Music
Before There was the Blues Man, There Was the Songster
A new release from Smithsonian Folkways celebrates the diverse sounds of turn-of-the-century itinerant musicians
Forget Vinyl. Forget the Cloud. In the Future We'll Listen to Music on UV-Cured 3D-Printed Resin
Musicians, developers, and inventors prove that there's more to records than vinyl
Do Animals Have Rhythm?
If they did, who could ask for anything more?
The Von Trapps Are Back With a New Musical Sound
The hills are alive again with a new American generation of the singing family made famous by the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical
Watch George Clinton's P-Funk Mothership Get Reassembled For Its Museum Debut
A timelapse video shows Smithsonian curators rebuilding one of music's most iconic stage props—the Parliament-Funkadelic Mothership
You Otter Believe These Zoo Animals Can Play the Piano, the Harmonica and the Xylophone
D.C.'s hottest summer concert is brought to us by an unlikely source: a bevy of animal musicians
These Artistic Interpretations of the Star-Spangled Banner Call Out the Inner Patriot
In paintings, photos, music, videos and poetry, contemporary artists intrepret the flag that bravely waved above Fort McHenry
This Radio Station Broadcasts All Over the World, But Only at Breakfast Time
Global Breakfast Radio operates in every time zone on the planet
This Song (And This Tiger) Will Go Extinct Unless We Save It
Smithsonian magazine editor Michael Caruso is among the 400 influencers asked to protect and save the "Endangered Song"
Elvis’ First Big Vegas Show Was a Total Flop
Playing to the middle-aged crowd at the New Frontier Hotel, Elvis' first Vegas show didn't go over so well
Violinists Can’t Tell the Difference Between Old and New Instruments
Regardless, many report still preferring old-school violins made by Italian masters
Why the Roseland Ballroom Had to Stop Dancing
Tonight is the last preformance at the iconic New York concert venue the Roseland Ballroom
Art and Science Collide in the Discovery of the Higgs Boson
<i>Particle Fever</i>, a documentary about the physicists who found the "God particle," suggests doing science isn’t that different from making art
A Sax Supreme: John Coltrane's Legendary Instrument Joins the Collections of the American History Museum
Ravi Coltrane, son of jazz musicians John and Alice Coltrane, donates one of his father's three saxophones
New Photos of John Coltrane Rediscovered 50 Years After They Were Shot
During the recording of A Love Supreme in 1964, Chuck Stewart caught the jazz legend in his element
Some Totally Normal People Just Don’t Like Music That Much
While some of us find ourselves quietly crying in the middle of a Target when some dumb song comes on, others are unmoved
This Prosthetic Hand Lets a Drummer Play Again
“I’ll bet a lot of metal drummers might be jealous of what I can do now,” he said. “Speed is good. Faster is always better”
Musicians Are Better Able to Identify a World-Class Orchestra by Sight Than by Sound
Allowing musicians to both hear and see an orchestra playing actually lowers their ability to tell if it's world-class
The World’s Most Sampled Song Is "Change the Beat" by Fab 5 Freddy
From Nine Inch Nails to Justin Bieber, nearly everybody has sampled this song
The Inside Scoop on Jury's Irish Cabaret in Dublin, Where Blarney Met Vaudeville
Rediscover a classic Smithsonian Folkways recording of an Irish variety show that first tickled tourists in 1963
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