"Auld Lang Syne" as we know it today first came together in the late 1700s, and wasn't initially a song for New Year's Eve.

On this final day of 2023, today's Beautiful Music is AULD LANG SYNE sung by Colm R. McGuiness. The lyrics come from a poem written by Robert Burns in the 18th century, and the music is a traditional ...

In today’s fractured world, few things seem ubiquitous. But in the next week or so, one song will be. ‘Auld Lang Syne’ is ...

“Should old acquaintance be forgot / And never brought to mind” — wait, what does that even mean? Every New Year’s Eve brings about many attempts at singing the one song everybody associates with the ...

As “Auld Lang Syne” takes its annual spin around the globe on New Year’s Eve, its chorus belted out by revelers young and old, Edinburgh’s Poet Laureate Michael Pedersen says the song’s enduring power ...

The centuries-old New Year's Eve standard "Auld Lang Syne" rarely fails to send me into a sentimental tailspin, and a new recording of the song by Virginia indie folk-rockers Palmyra — who released an ...

It's gone from being an 18th century song about impotence to one of the best known songs all over the world. Most of us have sung Auld Lang Syne at some point in our lives on New Year's Eve, but how ...

Another year, another "Auld Lang Syne," the song as essential to New Year's Eve as champagne and a kiss. Rita Braver toasts a cherished tradition: There's the elegant sound of the Amor Artis chorus ..

Every New Year’s Eve, after the champagne has been popped, the ball has dropped, and everyone is feeling very merry indeed, revelers queue up the same song they’ve been queuing up for decades. You ...

The iconic song became a staple at the stroke of midnight with a little help from 18th century poet Robert Burns and the Scottish diaspora. It wouldn't be New Year's Eve without "Auld Lang Syne"—and ...