Music

A trumpet recovered from the USS Houston undergoes treatment at the Naval History and Heritage Command's Underwater Archaeology Branch laboratory on the Washington Navy Yard, Dec. 31, 2013.

A Trumpet Retrieved From a World War II Shipwreck Could Still Hold Its Owner’s DNA

Conservators are trying to identify the sailor who once played it

Chuck Brown, known as the grandfather of go-go, died in 2012. Now, a go-go archive is being assembled in his honor.

You Can Help Build the World’s First Go-Go Archive

Librarians are calling for the preservation of Washington, D.C.'s iconic musical genre

Watch 100 Drones Dance Their Way to a World Record

The swarm recently took to the skies to Beethoven's Fifth Symphony

Library patrons will soon be able to check out ukuleles in libraries across Pennsylvania.

Pennsylvania Libraries Will Let You Check Out a Ukulele

Read, strum, repeat

David Bowie performs as Ziggy Stardust

How David Bowie Helped Shape Science Fiction as We Know It

From “Space Oddity” to “Lazarus,” Bowie gave voice to the anxiety of science fiction

Bill Cherry, one of the headlining acts during the week.

Go Behind the Scenes at America's Most Lucrative Elvis Presley Tribute Contest

Get all shook up with the winners of this year's Tribute to the King

How the Phonograph Changed Music Forever

Much like streaming music services today are reshaping our relationship with music, Edison's invention redefined the entire industry

“I just wrote my best song,” Paul Simon told Art Garfunkel.

How "The Sound of Silence" Became a Surprise Hit

The Simon and Garfunkel song catapulted the duo to stardom

Jeannette Garcia is pioneering recyclable plastics.

Eight Innovators to Watch in 2016

These thinkers are making fascinating developments in medicine, economics, art, music and more

The Green Mill Cocktail Lounge, once partially owned by a member of the Chicago mafia syndicate.

Eat (and Drink) Your Way Through Sinatra's Chicago

See why the Windy City was without a doubt his kind of town

The ashram's entrance was once closed to visitors, who had to sneak in or bribe a guard.

Abandoned Beatles Ashram Is Opened to the Public for the First Time in a Long, Long, Long Time

Get back to the site of the Fab Four's disastrous meditation retreat

When Rock Was Banned in the Soviet Union, Teens Took to Bootlegged Recordings on X-Rays

Teens snuck jazz and rock into the U.S.S.R. on records made of old x-rays

Sinatra on the radio

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

"I think this thing will make Beethoven," Disney once said.

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

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