None of the topical war songs ground out by the composers of Charing Cross Road (London’s Tin Pan Alley) has excited Britain’s armed forces. Latest try is Thanks, Mister Roosevelt, whose chorus ...

The first detonation of a nuclear weapon took place on July 16, 1945, the result of several years of work by J. Robert Oppenheimer and the Manhattan Project. The event lasted one day, but concerns and ...

War, like love, has long inspired artists and musicians. That is especially true of the songs written in response to the Vietnam War during the countercultural movements of the 1960s and ’70s. The ...

John Lennon released Happy Xmas (War Is Over), the iconic anti-war Christmas song that continues to inspire peace and ...

Glistening snow, reindeer paws, Grandma's house, and ... the battlefield? Christmas music usually evokes warm memories, wishes for peace and the joy of the season. Yet many of our favorite holiday ...

What men sing as they march forth to war is a continual vexation to serious musicians. In the Civil War, Stonewall Jackson’s “foot cavalry” were fond of a song praising goober peas (“Goodness, how ...

War, as it turns out, is good for absolutely nothing when it comes to anti-war songs. At the risk of sounding like Bill O’Reilly (who, no doubt, listens only to Wagner), it’s time to protest the ...