On Feb. 25, 1925, Art Gillham’s session made history. The technology changed who was heard in recordings, how artists approach their music and how we hear it. By Ludovic Hunter-Tilney One of the most ...

Music journalist Jonathan Scott explores the early history of recorded sound: from the first-known recordings in the 1800s to the most significant vinyl records of the 1940s. Here's a story that's ...

On this day (July 25) in 1950, country legend Lefty Frizzell recorded his first two chart-topping hits. Produced by Art Satherley and Don Law, in Jim Beck’s studio Frizzell’s first recording session ...

In 1953, Elvis Presley was a spry young lad working as a truck driver. Specifically, in 1953, Presley was 18 years old and was driving trucks for Crown Electric Company based out of Memphis, Tennessee ...

The Beatles' first-ever recording is considered one of the most valuable recordings in existence, but Paul McCartney didn't get the piece of music back until 20 years after it was made. This precious ...

The nonprofit that controls the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival has purchased a landmark of the city’s musical history — the original site of Cosimo Matassa’s recording studio. The building, at ...

The Beatles’ first-ever recording is one of the most valuable recordings in the world, but Paul McCartney didn't get it back until 20 years after it was made. The little shellac disc contains a cover ...