"Auld Lang Syne" directly translates to "old long since" in 18th-century Scots. This essentially means times gone by or "old times." Think spirits, but not the ghost kind: "A cup of kindness" refers ...

What will you remember most about 2012? I will remember the year that I don’t remember at all! It was a whirlwind trip around the globe for The Barr Brothers and at a certain point you become like ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. You know the drill. As the New Year's Eve countdown draws to a close, the ball drops, and, if we're lucky, we finish our midnight ...

On Monday night, Greensky Bluegrass wrapped up their four-night New Year’s Run at Chicago’s Riviera Theatre, offering up three full sets, including the live debut of “All for Money,” the title track ...

Millions of people sing it each year at the stroke of midnight, some beaming with joy and others overcome with emotion as they bid goodbye to the year that has passed. But what does the New Year’s ...

(NEXSTAR) – As the clock strikes midnight on New Year’s Eve, you’ll hear “happy New Year,” and then these lyrics. “Should old acquaintance be forgot, and never brought to mind?” the song goes. “Should ...

It’s a song we often hear at the start of the new year. But what does “auld lang syne” even mean? And how did it come to be associated with New Year's Eve? With a little musical sleuthing, we find ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The song is Scottish, which is fitting when you consider that in Scotland the New Year's celebration known as Hogmanay is of ...

Previous work: The Auld Farmer's New-Year-Morning Salutation To His Auld Mare, Maggie Next work: The Auld Man's mare's dead Should auld acquaintance be forgot, And never brought to mind? Should auld ...

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 ...