If you watch the Kentucky Derby, you know one of the most notable pastimes is a playing of the old Stephen Foster song "My ...

How does a song recognized by millions of people at the first chord enjoy such prominence? The lyrics of this song evoke great sentimentality and pride for some white people, and humiliation and ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - Metro United Way continued its speaker series called “Beyond Buzzwords” Tuesday with Emily Bingham speaking on the controversy behind Kentucky’s state song “My Old Kentucky ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The words kind of slap you in the face. They make you feel uncomfortable, even kind of dirty, just hearing them or reading them.

Front cover of the book “My Old Kentucky Home: The Astonishing Life and Reckoning of an Iconic American Song” written by author Emily Bingham. The book was published by the Knopf Doubleday Publishing ...

Louisville author Emily Bingham won the 2025 Music in American Culture Award for her book about the song "My Old Kentucky Home." Bingham's book examines the song's history and its connection to ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Walk into any band rehearsal space 15 minutes before the start of practice and you’ll notice the erratic screeching of woodwind instruments tuning, brass instruments clinking, and ...

You'll hear My Old Kentucky Home sung at Churchill Downs as you usually do before the Kentucky Derby, but did you know that the Kentucky state song is actually controversial? You will now. The ...