Watch and listen to the US national anthem, The Star-Spangled Banner, performed at presidential inaugurations since 1961.

Singer Rachel Platten chose to revel in the positive reviews after her national anthem performance at the Rams-Vikings ...

Now it catches the gleam of the morning’s first beam, In full glory reflected now shines in the stream, ’Tis the star-spangled banner - O long may it wave O’er the land of the free and the ...

As such, it is appropriate to consider what the transition means for Black America, and how its musicians have interpreted the “Star Spangled Banner” during times of stress in our racial politics.

And the mercurial composer isn’t above a little pandering to the locals. His “Star-Spangled Banner” is a throwback to Puritan times, he claims, an attempt at highlighting the tune’s ...