“Illinois” describes a state and a nation in motion, full of complicated human beings who do bad things and good things.

For Monsignor Ray East and his brother Nathan, their faith feeds their music and their music feeds their faith.

Richard Bernstein tackles difficult topics in his short study of an extraordinary entertainer, Al Jolson (born Asa Yoelson in Lithuania in 1886), and a profoundly important movie—and not just because “The Jazz Singer” is recognized as the “first talkie.”

Bob Dylan, more than anyone, fused the pop cultural and the religious experience into one.

As a young Bob Dylan in "A Complete Unknown," Timothee Chalamet captures some of the iconic singer's enigmatic yet magnetic personality.

On the final episode of Hark! this season, prepare yourselves for a wee bit of scandal because we’re looking at a tune that began as a bawdy love song and has long been associated with an evil monarch, but which, over the course of three centuries, finds its redemption as a Christmas carol. This is the story behind, “What Child Is This?”