Jimi Hendrix got his start as a professional musician playing backing guitar for big-name acts like Little Richard, Ike and Tina Turner, and The Isley Brothers. In the mid-1960s, Hendrix began to form ...

As the rare active rock critic who attended the 1969 Woodstock Music and Art Fair, I spent two weeks in July touring upstate New York with my wife, hoping no one would try to interview me about it. It ...

While celebrating America’s birthday week, a recent story from PBS’s American Experience shines a patriotic light and history lesson on Jimi Hendrix’s version of the “Star-Spangled Banner,” which he ...

Jimi Hendrix playing his guitar during his set at the Woodstock Music and Art Fair. Playing with Jimi Hendrix is Billy Cox. Photo by Henry Diltz/Corbis via Getty By the time Jimi Hendrix took the ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) (THE CONVERSATION) One of the most powerful, searing renditions of the national anthem ...

In honor of the Thanksgiving holiday, Neil Young premiered a new video on Thursday (November 23) dubbed “Stand for Peace” that features him performing a solo ...

The symbols of patriotism are everywhere in the nation's capital, marking this week's historic transition of power. Flags fly high and historic monuments gleam white in the chilly air; soon, music ...

I was a fifteen-year-old, not-very-hip teenager during the Woodstock Music & Art Fair, which I did not attend. I did watch the movie, though, soon afterwards, and when the fiftieth anniversary rolled ...

Oh say can you see -- a la luz de la aurora? Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. The national anthem that once endured the radical ...