Joseph Byrd, leader of the pioneering psychedelic rock band the United States of America, died in November at the age of 87.

It was the American Revolution, “more than any other single event,” the famed historian Gordon Wood once observed, “that made America into the most liberal, democratic and modern nation in the world.” ...

Today's guest is Ken Burns, the filmmaker who has massively reshaped national conversations about everything from the Civil War to baseball to jazz to immigration to national parks with epic ...

Have you seen Ken Burns’s series “The American Revolution” on PBS? Even if you haven’t, you might have seen the commentary that accompanied it: a scorching string of articles accusing Burns of ...

The American Revolution is not just the start of a nation, but an event that will change the world. The idea of America, rooted in the American Revolution, is the belief in possibility. Everyone on ...

Few documentary films have the natural authority of a Ken Burns production. The narrator of his works, Peter Coyote, is as close as we have today to "the voice of God," the phrase associated with ...

Washington uses bonuses and drafts to encourage Americans to join the Continental Army. By early 1777, many soldiers were returning home, and Washington needed to enlist new men. The Continental Army ...

The Founders didn’t model us on the Six Nations, and George Washington didn’t tomahawk a Frenchman. Ihad intended to watch the new Ken Burns miniseries on the American Revolution and report on its ...

Most people who aren’t devout Bob Dylan fans merely think of the man as a folk musician with a sharp tongue. That is certainly true, but as an artist, the man contains multitudes and has never fit ...

The year 1979 was an amazing year in country music, although it likely wasn’t as evident at the time. The year, a precursor to the iconic 80s, saw the release of some of country music’s best songs, ...

Last week, the iconic American documentary filmmaker Ken Burns released his latest series: a six-part, 12-hour film on the American revolution. The film follows dozens of figures from various ...