Folklorist Archie Green blows the dust off old coal-mining songs, revealing the souls of long-dead miners and their struggles to survive. With his book Only a Miner, folklorist Archie Green unearths ...

No divorce lawyers are needed: Kelly Clarkson was ready to discuss what was “mine” in the first song off of Chemistry, her upcoming album — while also addressing feelings in second song “me” (both ...

“He’s had more hard luck than most men could stand/ The mines was his first love but never his friend,” opens “Black Lung,” a tune penned by West Virginia bluegrass singer Hazel Dickens in 1969. In ...