During a visit to Washington in the autumn of 1861, poet Julia Ward Howe attended a public parade and review of Union troops. On her way back to Willard's Hotel she found her carriage delayed by ...

It all comes full circle: Easy Star, the label of the two premier dub tributes to rock ‘n’ roll of the past few years, is releasing “Amplify,” the new album fromJohn Brown’s Body, on Sept. 26. John ...

William Weston Patton's version of the Union marching song "John Brown's Body," starts, "Old John Brown’s body lies moldering in the grave/ While weep the sons of bondage whom he ventured all to save/ ...

Brown's presence was felt elsewhere in America that day. The Union general Robert H. Milroy, stationed near Harpers Ferry, read Lincoln's proclamation aloud to his regiment, which spontaneously ...

“We are looking forward to coming to Aspen. We love the Belly Up,” is what Alex Toth, the bandleader of Rubblebucket told me from his tour van. Rubblebuck’s never actually played in Aspen, but Kalmia ...

Many Americans are familiar with the song “John Brown’s Body,” which was originally written and sung in 1861 by Union soldiers of the Massachusetts 12th Regiment. Many versions exist, but a well-known ...

If you’ve been paying attention, you’ll know that Kings And Queens is a synthesis of every aspect of John Brown’s Body’s storied career. It’s as if, after close to two decades of existence, this ...