Seattle's coffee culture has shaped how the world experiences specialty coffee. Known for innovation, sustainability and a ...

On December 7, 1877, Thomas Edison walked into the offices of Scientific American in New York City and placed a metal device on a desk. With a turn of a crank, Edison astonished the dozen or so ...

When was the last time you listened to a record? It has been a long time since the so-called “record boom” began, but I suspect many people still don't have many opportunities to listen to records. In ...

Albany loves its giant dog statue. Nipper, a 28-foot-tall white dog with black ears has sat conspicuously atop a warehouse for almost seven decades — recreating the famous image of a terrier listening ...

If you’ve ever listened to music, you owe a debt to a bunch of people in West Orange who spent years trying to figure out how to make sound stick around after it happened. The Thomas Edison National ...

Marathon County supervisors have greenlit the next phase of design services for a new Highway Department headquarters in the village of Kronenwetter that is estimated to cost about $50 million and sla ...

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 ...

Seven years ago the U. S. phonograph and record industry was so sick its own backers almost gave it up for dead. Today, it is not only up and around again; it has fattened into one of the fastest ...

“USA250: The Story of the World’s Greatest Economy” is a yearlong WSJ series examining America’s first 250 years. Read more about it from Editor in Chief Emma Tucker. Technology and entertainment in ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — The day has arrived: All the little ones look for their gifts from Santa and the older folks breathe a sigh of accomplishment. Special celebrations create traditions. Great job, ...

Which record player is best? The phonograph, or gramophone, has been around since the 1800s and has gone through many changes. The modern record player that record fans look for has many variations ...

Ruble Sanderson owns phonographs, record players and other sound machines dating back to the 1880s. Sanderson turns 90 in January and has owned several honky tonks on Lower Broadway including Legend's ...