JAY UNGAR: We were asked by Ken [Burns] to come to Brattleboro, Vermont, and record music for The Civil War series, and this would be a lot of the traditional, period music.

But Civil War music was more than these old chestnuts. In fact, music was an integral part of the war from recruitment to battle, to bereavement and finally to homecoming.

A folk singer and historian who performs a show of Civil War music with his wife, Rucker says the "Battle Hymn" rallies with its rhythm: "It's just the right cadence to march along, if you're ...

The legacy of the Emancipation Proclamation, which President Abraham Lincoln issued on Jan. 1, 1863, and the Gettysburg Address wasn’t lost on the participants in the new compilation “Divided ...

We owe a lot to the young men who wielded bugles, fifes and drums, as well to those who fired weapons and charged the ramparts ...

Taking on the Civil War in music is a daunting prospect. If you write an opera, you risk having it become "Gone With the Wind" or Philip Glass's 2007 "Appomattox," a full-length extravaganza.

This post has been updated. See note below for details. Many of the songs on “Divided & United: The Songs of the Civil War” had been long relegated to the dustbins of history before executive ...

A Taste of Fame on the Civil War Music Circuit. ... The Civil War Preservation Trust said Thompson's CD has raised $1 million. About $258,000 came in a fundraising drive the trust did using his story.

A new double CD revives the songs of the war by current artists such as Dolly Parton, Loretta Lynn, Chris Thile, Taj Mahal and Steve Earle.

Civil War music will be the focus of a full program of workshops, presentations and […] Skip to content. All Sections. Subscribe Now. 80°F. Sunday, July 6th 2025 E-Edition. Home Page.

Bluegrass Music’s Civil War: Why New and Heritage Acts Don’t See String to String. Ricky Skaggs, Jerry Douglas and others weigh in on the never-ending musical argument in the bluegrass community.