Music History

A private collector gathered these sound machines and musical instruments across five continents.

Before he was "Bob Marley, international reggae superstar," he was "Donald Marley," a Delaware resident and forklift operator working under an assumed name. This park tells the story.

In 2004, a Dave Matthews Band tour bus dumped 800 pounds of waste off a bridge and onto an unsuspecting tour boat below.

This museum tells a lively, personal, and wide-ranging history of jazz music.

In 1988, jazz legend Chet Baker fell to his death from a window of this hotel facing Amsterdam Centraal.

One of El Paso's oldest dives may have inspired the classic Marty Robbins song.

Exploring the past, present, and future of blues music.

Over 300 historical instruments from around the world can be found in the Royal Northern College of Music's basement.

The Gaslamp District's oldest bar sports a urinal marked with a golden plaque that was allegedly used by Mick Jagger.

The last location where Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J. P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson played before their tragic deaths.

This mural pays tribute to Atlanta natives and hip hop legends Andre 3000 and Big Boi, better known as OutKast.

Forget the hearse ‘cause he’s forever immortalized in a Belgian city where AC/DC performed a secret gig that pushed them forward.

A museum capturing one of the world's most famous classical composer's battle with hearing loss.

This building's name and a plaque are all that's left of what was probably the most important nightclub of the Madchester music scene.