Texas Monthly5d
“The Star-Spangled Banner” According to Ted Nugent
The Motor City Madman kicked off the 2025 Texas legislative session by playing a few licks on an Austin street corner a block from the Capitol.
How Black musicians have reinterpreted ‘The Star Spangled Banner’ during times of change
One of the first musicians to interpret the “Star Spangled Banner” in a way that displayed a Black consciousness was the ...
Who Is Singing the National Anthem at Super Bowl 59? Full List of Pregame Performers
Jon Batiste—a native of Metairie, La.— will perform "The Star-Spangled Banner" before Super Bowl LIX in New Orleans. Batiste—a multitalented musician who works in the jazz, pop and R&B idioms—is a ...
From Beyoncé to Lady Gaga, who else sang the national anthem at presidential inaugurations?
President-elect Donald Trump selected opera tenor Christopher Macchio to perform the national anthem at the inauguration.
The Boston Globe9d
Did the Star-Spangled Banner land Stravinsky in jail?
His “Star-Spangled Banner” is a throwback to Puritan times ... Isabel Morse Jones wrote that Stravinsky “made the words and melody easier to sing — but duller to listen to.” ...
The Independent6d
Who is Christopher Macchio, the singer performing the national anthem at Trump’s inauguration?
The time before that, former America’s Got Talent contestant Jackie Evancho performed “The Star-Spangled Banner” at Trump’s 2017 inauguration. This won’t be Macchio’s first time ...