Music & Film

A Swoopy, Funky Fun House of Rock

Seattle's new Experience Music Project is a $100 million, technology-enhanced repository of American pop music where anyone can be a rock star

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The Talking Drums

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The Boys Choir of Harlem Sings a Song of Hope

Hard work, discipline and tough love help inner-city choristers achieve lofty goals

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The Gang's All Here!

A new show hails Edward Sorel, whose caricatures have spoofed or skewered celebrities of every stripe

Inventor Bradford Reed playing his pencilina

Concerto for Pencilina and Sewer Flute

Wacky instruments often resemble bad plumbing, but all are welcome in the eclectic light orchestra of experimental music

Tab Hunter from the trailer for the film Damn Yankees

Anyone Having Trouble Hitting the Notes?

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Paderewski's Piano

When Polish pianist Ignace Paderewski toured America, he became a celebrity—and boosted Steinway

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Movie Magic on the Mall

Museum flicks – from German silents to a comedy starring kangaroos – are not the typical fare

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John Barrymore: a Profile in Just About Everything

A great actor, a shameless ham; an athlete, a drunk; a ladies' man, one of the boys-- the madcap Jack had as many faces as roles

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Picturing the Face of the African Diaspora

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How I Stuck My 'Hand' In a Fire Ant Mound For Television and Glory

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Plugged In, and Playing With Power

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Smithsonian Perspectives

"Red, Hot & Blue," a new exhibition saluting the American musical, is an invigorating example of the Smithsonian's mission to illuminate our past

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Guess What My Li'l Chopin Played Today

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When This Jazz Band Plays, It's Not Just Music—it's History

The musicians who make up the Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra specialize in re-creating classic performances from the past

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We Eat, Breathe and Dream Music. We're a Bunch of Nerds Here'

Make that an international bunch of nerds. The Berklee College of Music, aka "the MIT of pop," is respected all over the world

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How to Take on an Ailing Company--and Make It Hum

When three biz-school-trained entrepreneurs rescued Nashville's Gibson Guitar Corp., they created jobs —and saved a musical tradition

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The Aria Never Ends in the Opera That's Casa Verdi

Retired singers, musicians and conductors find a home in Milan, Italy, where a zest for music works like a fountain of youth

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Sure the Piano-Violin Can Do Two Things At Once—But Can It Do Them Well?

Sure the piano-violin can do two things at once—but can it do them well?

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Harmonicas Are...hooty, Wheezy, Twangy and Tooty

They're from the Old Country, but there's nothing better for American music, from blues to honky-tonk and the fans are blown away

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