Musical History
'Dear Evan Hansen' Recognized as Part of America's Cultural Heritage
Artifacts from the Broadway musical come to the collections of Smithsonian's National Museum of American History
The World's First Synthesizer Was a 200-Ton Behemoth
Thaddeus Cahill's Telharmonium may not have been a huge success, but it was an important achievement in music history
How the First LGBTQ Mariachi Became an Outlet for Advocacy
LA musicians Carlos Samaniego and Natalia Melendez do traditional Mexican music their way
How Close Does 'Bohemian Rhapsody' Come to Showing the Real Freddie Mercury?
While the movie has been critiqued for flattening the legacy of Queen, see the band come to life in historic photos
Are Classical Music Performances Speeding Up?
For Johann Sebastian Bach's 333rd birthday, a team looked at recordings of the composer's work over the last 50 years
The Moment That Defines Famed American Composer Leonard Bernstein
The National Portrait Gallery showcases a celebrated conductor as portrayed by the master French photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson
Museum Curators Reflect on the Legacy of the Queen of Soul
Aretha Franklin dies at 76; her memory lives on at the Smithsonian in artwork, photographs and other ephemera
A New Exhibition Is Here to Spice Up Your Life
Do you really, really, really wanna see it?
David Bowie’s First Studio Recording Discovered in a Bread Basket
The demo failed to impress recording executives in the early 1960s
How to Hear the Met’s Historic Instruments' Singular Sounds
New audio recordings by the museum feature roughly 40 instruments, from Ming dynasty lute to the world’s oldest surviving piano
New Exhibition in Oakland Traces the History of Hip-Hop
“RESPECT: Hip-Hop Style & Wisdom” celebrates the 45th anniversary of hip-hop culture
Library of Congress Adds ‘The Sound of Music,’ ‘My Girl’ to National Recording Registry
Each year since 2002, 25 recordings that impacted American culture are chosen for inclusion in the growing database. Read about the class of 2017
The Electric Organ That Gave James Brown His Unstoppable Energy
What was it about the Hammond organ that made the 'Godfather of Soul' say please, please, please?
Latest IMAX Film Studies History of American Music
Air and Space Museum makes way for the Flying Elvi
What the First Radio Commercial Jingle Sounded Like
Wheaties was one of the first companies to recognize the enormous potential of radio as an advertising tool
Long-Forgotten Opera About Tabasco Sauce Heats Up Stage Again After Almost 125 Years
Thanks to some musical sleuthing, George W. Chadwick's ode to the now ubiquitous hot sauce brand has been revitalized by the New Orleans Opera
How Graffiti Artists Used iPhones and Paint to Transform the Beatles’ Ashram
Miles Toland describes how he captured Indian street scenes on his phone and recreated them as giant murals that same day
Big Data Traces the World's Most Distinctive Musical Traditions
An analysis of 8,200 recordings from 137 nations shows nations in sub-Saharan Africa have the most unique rhythms and melodies
A Timeline of 1968: The Year That Shattered America
The nation is still reckoning with the changes that came in that fateful year
The Ashram Where the Beatles Sought Enlightenment
Beach Boys singer Mike Love recalls what it was like to be at the Indian locale, which remains a destination for fans of music and meditation
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