In the post-Civil War era, the cruel breath of slavery and the aborted plan of Reconstruction still hung over the American South. But in the Joplin home, banjo and fiddle music filled the family’s ...

Scott Joplin, known as the “King of Ragtime”, composed more than 40 musical pieces, including “Maple Leaf Rag” and “The ...

The tinny sound of ragtime-era recordings is not entirely listenable; technology was too new and primitive to capture the real spirit of the raucous, danceable music. Most people think of “The ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3)—Sedalia, Missouri, will host the International Ragtime Festival next week (May 28-31). The festival celebrates the life of famous Missourian Scott Joplin. Joplin landed in ...