Editor's note: The lineup for Freedom 250 has changed as some performers have pulled out. See the new lineup. Martina McBride, Flo Rida and Vanilla Ice are among the performers scheduled to appear ...

The recent celebration of Martin Luther King Day had me ruminating about freedom. I don’t normally think about freedom in music unless it is a patriotic song or freedom is used in the lyrics. After ...

When enslaved Africans were forced to toil on plantations, on ships, and in almost every type of U.S. labor imaginable, it was music that was both a call for—a guide to—their own freedom. "As we look ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Martina McBride, Flo Rida and Vanilla Ice are among the performers scheduled to appear during the 16-day Great American State Fair ...