To mark America's Semiquincentennial, TIME asked 25 experts to share a song that captures the essence of American life today.

From the birth of the teenager to the digital age, these tracks serve as historical markers for the shifting moods and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. America250, the national nonpartisan organization charged with leading the celebration and commemoration of the 250th anniversary ...

From street-corner harmonies to electronic drops, American music has seen waves of genres that dominated the airwaves, clubs, and cultural imagination, only to fade as quickly as they arrived. Some ...

Dr. Dre was bestowed an American Music Honor by the Bruce Springsteen Center for American Music on Saturday, April 18 at ...

In this 250th anniversary year of the United States, pianist Lara Downes is traveling the country collecting conversations with scholars, searching for our history through songs. Her first stop is a ...

The Music America concerts at the Springsteen Center will mark the first time in eight years Jon Bon Jovi has sang in public ...

The Greater New Bedford Choral Society will perform '250 Years: Music of America' featuring classical, spirituals, and ...

The fourth annual ceremony also featured Springsteen playing "Light My Fire" with Doors drummer John Densmore, and "Thunder ...

Music runs through the veins of America. Since the nation’s inception two and a half centuries ago, music has informed our national identity, interpreted it, and inspired it. Whether sacred or secular ...