It's after dinner. We've cleaned up the dishes and our youngest daughter is already asleep. My spouse has brewed tea and is queuing up something for the grown-ups to watch. Standing (or rather lying) ...

Born three decades before William Shakespeare, George Gascoigne (1535-77) was one of the earliest poets to write in modern English. He also wrote the first essay on poetic meter; what could be called ...

Boldly eschewing this season’s hidden, speakeasy-style venue trend, a regular bar will open on the Lower East Side next week. It is called Lullaby. To enter, guests must arrive during hours of ...

In the 1920s, the poet Federico García Lorca heard a woman in Granada sing a lullaby to her child and was struck by the sadness of the song. In a lecture delivered in Madrid in 1928, he observed that ...

Seeking a way to get your baby to sleep? Most parents will turn to lullabies. Dr. Don MacMannis, child psychologist and and award-winning PBS songwriter and producer, told TODAY Parents that lullabies ...

A lullaby, more than other forms of music, implies a specific performer and a specific audience. From Middle English “to lull,” the archetypical lullaby is sung gently by a mother or caretaker to a ...

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Imagine your favorite record from Kanye and Jay Z turned into a soothing lullaby. How great will that be to play for your child as he or she falls asleep? What if I told you this can happen? Yes, ...