When Jimmie Allen first began writing his song “Freedom was a Highway,” with co-writers Ash Bowers and Matt Rogers, he dove back into his memory of driving around the streets of his hometown. A Milton ...

Jimmie Allen and Brad Paisley take the open road in the music video for their collaborative song, "Freedom Was a Highway." The video opens with Allen leaving church, overcome with the sudden urge to ...

Jimmie Allen's pop yearnings mix effortlessly with Brad Paisley's West Virginia twang and Telecaster on "Freedom Was a Highway." Allen's new single from his Bettie James EP has true radio hit ...

The post Mavis Staples and Jeff Tweedy Perform “Freedom Highway” on Colbert: Watch appeared first on Consequence. Delivering a spirited rendition of The Staple Singers’ song, “Freedom Highway” — which ...

-My name is Starr, and this is Seth, and we are thrilled to share freedom songs with you today. This song was written over 50 years ago to encourage protesters as they took to the streets to march for ...

When Jimmie Allen began cutting his teeth as a country singer, he could only afford to pay his band $25 a show. "[We were playing] trash holes, basements, random bars where nobody cares," Allen told ...

2-Tone ska icons The Specials released Encore, their first album in nearly 40 years, back in 2019, and they’re not waiting as long to make another one. Protest Songs 1924 – 2012 will be out September ...

Singer and banjo player Rhiannon Giddens' 2017 album 'Freedom Highway' includes songs based on slave narratives. She notes that the modern banjo draws from the African instrument known as the akonting ...

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