Kwamé Ryan is the first CSO music director to earn a Grammy nomination. The awards are announced this Sunday, Feb. 1.

A white woman and a woman she enslaved joined forces to spy on the Confederate White House. A Virginia Opera production, ...

The 73rd OVI Regimental Band was founded in 2012 by Huffman and has toured across the country playing at reenactment events, concerts, and private performances. Notably, the group led the Remembrance ...

On April 17 and 18, the Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall will host its annual Civil War symposium. In its seventh ...

Ludacris has dropped off the 2026 Rock the Country Tour, a country music festival that has been associated with MAGA.

On this edition of Jukebox Journey, as a nod to the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday, Kevin explores the building blocks of American protest music.

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

A controversial 2.4-ton road marker honoring Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee appeared last week without hoopla at Marion Square on King Street, surprising some history buffs around Charleston. “It ...

The American Civil War. Remember it? Well, no, because you weren't alive. But you've read about it, and the Civil War officially ended exactly 160 years ago, with the last shot fired June 22, 1865.

Vocalist Krista Wilhelmsen (Credit: The Preservation Society of Newport County) The Preservation Society of Newport County will present “Songs from Newport,” a historical musical program spanning from ...

Read full article: Why CURE Insurance denied claim for Michigan woman whose car was stolen out of driveway The statue of Albert Pike, a Confederate general and diplomat who later served on the ...

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