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Fifty Years After the Beatles Broke Up, Trove of Memorabilia Goes on Auction
Sotheby's sale includes records, posters and a high school detention sheet decrying John Lennon's "continuous silly behaviour in class"
Nursing Home Residents Recreate Iconic Album Covers During Lockdown
Seniors in the U.K. staged photoshoots inspired by Elvis Presley, Madonna, David Bowie and other musicians
How Milton Glaser Came to Design the Iconic Poster of Bob Dylan
The 1966 illustration of the folk-rock icon captured the psychadelic dazzle of the flower-power era
How to Watch the National Air and Space Museum's Free Virtual Concert
Catch the musical event, featuring Sting, Death Cab for Cutie front man Ben Gibbard and other artists, on YouTube tonight at 8 p.m. Eastern time
The Charming Story of George Harrison’s Vacation in Small-Town America
The Beatles guitarist visited his sister in southern Illinois just months before he'd become world famous
The Inside Story of the Beatles' Messy Breakup
Tensions leading to the split, announced 50 years ago today, had been bubbling under the band’s cheery surface for years
China's Art, From Museum Exhibits to Rock Concerts, Moves Online During Coronavirus Outbreak
The government has directed museums to "enrich the people's spiritual and cultural life during the epidemic [with] cloud exhibitions"
Why Prince Would Not Sound Like Prince Without Minneapolis
A human geographer explains how the city's unique sonic culture nurtured and inspired the musical genius
How the Beatles Took Recording Technology to a New Level in 'Abbey Road'
An expert in sound recording details how the band deployed stereo and synthesizers to put a unique artistic stamp on this iconic album
Here's the Guitar That Prince Revolutionized Music With in 'Purple Rain'
The artist gave the "cloud" guitar to the Smithsonian in 1993, but only now do we know it's the same instrument used in the iconic movie
Archaeologists Are Finding Woodstock Really Did Take On Life of Its Own
If it seems weird to survey a site that’s only 50 years old, it is. But it's not as unusual as you’d think
Lost Footage of One of the Beatles' Last Live Performances Found in Attic
A man filmed the missing 1966 'Top of the Pops' appearance from his TV set
From Buddy Holly to Lady Gaga, the Met's New 'Play It Loud' Exhibit Features the Instruments of Rock and Roll Greats
The show includes more than 130 guitars, drum kits and keyboards, as well as vintage costumes, posters and concert footage
Playing Skrillex May Help Ward Off Mosquito Bites
The EDM artist’s mix of very high and low frequency beats discourages the insects from biting victims, having sex
Scientists Played Music to Cheese as It Aged. Hip-Hop Produced the Funkiest Flavor
Researchers played nonstop loops of Led Zeppelin, A Tribe Called Quest and Mozart to cheese wheels to find out how sound waves impacted flavor
Toto's 'Africa' Will Play Forever—Or at Least Until the Next Windstorm—in the Namib Desert
An art installation is playing an endless loop of the 1982 earworm in an undisclosed location in the desert along Africa's southwest coast
To Mourn Beloved, 17-Year-Old Cat, Artist Made Genre-Spanning, Star-Studded Tribute Album
Pharrell, Bono, Laurie Anderson, Michael Stipe, The National and others penned songs for Souris, artist Sophie Calle's animal companion
Statistics Offer Answer to Decades-Long Dispute Over Authorship of Beatles Hit
Researchers say there is less than a one in 50 chance that Paul McCartney composed the melody of "In My Life"
David Bowie’s First Studio Recording Discovered in a Bread Basket
The demo failed to impress recording executives in the early 1960s
Ten Rarely Seen Springsteen Photographs That Capture the Exhilarating Power of The Boss
A new book reveals the work of David Gahr, who documented the music legend as he rose to worldwide fame
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