Music

The Importance of Irish Pirates

March 17, 2009

A Jazzed-Up Langston Hughes

A long-forgotten poem about the African-American experience is given new life in a multimedia performance

March 12, 2009

Dr. John’s Prognosis

The blues and rock musician shares stories of his wild past and his concerns for the future.

March 1, 2009

Sing Like A Pirate

March 2009

Can’t Be in New Orleans? Listen to Mardi Gras Music at Your Desk

We thought we’d treat our cabin fever with a little bit of Louisiana jazz and zydeco courtesy of Smithsonian Folkways

February 24, 2009

Root for Smithsonian Folkways at the Grammy Awards

February 8, 2009

Jukebox: A Child Shall Lead Them

February 2009

Music of the Tropics: Balinese Drum Troupe Performs at the Sackler

Syncopated rhythms and melodic drums characterize Indonesdian “gamelan” music

December 19, 2008

Gobble, Gobble

Here’s a little theme music for your turkey dinner

November 27, 2008

Rhythm and Identity

A Q&A with Bobby Sanabria, musician, composer and professor of Latin jazz

September 14, 2008

At Moab, Music Among the Red Rocks

The Moab Music Festival features world-class music in an unparalleled natural setting

August 26, 2008

Jukebox: Dogged Underdog

August 2008

Blue Ridge Bluegrass

The town of Floyd, Virginia draws jam-ready musicians and some toe-tapping fans

July 27, 2008

Folkways Producer Tony Schwartz, Creator of the Daisy Ad, Dies

June 18, 2008

Bring Back Vinyl

April 1, 2008

Q at the Castle

Why the Smithsonian Institution can’t get enough of American music’s top artist-entrepreneur, Quincy Jones

March 1, 2008

The Arranger

From bebop to hip-hop, nobody alive has done more for American music than Quincy Jones

March 2008

Forgotten Music

A long-lost musical treasure in Paris is rediscovered

March 1, 2008

Jukebox

Hitting the Right Notes

December 2007

Jukebox

The Robeson Spirit

November 2007