NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Laura Atkinson and Justin Hicks of Louisville Public Media about shape note singing and its influence across the American musical tradition.

In a year full of breakouts across both the independent scene and the mainstream alike, ranging from the likes of Ella ...

An engaging look at how geometric principles, developed thousands of years ago, continue to shape architecture, engineering, art, and modern science.

Everyone argues about cheese blends, but the real fight is the noodle. This episode turns mac & cheese into a science experiment: cook multiple pasta shapes, coat them, strain the excess, then weigh ...

The “Con” was short for Cornelius. The “Carbon” came from his father, Frank, and may have derived from a French or Italian surname. But his mother was an Annie Breslin from Donegal. And although born ...

The 70s are one of the most important decades in country music. In the 70s, numerous songs were released, which would later become classics that are still revered today. These three country songs all ...

Two of the most talented actor-singers in Hollywood right now, Kate Hudson and Hugh Jackman, are finally working together in the sweet new drama Song Sung Blue, which is loosely based on a true story ...

Members of the music branch culled this shortlist of 15 songs from a master list of 65 eligible songs. By Paul Grein “Golden,” the megahit from KPop Demon Hunters, and two songs each from Sinners and ...

Can you drill a hole in a cube that an identical cube could fall through? Prince Rupert of the Rhine first asked this question in the 17th century, and he soon found out the answer is yes. One can ...

Johnny Paycheck was trying not to get disheartened by a long line of near-hits when he finally released what would become his first and only No. 1 song in the fall of 1977. Paycheck (born Donald ...