34 Years Ago, Billy Ray Cyrus Released 'Achy Breaky Heart' – A Hit That Divided Fans

Before Miley Cyrus became a Grammy-winning pop sensation, her dad had the nation singing a classic country song you either ...
PC World

How I turned a dusty old radio into a 24/7 music station

PCWorld explores transforming a vintage 1976 GE Monogram radio into a continuous music station using modern technology and creative repurposing. The project combines an old smartphone, a $15 aux-to-FM ...
American Songwriter

Born on This Day in 1868, Radio’s First Hillbilly—the Georgia Fiddler Widely Credited With Launching the Country Music Recording Industry

"Fiddlin'" John Carson, country music's first successful recording artist, was born on March 23, 1868, in Fannin County, ...
American Songwriter

Born on This Day in 1892, the Old-Time Banjo Pioneer Whose Injury Changed American Music

Charlie Poole, a spiritual predecessor to musicians like Bob Dylan and Jerry Garcia, was born March 22, 1892, in North ...

The oldest known recording of a whale song reveals how oceans have changed

Researchers at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution have uncovered the oldest known recording of whale song. And it reveals a noisier soundscape of today's oceans.