Each year, dozens of classic songs, movies, and other cultural works reach the 95-year copyright maximum in the U.S., officially becoming part of the public domain. In 2026, a few beloved compositions ...

ATLANTA, Ga. — The music and lyrics to Georgia’s official state song enters into public domain on Jan. 1, 2026. But if anyone ...

Willie Nelson is one of my biggest musical influences. It just doesn’t get any better than hearing him sing a song I wrote.” ...

These four Willie Nelson songs sound like he wrote them, but they were actually written by someone else instead.

Among those things being put into the public domain is the iconic official Georgia state song, “Georgia on My Mind.” The song, most widely known because of Ray Charles, will now be free to use.

And a bunch of interesting stuff became street legal this year, including some absolute banger songs from the Dirty '30s. "I ...

If you've braved Goodbye June on Netflix over the Christmas season, you'll know that among all of its heartbreaking scene, Timothy Spall doing some sad karaoke might just be the most devastating.

Aretha Franklin, the “Queen of Soul,” was celebrated when Aretha Franklin Way was named in her honor in Detroit, after her passing. The street naming commemorates Franklin’s significant contributions ...

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Today in Music History for Jan. 23: In 1893, Episcopal minister Phillips Brooks, bishop of Massachusetts and author of "O Little Town of Bethlehem," died. In 1940, country singer-songwriter Johnny ...

By Tim HenneyReader Contributor The last era in which our beloved 250-year-old democracy was faced with extinction, as it is ...