Country being one of America's most foundational musical art forms, its earliest recording throws many of the genre's narratives and perception into question.

Crafting the Classic: How a Phonograph Record Player is Made Posted: February 13, 2025 | Last updated: February 13, 2025 Step into the world of audio craftsmanship as we reveal the process behind ...

I remember the moment I got interested in music. I was 10 years old, sitting in a friend’s attic in our eastside Dayton ...

As a songwriter, Billy Joel had hit upon something resonant by avoiding viewing the subject of love as a songwriter, landing a hit for Columbia Records.

The barn that serves as his office is packed with hard drive copies of Lomax’s records and thousands of his own vinyls — including old phonograph albums he has collected over time of Yiddish ...

He served in the U.S. Navy in World War I, and upon his return took a job with the General Phonograph Company, where he distinguished himself as an ambitious climber of the corporate ladder.

On December 7, 1877 Thomas Edison demonstrated his phonograph at the New York City offices of the nation's leading technical weekly publication, Scientific American. The following report set off ...

Photograph by daisuke miyagi In 1877, Thomas Edison invented the phonograph, becoming the first person ever to record and reproduce his own voice. In 1895, the Edison Company created one of the ...

Bell demonstrated his telephone and Thomas Edison his phonograph at the Smithsonian Castle Building during meetings of the newly formed National Academy of Sciences, headed by Smithsonian Secretary ...