Could Tennessee have a new state song? Two lawmakers are looking to make just that happen. Tennessee State Rep. Antonio Parkinson and Tennessee State Sen. Raumesh Akbari, both representing Shelby ...

One Dorchester County singer is heading to Annapolis this week for a shot at a major honor. Jayla Elise of Cambridge is introducing a bill in the state senate later this week. If passed, the bill ...

Forty-eight of the 50 states in the U.S. have an official state song. (New Jersey is the only state without one, and Maryland retired theirs in 2021.) They are all unique and express distinct ...

One could reasonably assume a Tennessee state song should talk about the natural beauty and cultural significance of the state that houses Music City and the Home of the Blues (Nashville and Memphis, ...

A dynamic combination of live musical performances, audience engagement and conversation featuring Harry Pickens, Ben Sollee, Hannah Drake and Emily Bingham, examines the role of "My Old Kentucky Home ...

Maryland state Delegate Susan McComas, a Harford County Republican and member of the state’s rural caucus since 2003, has received a new accusation in recent weeks: “being ‘woke.’ ” The reason: she ...

Nov. 17—Generations of Oklahoma residents have grown up singing the song "Oklahoma" — but it would not have become the state song without the efforts of a McAlester native. With 2023 marking the 70th ...

Inside Pennsylvania's State Capitol building, lawmakers are working on efforts to adopt a new official state song. Farragutful via Wikimedia Commons under CC BY-SA 4.0 Since November 1990, ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... When Colorado lawmakers made “Rocky Mountain High” the second official state song in 2007, they couldn’t help but highlight the original, “Where the ...