Newspapers, we all agree, are not what they were. The thing we don't agree on is why. Is it the internet? Or the decline in reading? Is it because reporters are biased? Or because reporters are so ...

CHICAGO — What Scott Joplin did for ragtime and Jelly Roll Morton for jazz, John Philip Sousa achieved for another expression of the American spirit: the march. More than that, he nurtured and ...

Few know the lyrics, but as opening notes sound on this Fourth of July, folks will rise from picnic blankets and bleachers. Hats will come off. Miniature flags will wave. “The Stars and Stripes ...

The W.D. Packard Concert Band is taking its “March” concert literally. Sunday’s performance will focus on the marches composed by John Philip Sousa, and each song will be directed by a Packard Band ...

Arguably, the most popular early 20th-century visitor to Fort Worth (after Theodore Roosevelt) was bandleader John Philip Sousa. Both were headliners in their day. Roosevelt came to town twice (1905 ...

LIMA — The Lima Area Concert Band’s second subscription series, “Salute To Sousa,” will be held at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at Veterans Memorial Civic Center. John Philip Sousa is known as the “March King.” ...

On March 16, 1917, 100 years ago this month, John Philip Sousa and his band performed in concert at the Academy of Music in Reading. “The celebrated March King and his distinguished organization of 50 ...

For more than 20 years, Salem Concert Band has performed an annual concert honoring American composer John Philip Sousa. This year’s concert features popular, classical and jazz pieces from Sousa’s ...