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Fonoteca Nacional.

Mexico City, Mexico

Fonoteca Nacional

Mexico's National Sound Library houses music, recordings, and voices from the nation's rich past.

Researchers may have discovered the only recording of Frida Kahlo's voice...or maybe not.

Found: The Only Recording of Frida Kahlo’s Voice, Probably

In the recording, she likens Diego Rivera to a toad.

Sabrina Imbler June 17, 2019

The "5 pm chime" can include music, civic announcements, and more.

Every Day at 5:00, Japan Tests Its Disaster Warning System With Folk Tunes

The "5 pm chime" has taken on many meanings over the years.

Allan Richarz June 13, 2019

Ostermalm Echo Dome.

Stockholm, Sweden

Östermalm Echo Dome

Sound travels strangely in this underground whispering gallery.

Parque Santander just before dusk.

Leticia, Colombia

Parque Santander

This small city park is best known for the nightly convergence of thousands of shrieking parakeets.

Live from the deep blue!

Whales Remix Each Other's Songs, Nearly 3,000 Miles Apart

Humpback whales separated by a continent can sound pretty similar.

Jessica Leigh Hester January 11, 2019

Making sounds from cabbage has been a go-to radio and film trick for decades.

Why Foley Artists Use Cabbage and Celery to Create Hollywood’s Distinctive Sounds

Adding sound flourishes to films in post-production remains low-tech.

Paula Mejia January 2, 2019

A lot goes into a túngara frog's ability to attract a mate.

Urban Frogs Make More Attractive Mating Calls

Yo! The old tale of city-frog, country-frog now has a decisive winner.

Matthew Taub December 10, 2018

Follow along with this orca by hydrophone.

You Can Now Eavesdrop on Orcas on Your Computer

Listen to the peaceful, and sometimes not-so-peaceful, sounds of the sea for the sake of science.

Matthew Taub November 12, 2018

The sounds in the prayer hall have changed over the centuries.

What Did This Mosque Sound Like More Than a Thousand Years Ago?

Researchers have recreated the acoustic atmosphere of the ancient Mosque–Cathedral of Córdoba.

Jessica Leigh Hester November 7, 2018

Bhattacharya recording workers at Mundigak, Afghanistan.

The 12,000-Mile Road Trip That Captured the Sounds of the World

In 1955, Deben Bhattacharya traveled from London to Calcutta in a milk van and recorded over 40 hours of music.

Megan Iacobini de Fazio November 5, 2018

Tune in!

Teach Yourself to Echolocate

A beginner's guide to navigating with sound.

Jessica Leigh Hester October 11, 2018

Beishan Broadcast Station, on Kinmen Island in Taiwan.

A Giant Speaker in Taiwan Is About to Switch on Again

Beishan Broadcast Station, which once blasted propaganda across the ocean, has found another purpose.

Cara Giaimo August 24, 2018

Marconi was considered one of the founding fathers of radio—and was bullish about messages from Mars.

Everybody Shut Up! We're Listening to Mars

When the red planet comes close to Earth, some people have tried to tune in to see if it has anything to say.

Jessica Leigh Hester August 3, 2018

Chalice/grigson #2

Saint Petersburg, Russia

Museum of Sound

An unusual collection of self-made musical instruments and unique noises.

Students in Lappis scream every Tuesday at 10 p.m.

Stockholm, Sweden

Lappis Scream

Every Tuesday, students let off steam by screaming into the night air.

Saturn and Enceladus, its sixth-largest moon, are linked by invisible plasma waves, generated in part by plumes of water vapor depicted in this still from a NASA animation.

Listen to the Mournful Wails of Planets and Moons

A saturnine soundtrack.

Jessica Leigh Hester July 10, 2018

Brattleboro, Vermont

Estey Organ Museum

Play everything you see at a museum dedicated to a town's historic organ industry.