Walter Mathis could play pretty much anything on the piano — as long as it was one particular piano. The grand piano in the Napoleon parlor of the late preservationist's home, which he dubbed Villa ...

Remember when you could put another dime in the jukebox and rock around the clock to your favorite song? Believe it or not, those happy days aren’t over yet. Though the dime is now more like 50 cents ...

In an era of iPods, Internet radio, DJs and high-tech sound systems, the venerable jukebox is still an object of fascination. It's hard not to grin when Elvis Presley's "Jailhouse Rock" crackles from ...

Nowadays, listening to music in the home is as easy as flipping a switch or pushing a button. What: Display of music boxes from the collection of Brian Walter of Muscatine. Where and when: On display ...

French Composers Pierre Barbaud, 50, and Roger Blanchard, 43, have a peculiar ambition: they want to make composers obsolete. They have worked long and hard to create a composing machine as versatile ...

Editor’s note: This week the Three Rivers Edition is launching a new column titled “Dredging up the Past” about the history of Alder Gulch. The column, to be written by staff members of the Montana ...