Hi. Welcome to Snack Trax, an occasional series offering bite-size descriptions of a few songs worth hearing. Among the topics this time around: video-game influenced raps from Atlanta, the magic of ...

Wartime songs, or "ditties" (an old-fashioned term for poems with catchy tunes), create camaraderie among troops yearning for places, people, and things they've left behind. These tunes live long ...