New Orleans or nowhere: How the ‘House of the Rising Sun’ became the most debated address in music

The House of the Rising Sun' remains one of the most mysterious tracks in musical history, as its origins and the address it ...
American Songwriter

3 Folk Ballads That Became Rock Anthems in the 1960s

These folk ballads were turned into rock classics with the 1960s rolled around, and they definitely deserved the breath of ...

How many ’60s pop hits can you identify from just one line?

How many ’60s pop hits can you identify from just one line? The 1960s handed radio a catalog of songs that have never really ...

The Geordie band that Bruce Springsteen called a “revelation”

Revisiting comments from Bruce Springsteen during his speech at SXSW in 2012 about his favourite British band, The Animals, who he prefers to The Beatles.
The Korea Times

Rising Sun flag at WBC Korea-Japan game sparks criticism

The appearance of the Rising Sun flag during a World Baseball Classic (WBC) game between Korea and Japan has sparked criticism after Japanese spectators were seen displaying the controversial symbol ...
National Academies of Sciences%2c Engineering%2c and Medicine

NAM President Victor J. Dzau Awarded Order of the Rising Sun — One of Japan’s Highest Honors

The government of Japan announced on April 29 that Victor J. Dzau, president of the National Academy of Medicine, is being awarded one of its highest honors — the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays ...
Honolulu Star-Advertiser

Former Hawaii lawmaker Bertrand Kobayashi awarded Japan’s Order of the Rising Sun

Former Hawaii lawmaker Bertrand Yoshito Kobayashi, left, received the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Rosette from Hideaki Chotoku of the Consulate General of Japan in Honolulu during the ...