Behind the history of American patriotic songs June 26, 2015 Tom Riis It’s that time a year when patriotic songs and the sound of fireworks exploding in the night sky will fill the air ...

A look at patriotic songs from Toby Keith, Johnny Cash, John Conlee, Brooks & Dunn and more. By Jessica Nicholson Perhaps more than any other genre, country music has been linked with patriotism, for ...

Released in October 2011, “Home” became the stirring second single—and title track—from Dierks Bentley’s 2012 album. The patriotic song was deeply influenced by a tragic January 2011 shooting in ...

“A patriotic song is an emotion,” the great songwriter Irving Berlin once said. “And you must not embarrass an audience with it or they will hate your guts.” The history of patriotic music in the ...

Patriotic songs are the soundtrack of the American nation. Flag-waving anthems such as “America the Beautiful” and “God Bless America” have brought together Americans of all stripes since our ...

Legendary composer Irving Berlin wrote his iconic God Bless America for a musical revue while in the Army during World War I, but he shelved it. One hundred years later, it turns out his patriotic ...