The lyrics to “Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots” are about, well, just what the song says, while “Do You Realize” is a stark ...

There's even more of Neil Diamond's classic "Sweet Caroline" from "Song Sung Blue." Watch the cut scene that's an extra on the digital release.

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Shape Note wins the 2025 Claiming Crown Canterbury Tom Metzen Memorial at Churchill Downs Coady Media/Braydon Cook Shape Note wins the 2025 Claiming Crown Canterbury Tom Metzen Memorial at Churchill ...

The 70s are one of the most important decades in country music. In the 70s, numerous songs were released, which would later become classics that are still revered today. These three country songs all ...

Classical Host Laura Atkinson and Reporter Justin Hicks trace the American musical tradition of shape note singing from colonial America up to today in an emotional, and joyful sonic journey. Shape ...

Visitors to the 1820 Col. Benjamin Stephenson House in Edwardsville on Nov. 15 had a chance to take a musical step back in time. Shape Note Singers from St. Louis visited the historic home to enjoy ...

A style of singing from colonial times will be on full display at Edwardsville's 1820 Col. Benjamin Stephenson House this weekend. Shape note singing, also known as fasola singing, was popular in the ...

Shape-note singing is a rousing participatory style sometimes characterized as “the punk rock of Protestant hymnody.” Founded over 25 years ago by Smithies, the powerful sound of the weekly Tuesday ...

Open to all. Pizza and salad at the dinner break for the first 40 participants. The library singing offers a chance to experience this joyful, democratic, welcoming, inclusive, and uniquely American ...