...Vermont and Kentucky to the union. (The number of stripes was later reduced to the original 13.) In 1864, composer Stephen Foster died in New York. In 1962, comedian Ernie Kovacs died in a car crash in west Los Angeles. In 1966, Robert C...

...American folk songs, Biblical references, poetry by Rumi, a Doobie Brothers riff and a children's song, lines by Stephen Foster and Bob Dylan, sound effects from nature, heartwarming sentiments and John Denver-esque themes and glued them...

...put together a compact disk. It includes "The Girl I Left Behind Me," "Why Don't You Write a Letter Home," Stephen Foster's "Some Folks," "Let the Sunshine In" and "Wanted, My Darling PaPa." Hearthside Books carries "Music of...

...at McPhetres Hall. To open the event Joyce Parry Moore, accompanied on the piano by John Robertson, sang several Stephen Foster songs beautifully. Connie Davis showed slides of many of Frances Davis' paintings, including historical scenes...