The first time Wall Street laid an egg, songwriters went on one of the richest sprees in American history. The 1930s treasure-trove of American music — culled from the country’s every corner: ...

This video explores how music was visually presented in the 1930s, before the concept of modern music videos was formally established It examines early film formats, including musical shorts and ...

We’ve all heard that the Internet is killing the music industry, just like home taping was supposed to kill it before. As it turns out, accusations that technology would destroy music go all the way ...

If we had to flop, at least I’d do it my own way, playing the kind of music I wanted to. —Benny Goodman on his Palomar show that changed music history Just as the 1920s were defined by the Jazz Age, ...

Friday morning at 9:00, Classical New Orleans will present a full hour of music from the 1930s. You'll hear the first orchestral composition by Samuel Barber (1931); an early piano trio by Leonard ...

Most fans know that country music is full of cover songs. In the early days of the genre, it was not uncommon to see multiple artists record versions of the same song within months of one another.

The story of popular music in Penang, the Malaysian island by the Straits of Malacca—from the 1930s to the 1960s—is, as co-authors Paul Augustin and James Lochhead graphically depict, a tremendously ...

The Simpsons are going to MusicVille! The show has released this week’s opening couch gag a few days ahead of its Sunday airtime, and it’s a charming homage to the 1930s Disney cartoon “Music Land,” ...