Beyond details gleaned from artifacts like early photographs and hand-written letters, what we know of miners’ lives during California’s Gold Rush era comes to us from mining songs — the simple, ...

“He’s had more hard luck than most men could stand/ The mines was his first love but never his friend,” opens “Black Lung,” a tune penned by West Virginia bluegrass singer Hazel Dickens in 1969. In ...

And they're choosing opposite sides: While Kathy Mattea headlines an "I Love Mountains" show at the Kentucky Capitol, Hank Williams Jr. and Ted Nugent star at an industry-sponsored "Friends of America ...

“Mine,” the new single by New Mexico-based indie folk artist Byland (née Alie Renee Byland), is one of those songs that feels like it should be in a movie… like at the end of an indie film when the ...

Ryan is a lifestyle and culture journalist born and raised in the Philippines. He primarily covers film, television, music, and all things pop culture. Beyond writing, you can find him buried in ...

NEW YORK - JUNE 26: A Michael Jackson album sits on a stack of records inside A-1 Records on June 26, 2009 in New York, New York. Michael Jackson, a musical pop icon, died yesterday in Los Angeles, ...

Listener Ashley Syruws of Buffalo, N.Y., shares her signature song, "She Used to Be Mine" by Sara Bareilles. It helped her break away from an unhappy marriage. Time now for 32-year-old Ashley Syruws ...

Karly B. is a music news journalist at Collider, specializing in the Western and Asian music industries. With a Bachelor of Science degree in Digital Media and Web Technology, she has dedicated part ...