Music

This metamorphic record is a teaching tool, a flirtation device, a college radio favorite, a nostalgic object, and more. BOOP!

Grab your passport—we're going to get our groove on.

From a complaint logged on an ancient tablet to the birth of jazz in a tiny New Orleans public square.

Learning more about the upcoming April astronomical extravaganza with organizer Megan Roberts.

And what it took to save the iconic film prop for a new exhibit—hint: lots of steam.

Welcome 2024 with a (lemon) pig or a polar bear (plunge).

From New Orleans's unappreciated musical genius to the search for a lost shipwreck off Florida, we highlight our favorite Black History stories of 2023.

A fresco at the historic refuge leads a musicologist to a composition not heard for centuries—and the determined young women who once performed it.

It’s never too late to inspire fascination about the world.

A guide to where to go in New York City—if you want to understand a certain iconic pop star.

“They are unpolished and unvarnished.”

From The Exorcist's "Tubular Bells" to a murder ballad by Tom Waits.