Music History

A 1980s tour bus that traveled millions of miles to facilitate a superlatively rigorous performing career.

The oldest active juke joint in the state sustains a niche school of blues guitar.

The centerpiece of the Delta Blues Museum is a wooden sharecropper’s cabin that once housed a titan of blues music.

This 19th-century benevolent society and jazz hall was rescued from abandonment to again host live music.

“The Cajun Music Capital of the World” has kept things French in a Louisiana prairie town for over 75 years.

A museum within a former train depot tells the true story of a distinctly French-Louisiana musical genre.

One of the last Depression-era bandshells still standing was the site of Elvis Presley’s first live concert.

This record shop and unofficial black metal museum is an ode to Oslo's heaviest musical export.

This century-old site established by King Mwezi Gisabo preserves the art of Burundi's ancient drum rituals.

A Wild West saloon that helped define a generation of psychedelic rock.

In the 1950s, two women saved this grand theater in the Colorado mountains from demolition.

The humble beginnings of one of America’s greatest songsmiths.

Located inside a former record pressing plant, this recording studio pays homage to the techniques and gear of a bygone age.

Washington D.C.'s most famous pianist, composer, and bandleader still tickles the ivories outside Howard Theater.