Smithsonian Music

Letter from Jimmy Davis about Ray Charles' "You Are My Sunshine"

What Does a Harpsichord Sound Like?

Curator John Hasse "Rewirement" Speech

What does music mean to you?

Tell Us About the George Clinton's Mothership

How did Ella Fitzgerald's belongings make it to the Smithsonian?

Tell Us About the Track Sheet From the Hit Record "Ladies First"

Smithsonian Music: The Beat Goes On? How 2020 Changed Music

The History of the Banjo and Blackface Minstrelsy

Tell us about Marian Anderson

Oral History Interview with Juan Gutiérrez

Greg Adams on where the Banjo came from

Tribute to John Hasse upon his "Rewirement" from the National Museum of American History

What is the West African History of the Banjo?

Greg Adams plays "Gambia" on the Ekonting

Selena Quintanilla-Pérez Portrait by Al Rendón

The History of Ella Fitzgerald's A-Tisket-A-Tasket

Ella Fitzgerald's one of a kind Champagne Goblet

Don Loper's Dress for Ella Fitzgerald

How has the Banjo Changed Over Time?

Steve Cropper Donation Ceremony Trailer

John Hasse on Ella Fitzgerald's beginnings

Ella Fitzgerald's Grammys

How did Greg Adams Learn to play the Banjo?