In this 250th anniversary year of the United States, pianist Lara Downes is traveling the country collecting conversations with scholars, searching for our history through songs. Her latest stop is a ...

Mark Knopfler's One Deep River is an album of lyrical poignancy, with a depth of world-weariness that almost becomes dreamlike. His vocals and most certainly that guitar connect back to Dire Straits, ...

There's something about rivers that gets the creative juices of songwriters flowing. "The word 'river' is definitely a metaphor for life and, as such, fits well in a song," says local ...