A 400-year-old folk song about a drowned cabin boy came with immigrants from the British Isles to the New World, evolved, and was passed down by oral tradition in Appalachia. It settled there in Poor ...

Music has long been a beacon of light for the LGBTQ community, at times a call to celebration and other times a source of solace. The songs documenting the queer experience are as diverse as the ...

The Billboard Hot 100 is widely regarded as the definitive all-genre singles chart in the US. Since the chart launched in 1958, hundreds of songs have reached the coveted No. 1 spot. However, far ...

There are plenty of modern and timeless songs we sing on New Year’s. But one of the most classic tunes of all is “Auld Lang ...

All the seasons have their virtue. But fall? Well, there's just something extra special about autumn. Perhaps it's changing of the leaves, the promise of the holidays ahead or the return of sweater ...

Mumford & Sons’ albums are celebrated widely, and the band’s album Babel won the Grammy Award for Album of the Year 2012. Below American Songwriter has complied Mumford & Sons’ top 10 greatest hits.