Of course, the biggest difference between “Lean on Me” and “The Star-Spangled Banner” is obvious to all who have ears. It’s there in the tolling gospel piano chords and in the bluesy ...

Sat at the grand piano under some light drizzle in 2017, Joel brought the sunshine with an impassioned tenor take on ‘The Star-Spangled Banner’ in his signature raw, melancholy timbre. Billy Joel sits ...

One of the first musicians to interpret the “Star Spangled Banner” in a way that displayed a Black consciousness was the piano prodigy known as “Blind Tom.” Born into slavery in Georgia in ...

The Grammy winner performed "The Star-Spangled Banner" at the Caesars Superdome ... Baptiste appeared at a piano — decorated with several multi-colored motifs and lines — in an all-black ...