Like so many famous songs of yore, "The Star-Spangled Banner" started as a poem, called “The Defence of Fort McHenry.” It was written by Francis Scott Key in 1814 during the War of 1812.
Jazz great Ethel Ennis sang the national anthem. Jimmy Carter, 1977: Cantor Isaac Goodfriend, a Holocaust survivor, ...
Christopher Macchio, a Holbrook native known as America's Tenor, took center stage to sing at the Capitol building during ...
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As such, it is appropriate to consider what the transition means for Black America, and how its musicians have interpreted the “Star Spangled Banner” during times of stress in our racial politics.
Broadway star and Philly native Mary Kate “MK” Morrissey, who plays Elphaba in “Wicked," took a day off from the theater to ...