An aerial view of the massive crowds that crowded around the stage at the Woodstock Music and Arts Festival in Bethel, N.Y., Aug. 16, 1969. (Marty Lederhandler/AP) (The Conversation is an independent ...

War is ugly. A horrific mix of hate and hurt, its signature sights — crimson blood on anguished faces, burnt earth spitting black smoke, lethal fireworks in starry skies — pierce human memory like ...

The relationship between music and war was not an invention of the 1960s. So what made Vietnam's music special? But, while the role of music in stateside protest of that era is well-known — with ...

A new book explores the way Americans who served in the Vietnam War turned to music to cope. They listened to the radio, or on cassette desks or reel-to-reel tape players. They loved Hendrix and Nancy ...

The series also features new, original music written and recorded by Academy Award-winning composers Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, as well as new music arranged and performed by Grammy Award-winning ...

Some of the 20th century’s most defining pop music emerged from the period during which the Vietnam War was fought — and in the installment of the Ken Burns and Lynn Novick docu-series The Vietnam War ...