not to.
How did ‘Star-Spangled Banner’ become the national anthem? Key set his lyrics to the then popular tune of the “ Anacreontic Song ,” the song of an 18th-century gentlemen’s club in London.
One of the first musicians to interpret the “Star Spangled Banner” in a way that displayed a Black consciousness was the piano prodigy known as “Blind Tom.” ...
Kristin Chenoweth defended her National Anthem performance at the NBA Finals game 7 between the Oklahoma City Thunder and the ...
Among the world’s best-known national anthems, “The Star-Spangled Banner” (1814) emerged out of a welter of patriotic musical activity during the decades following our victorious conclusion ...