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Listening to History: Songs of the Civil War and What We Can Learn Throughout American history, our wars have either popularized or produced songs that remain familiar to us today. The American Revolution brought us many songs, but only “Yankee Doodle” has stood the test of time. Sung to an old tune and written originally as a song of English derision aimed at Americans during the French and Indian War, patriots of the Revolution took the song for their own, changed the words, and proudly played and sang it in their encampments. “Yankee Doodle” remains the state song of Connecticut.

'Stony the Road We Trod...Lifting Our Voices' Celebrating the music of Dr. Roland M. Carter Dr. Roland M. Carter, conductor Maestra D’Walla Simmons-Burke, conductor Dr. Myron Brown, accompanist 3/26/17 (17) In an earlier column, I wrote about the importance of music in present-day worship services. In this column, the importance of music in ancient cultures will be noted, and African American spiritual and gospel music will be highlighted. According to a “Psychology Today” article, a bone flute was found in Germany which was dated as 40,000 years old. This interesting find supports the ...

Photographer Carolyn Drake's latest book, "Knit Club," tells the story of a mysterious gathering of women in Mississippi.