Music and Politics

Who Wrote You Are My Sunshine?

Music Often Puts Politicians in a Good Light The Singing Governor of LouisianaJimmie Davis Cynics may claim that politics is…

3 years ago

When is MLK Day?

Rev. Martin Luther King Day (MLK Day): In 1983, President Ronald Reagan signed into law a bill making the third…

8 years ago

What is the Meaning of Trip the Light Fantastic?

To "Trip the Light Fantastic" is to dance. Scholars point to an early reference made to the phrase, if not…

8 years ago

Louden Wainwright III “I Had A Dream”

"Dead Skunk in the Middle of the Road" or live skunk sitting in its own pew?...Ewwwww! Louden Wainwright III (Dad…

8 years ago

Who is Hugh Masekela?

Hugh Masekela: great musician, composer and arranger... and activist. As the brutality of the Apartheid state increased, Hugh finally left the…

9 years ago

Did the Rolling Stones ask Trump to stop using their songs at campaign events?

Band released a statement asking the presumptive Republican presidential nominee to cease all use immediately after Trump played two of…

9 years ago

Did Elvis and Nixon Meet at The White House?

In April 2016, Amazon Studios releases "Elvis and Nixon," the dramatized story of the actual true circumstances surrounding the infamous…

9 years ago