“This was another one of those songs that took a long time to tell me how it wanted to end, how it was going to end,” songwriter Gretchen Peters once said. “The chorus’s idea is what happened for me ...

Martina McBride‘s “Independence Day” not only changed the trajectory of one artist’s career in 1994, but it also shed light on important issues. Issues that really weren’t widely discussed at the time ...

Listen to songs by Martina McBride, Destiny’s Child, Kelly Clarkson and more. By Caryn Ganz Hello again from your guest playlister — Lindsay’s editor, Caryn — in this lead-up to the Fourth of July.