You'll hear My Old Kentucky Home sung at Churchill Downs as you usually do before the Kentucky Derby, but did you know that the Kentucky state song is actually controversial? You will now. The ...

Front cover of the book “My Old Kentucky Home: The Astonishing Life and Reckoning of an Iconic American Song” written by author Emily Bingham. The book was published by the Knopf Doubleday Publishing ...

Editor's note: This story was originally published on May 4, 2024. It has since been updated. One of the most notable pastimes at the Kentucky Derby is a playing of the old Stephen Foster song "My Old ...

In an interview with The Courier Journal ahead of the 150th Kentucky Derby, Louisville Congressman Morgan McGarvey said the event's use of “My Old Kentucky Home,” a 19th-century song inspired by the ...

Louisville author Emily Bingham won the 2025 Music in American Culture Award for her book about the song "My Old Kentucky Home." Bingham's book examines the song's history and its connection to ...

Churchill Downs Racetrack will continue its tradition of playing “My Old Kentucky Home” at the start of the Kentucky Derby despite criticism of the song about American slavery. But the performance of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In an interview with The Courier Journal ahead of the 150th Kentucky Derby, Louisville Congressman Morgan McGarvey said the ...