Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This time of year, I always feel sad for the Preakness and the Belmont when I watch them. After all, “Maryland, My Maryland” (now ...

Kentucky Derby fans sing My Old Kentucky Home at Churchill Downs since 1921 despite its ugly history.

In the pandemic spring of 2020, with most of the state shuttered, musician Ben Sollee sat alone in Churchill’s Downs infield with his signature cello and played “My Old Kentucky Home.” The subsequent ...

The words kind of slap you in the face. They make you feel uncomfortable, even kind of dirty, just hearing them or reading them. They did when the public address system started blaring them a couple ...

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 ...

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 ...

KENTUCKY TO THE WORLD PRESENTS A UNIQUE EVENT FEATURING A DYNAMIC COMBINATION OF MUSICAL, AND CONSERVES AS PART OF THE REPUBLIC BANK FOUNDATION SPEAKER SERIES. THIS CONVERSATION WILL EXAMINE THE ROLE ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - From the moment the band strikes up the first hymn-like notes, the song “My Old Kentucky Home” has been known to drive some to sentimental tears and others to vocal protest.

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 ...