From our founding to the present, some songs have defined various eras of the country’s 250 years of existence. They evoke a sense of patriotism and togetherness. Pulitzer-prize-winning biographer Jon ...

On the eve of America's 250th birthday, NPR's Juana Summers talks with NPR Music's Stephen Thompson and Sheldon Pearce about songs that reflect the country's complex identity. In a country as ...

The Top 250 American Songs don't merely represent the best popular music of the rock 'n' roll era; they also tell the story of American music over the past 70-plus years. In the list below, selected ...

"Hotel California" by The Eagles, "Johnny Be Goode" by Chuck Berry, and "Good Vibrations" by The Beach Boys are among the best American rock songs.

From Big Sky Country to the Cowboy State, every corner of America has a song that speaks to its soul. Join us as we explore the iconic tracks that best capture the spirit of each U.S. state, featuring ...

"Of all nations," wrote Walt Whitman, "the United States with veins full of poetical stuff most need poets and will doubtless have the greatest and use them the greatest." This prediction in ...

Carnegie Hall will present Songs of America in Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage, a large-scale concert celebrating the music that reflects the cultural diversity of the United States. The performance ...

I wouldn’t be here—in America, or inside my nervous system as it’s currently constituted—without American music. That’s no exaggeration. As a metalheaded, punk-rock-obsessed, hip-hop-curious English ...

What is an “American song”? Simply defining this term raises a whole bunch of questions. Is an “American song” one that is about America? Is it one that played a role in American history, or one that ...