Those with French mothers have probably heard this song countless times before bed as children. It’s a coo as much as anything, a portal to drifting off. But what is the origin of the French lullaby, ...

Bill Anderson and Jon Randall co-wrote Brad Paisley and Alison Krauss' hit duet "Whiskey Lullaby." The song was released in March of 2004 as the third single off of Paisley's Mud on the Tires album ...

Heartbreak and country music have gone hand in hand since time immemorial. But some country songs are so devastating, you almost have to save them for when you specifically feel like having a good cry ...

It eventually won the CMA Award for Song of the Year, but the road wasn't easy for Bill Anderson and Jon Randall's "Whiskey Lullaby." "It wasn't exactly like people were running up and down Music Row ...

In the 1920s, the poet Federico García Lorca heard a woman in Granada sing a lullaby to her child and was struck by the sadness of the song. In a lecture delivered in Madrid in 1928, he observed that ...

Originating in Carnegie Hall’s Weill Music Institute, The Lullaby Project pairs pregnant women and new mothers and fathers with professional artists to write and sing personal lullabies for their ...

NPR speaks with Claire Bryant, Assistant Professor at the University of South Carolina School of Music, and "Ashley," a woman who is currently incarcerated and creating lullabies for her children.

Why do humans play, and listen, to music? The question has long baffled evolutionary theorists. Some suggest it had its origins in courtship rituals, while others contend it had (and has) a unique ...

A new mother experiences terrifying visions in Darrell James Roodt's South African horror film 'The Lullaby.' By Frank Scheck The Bottom Line Crudely effective, although we've seen it all before. It ...