These picture-perfect album covers have turned unassuming street corners, empty beach stretches and looming buildings into musical monuments
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Musical instruments have existed for eons, and humans continue to create and enjoy them
For decades, Libba Cotten was one of the most distinctive folk musicians in America
This heady, exquisitely delightful new book reveals the power behind the sequins
The starfighter-outfitted drone was the first remotely piloted aircraft of its kind and size approved by the Federal Aviation Administration for public demonstration
The singer’s presence can still be felt at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History
Today’s artists—especially women—are sometimes criticized for speaking out, but for Baez, art and activism were indivisible
Looking back at the moment when one of our greatest jazzmen raised the stakes for everyone who came after
Almost a century after the cartoon mouse made his first appearance, he finally belongs to everyone—sort of
Smithsonian editors choose their favorite (mostly) nonfiction of (mostly) 2023
The bold journalist, who made a splash on both sides of the lens, is the subject of a new biopic starring Kate Winslet
Northern Europe and the British Isles
For one fall night, it is tradition for a handful of houses in Sydrugota, on the island of Eysturoy, to open their doors and host intimate concerts
Chris Strachwitz, founder of Arhoolie Records, crisscrossed the United States photographing and recording musicians where they played
The works of the recently knighted filmmaker address contemporary issues in two different Smithsonian museums
“Killers of the Flower Moon” sets a new standard in its nuanced portrait of Osage life. Decades of prior films about Native Americans didn't even try
The new Las Vegas performance venue challenges musicians and visual artists to produce content for its demanding format
After decades in the limelight, the American musician who spent a career exposing the world’s problems explores her own past
The television personality, who died last week at 99, was part of a match that made game show history
At the Terezin concentration camp, some of Europe's top artists found solace in creating new work. Today one musician is determined to give them an encore
This summer, a podcast series from the National Air and Space Museum discusses Operation Pedro Pan, Latino Futurism and “Star Wars”
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