In the 1870s, Heinrich Beck founded what would eventually become Beck's Brewery. At about the same time, Thomas Edison was hard at work on creating the first phonograph. It's a safe bet neither man ...

WEST ORANGE — Sheltered from the summer sun by the red and white tarp of a carnival tent, Jerry Fabris set his ancient machines spinning. Musicians jostled for position around him, pointing horns at a ...

For the first time, 21st-century audiences are able to hear the voice of German Chancellor Otto von Bismarck, one of the 19th century's most-important figures. The National Park Service announced last ...

A historic recording session of sorts took place this month in the midwestern state of Illinois. A rock band called "Moe" put down some tracks in a studio there. But as we hear in this Dateline report ...

Edison's 'talking machine' was the first device to record and play back sound. The inventor didn't envision it as a tool for listening to music. The next time you survive a claustrophobic commute ...

Thomas Edison was America's premier inventor of new technologies. He was a genius at the work. His nearly 1,100 U.S. patents include the electric light, motion picture camera, film projector, electric ...

The name Edison is well known to all of us here in the Coachella Valley. As the region's largest utility, we see their trucks, use their power, and pay their bills. However, it's easy to forget the ...