Classical Music

These are the 12 greatest songs about America

This melancholic waltz - one of the earliest examples of Bluegrass music - has become a classic since it was penned by Bill Monroe in 1945. The official state song of Kentucky, it was the first single ...
American Songwriter

On This Day in 1963, Patsy Cline Unknowingly Began Her Final Recording Sessions, Cutting Covers of Multiple Timeless Pop and Country Standards

Sixty-three years ago today, Patsy Cline stepped into Bradley Studio in Nashville to unknowingly start her final recording ...
American Songwriter

On This Day in 1963, Patsy Cline Recorded the Crossover Hit She Called “The First and Last”—One Month Before Her Untimely Death

Circumstances around one of the last songs Patsy Cline ever recorded, "Sweet Dreams", seem even more ominous in the context of her death.