TROY, N.Y. (NEWS10) — Iraq War Veteran Angie Lupe is living proof that music can heal. The strum of guitar strings and lyrics that might hit close to home. Her newly released song, “Stand Up For Us,” ...

“I’m quite a coward,” Rahma Riad admitted with a laugh. “I mean, I like taking risks in general, but I avoid reckless ones when it comes to my music career.” It’s a surprisingly candid confession from ...

A Yazidi woman walks through the Khanke camp in northern Iraq in February. (Emily Garthwaite/INSTITUTE for NPR) DOHUK, Iraq — With rows of white tents filling a windswept hillside, the Khanke camp in ...

The Iraqi National Symphony performed for President Bush and a large audience Tuesday night, presenting another side of the nation whose image is shaped by daily reports of combat and death. "I think ...

WOODSTOCK, Ga. — Scooter Brown stood in the middle of the stage, his right hand pressing his hat to chest and his left grasping his Marine Corps-emblazoned guitar as his bandmate slapped a bow across ...

BAGHDADBAGHDAD — A petite woman in a gold brocade robe appears on stage in a smoke-filled Baghdad club. The crowd jumps up, enticed by the raw power of her voice. This is the magic of Sajida Obeid, an ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — His boots battered, his spirits sinking, Luke Stricklin struggled to explain his experiences in Iraq to family and friends back home who kept asking him what it was like to fight ...

Country music icon Willie Nelson has written a Christmas song with an edge -- a protest against the war in Iraq that he hopes will stir passions in those who hear it. Nelson, 70, told Reuters on ...

DOHUK, Iraq — With rows of white tents filling a windswept hillside, the Khanke camp in northern Iraq shelters about 14,000 men, women and children from the Yazidi religious minority. They have been ...