"I wanted to write a rock and roll anthem that says 'I love you, America,'" Jonathan Cain said.

The song “Freedom Is Coming Tomorrow” kept echoing in my head while writing this piece. The line “Get ready, mama, prepare for your freedom” lands with the same urgency it carried decades ago. The ...

A Fourth of July concert reworks American protest songs into one long argument about what freedom actually means. Guitarist Joel Harrison, a Guggenheim Fellow whose arrangements have earned him ...