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Why Do We Play ‘Hail to the Chief’ for the President?
A Scottish rebel features prominently in the anthem
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Mineral Baths May Have Given Stradivari Their Signature Sound
Turns out the famous violins really are different from modern instruments
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How Mozart Outsold Beyonce in CD Sales in 2016
A massive new box set catpulted the classical superstar to the top of the charts
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Researchers Found a Long-Lost Christmas Song
“Crown Winter With Green” has some serious archival cred—and a sad story to tell
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You May Not Have Rhythm, But Your Eyeballs Sure Do
Tracking eye movement gives researchers a peek into how the brain reacts to music
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Increase and Diffuse Knowledge for the Holidays With These Smithsonian Curated Books
Books recommended by Smithsonian Institution scholars
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How OK Go Has Revolutionized the Music Video
To pull off one of their most daring videos, they needed a borrowed Russian transport jet, spreadsheets and calculus, and a lot of motion-sickness medicine
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Why Certain Songs Get Stuck in Our Heads
A survey of 3,000 people reveals that the most common earworms share a fast tempo, unusual intervals and simple rhythm
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Smithsonian Journeys Travel Quarterly: Cuba
Born out of slavery in 19th-century Cuba, the lively music and dance form takes many shapes
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A Brief History of Wizard Rock
This Halloween, check out a genre devoted to Harry Potter’s Wizarding World
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Why a Woman Is Playing the Same Guitar Chord Over and Over Again at the Hirshhorn
The absurdly comedic work of Iceland’s top performance artist Ragnar Kjartansson
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Smithsonian Journeys Travel Quarterly: Cuba
Venture Inside Cuba’s Secret Societies
From Masons to Santería priests, photographer Nicola Lo Calzo offers a glimpse into the island’s many subcultures
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Iggy Pop Bares More Than Abs in New Art Exhibition About Masculinity
Punk meets pencil in an art show that examines the portrayal of masculinity throughout the centuries
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As the enigmatic singer, songwriter and troubadour takes the Nobel Prize in literature, one scholar ponders what his work is all about
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Here’s What You Missed At the White House’s First-Ever South By South Lawn Festival
On Monday, artists, musicians, tech enthusiasts and other innovators gathered in the president’s backyard to celebrate a bright future
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Loud Sounds Can Make Your Drink Seem Stronger
The scientific reason that clubbing and cocktails go hand in hand—but shouldn’t always
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Listen to the First Computer-Made Tune on Alan Turing’s Synthesizer
From code-breaker to musical innovator
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You, Too, Could Own a Copy of the Voyager Golden Record
Ozma records is producing a box set of the album sent into the cosmos to reach out to potential extraterrestrial life
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