Music
Listen to Never-Before-Released Tracks From Frank Sinatra’s Earliest Years on the Radio
You haven’t heard Ol’ Blue Eyes quite like this
Meet Lin-Manuel Miranda, the Genius Behind "Hamilton," Broadway's Newest Hit
Composer, lyricist and performer, Miranda wows audiences and upends U.S. history with his dazzlingly fresh hip-hop musical
Now Available: The Ultimate Old-Timey Playlist
Listen to digitized recordings of wax cylinders, an obsolete technology that revives turn-of-the-century culture
Disney's "Fantasia" Was Initially a Critical and Box-Office Failure
More than seventy-five years after its debut, a look back at the animated masterpiece
How a Metronome Could Save a Life
An simple device could help save lives by keeping CPR on the beat
How the Tetris Theme Song Was Made
A small piece of hardware produced the iconic sounds of gaming
Listen to the Sweet Sounds of Slime Mold
Two artists transform the bioelectricity of microorganisms into song
Here's What Whale Songs Look Like as Sheet Music
Musical notation created by a musician and a designer make whale song look almost like an alien language
How Helen Keller Experienced Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony
"I could actually distinguish the cornets, the roll of the drums, deep-toned violas and violins singing in exquisite unison"
This Song Is Composed From 133 Years of Climate Change Data
Daniel Crawford, a senior at the University of Minnesota, has written music for a string quartet that traces rising temperatures since the 1880s
Russia Wants Rachmaninoff’s Remains Back
Should a composer who abandoned his home forever be returned there 72 years after his death?
Why Jon Batiste Is the Perfect Choice to Be the “Late Night” Bandleader
The tall, lanky jazz musician will bring his unique talents to television this fall
Is There a ‘Gay Aesthetic’ to Pop Music?
From Elton John to Mika, the “glam piano” genre may be as integral to the Gay American experience as hip-hop and the blues are to the African American one
What “Ricki and the Flash” Gets Wrong About the Life of a Musician
The new Meryl Streep vehicle is the latest in a long history of movies about bar singers
The Parks Service Just Added Four New National Historic Landmarks
Masonic memorials, bison jumps and parks
The Sound and Fury of Philadelphia's Wanamaker Organ
Get blown away listening to the largest operating pipe organ in the world
You Can Pay for This Transylvanian Music Festival in Blood
Dracula would totally approve of this payment system
Here’s How to Make a Record Out of a Tortilla
Yes, it’s edible
This Is How You Live Paint an Event
Artist Jeremy Sutton painted on his iPad while musicians performed and visitors played virtual reality games at the Smithsonian American Art Museum
Is a Band Without Its Original Members Still the Same Band?
What gives a musical group its identity? Is it the name on the poster or the people on the stage?
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