The Animals were a British rock band formed in the 1960s, known for their blues-influenced sound and hits like House of the Rising Sun and Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood. Their iconic style and ...

He’s been on television, in film, he’s worked as a reporter and a photographer but John J. Ruppert has never written a book.

The legendary blues song “The House of the Rising Sun” is one of those tunes with a murky origin story. Who wrote it? Was there a single person to do so? It’s unclear. The traditional folk song is ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Surging with idealism, 22-year-old archivist Alan Lomax set off on his 1937 tour of Kentucky with high hopes.