We go into the Fresh Air archive to remember two remarkable women: Bernice Johnson Reagon was one of the powerful singers who helped galvanize the civil rights movement in the 1960s, as a member of ...

Mindfulness doesn’t always come with a meditation bell or a yoga mat. Sometimes, it sounds like a lyric that lands in your chest, or a beat that slows your mind for the first time all day. In rap and ...

"Let the music do the talking," as the lyrics go. However, it is usually the voice that sings the song that is the catalyst to great bands. So let's take a look at some of the greatest to hold a mic ...

Award-winning vocalist Re’Monda is getting ready to share her singing skills at multiple live shows across the Detroit area in May. Re’Monda will performing during the Sing Out 4 Kids event at the ...

One of the national anthem singers for Jake Paul's fight with Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. has broken her silence after delivering a powerful political gesture on Saturday night. The YouTuber-turned-boxer ...

This is FRESH AIR. I'm David Bianculli. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "AIN'T GONNA LET NOBODY TURN ME 'ROUND") THE FREEDOM SINGERS: (Singing) Ain't going to let nobody, Lordy, turn me 'round, turn me 'round, ...

She died last month at the age of 81. The Freedom Singers was affiliated with SNCC, the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. Reagon's experience in jail formed a powerful connection for her ...