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Today in Music History for Jan. 21: In 1891, Calixa Lavallee, the composer of ``O Canada,'' died from tubercular laryngitis at his home in Boston. He was 48. In 1902, ``The Ode to Newfoundland'' was ...

I gave my beauty and my youth to men. Now I give my wisdom and experience to animals.” — Brigitte Bardot “Holy s_ _ _. I did ...

You can almost see the miners walking home after a long day underground. The streets wind around like they’re following an old cow path. Every building looks like it was built to last forever. The ...

No surprise so many artists want to record one of his songs. Eric Church has cemented himself as one of the best to ever do it in country music, not just because of his high-energy live shows or his ...

Amy Grant released a new folk song, "The 6th of January (Yasgur's Farm)," which references 1960s counterculture, asking "Have ...

New year, new music. Last night, Carly Pearce shared part of an unreleased tune on Instagram seemingly titled "Church Girl," which finds her contending with the fire and brimstone kind of preaching ...

Christian artist Lecrae said his reaction to a viral comedy sketch by comedian Druski mocking megachurch culture was not ...

With a snippet of her unreleased song "Church Girl", Carly Pearce addressed the judgment she experienced in church ...

‘O thappu kottu, thakilu kottu…,’ a new composition by veteran musician Samji Arattupuzha, instantly transports listeners to the courtyard of a Kerala church. The song, which dropped on YouTube two ...

The beginnings of the song, one that has been played so many times in clubs and arenas around the world, are unusual. Singer ...

Druski's church skit goes viral with 43M views, sparking laughs and backlash over megachurch hypocrisy satire.