Pieces that stand the test of time and keep their beauty and value are highlighted in this month’s collectibles. From art to furniture and decorative items, it’s a nice selection that gives us a ...

(JTA) — Folk musician and record archivist Nathan Salsburg lives on a 40-acre former tree farm in his hometown of Louisville, Kentucky, with fellow songwriter Joan Shelley. Shelley is not Jewish, but ...

Rumors of new, improved methods of phonograph recording (on wire, film, etc.) have filled the wartime air. Last week one of the biggest U.S. recording companies, RCA Victor, said that, so far as its ...

Sound recording and playback have come a long way in the last century or so, but it’s fair to say there’s still a lot of interesting stuff locked away on old recordings. Not having a way to play it ...

The first audio advertisement for a soda. A vaudeville act about sneezes. A home "exercise tape" from the 1920s, featuring a man giving calisthenics instructions accompanied by an orchestra. One of ...

The oldest playable recording of an American voice will make its second public debut today (Oct. 26), when a newly digitized version is played at a theater in Schenectady, N.Y. The first playback took ...

Pandemic quarantine offered him an opportunity to reconnect with the old klezmer and Yiddish records in his collection, which he sampled and played guitar over to produce two albums. (JTA) — Folk ...