Music
Turning Hurricane Data Into Music
Can listening to storms help us understand them better? A meteorologist and a music technologist think so
John Travolta’s Breakout Hit Was America’s Best Dance Party
It’s been 40 years since ‘Saturday Night Fever’—a gritty film powered by music, machismo and masterful footwork—became a cultural phenomenon
What Makes John Legend America's Most Versatile Artist
Songwriter, singer, actor, producer, virtual reality maven. John Legend is an entertainment all-star
The Ten Best Photography Books of 2017
These eye-opening works invite us to find ourselves in history and nature
100 Stolen John Lennon Items Found in Berlin
The trove of memorabilia, which was stolen from Yoko Ono, includes Lennon’s diaries, glasses and handwritten music scores
A Brief History of “Alice’s Restaurant”
The Arlo Guthrie classic starts off retelling the true story of what happened more than 50 years ago
Composer Kurt Weill's Long-Forgotten “Song of the White Cheese" Discovered in Berlin Archive
Listen to the 1931 ditty, which had gone unnoticed in the collection of a little-known actress
John Philip Sousa Feared ‘The Menace of Mechanical Music’
Wonder what he’d say about Spotify
Fats Domino's Infectious Rhythms Set a Nation in Motion
This Rock ’n’ Roll maverick was a true New Orleans original
Who Really Wrote "Merry Christmas, Baby"
The co-author of a classic holiday song still can’t catch a break
The Boston Public Library Is Digitizing 200,000 Vintage Recordings
With the help of the Internet Archive, the recordings from the Sound Archives Collection will one day be available for free streaming and download
This Artist Is Crowdsourcing "Singing" Sand From Around the World
Amsterdam-based artist Lotte Geeven is making sand symphonies for a public artwork debuting next spring
These Collegiate Innovators Are at the Vanguard of Technology and Art
A massive three-day festival spotlights the achievements of the Atlantic Coast Conference
This Ambitious Landmark Hip-Hop and Rap Anthology Was Successfully Funded
Smithsonian's nonprofit record label launched a Kickstarter for help and got it
A Rare Collection of Bronze Age Chinese Bells Tells a Story of Ancient Innovation
These rarely played ancient bells are newly analyzed with their acoustics remastered and digitized for a new exhibition at the Sackler Gallery
You've Never Tasted "Street Food" Like This Before
For its grand reopening, a hub of Asian-American culture serves up a culinary wonderland
Tom Petty, Standard-Bearer for Classic Rock, Dies at Age 66
In <i>Smithsonian Rock and Roll: Live and Unseen</i>, Bill Bentley remembers the singer-guitarist who forged a unique place in American rock
In a First, Archival-Quality Performances Are Preserved in DNA
Songs by Miles Davis and Deep Purple at the Montreux Jazz Festival will live on in the ultra-compact, long-lasting format
Turning Irregular Heartbeats Into Music
A set of piano pieces could help doctors better understand heart rhythm disorders
Three Things to Know About Francesca Caccini, the Renaissance Musical Genius You’ve Never Heard Of
The first female opera composer, Caccini worked for the super-rich-and-powerful Medici family
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