Indiana Musicpedia
Indiana Musician & Business DOCUMENTATION
Launched in May 2021, Indiana Musicpedia is an ambitious project by the Indiana Music History Project (IMHP) dedicated to documenting the full scope of Indiana’s music history. From early 1900s pioneers to present-day performers, we’re building a historical directory of Indiana-related artists, musicians, and music businesses. Our primary focus is on pre 1990 at this time and will expand this as the project continues.
Indiana Musician & Music Business Listings
Launched in May 2021, Indiana Musicpedia is an ambitious project by the Indiana Music History Project (IMHP) dedicated to documenting the full scope of Indiana’s music history. From early 1900s pioneers to present-day performers, we’re building a comprehensive directory of Indiana-related artists, musicians, and music businesses.
Discover Indiana Musicpedia
This is a long-term effort, and we’ve already listed thousands of entries—with many more to come. Visitors can explore the growing archive by genre, location, decade, or business type, making it easy to discover the people and places that have shaped Indiana’s musical landscape.
This is just the beginning—dive in and get involved!
Explore this selection of Indiana music topics and items we’ve collected.
These displays were part of the Amazing Indiana Music Stories exhibit at the Indiana State Library. You can find even more musicians, topics, genres, and music businesses on Indiana Musicpedia.
Indiana Musicpedia & Digitization Updates
Featured Memorabilia Donation: The Spirtles
The Spirtles were recently interviewed as part of our Oral History Project. We'd like to thank them for their memorabilia donations. Pictured are some of the items donated including some unique posters, photos, and
Featured Memorabilia Donation: Charles W. Ardery, Jr.
Charles W. Ardery, Jr. was born in Indianapolis in 1931, and soon thereafter gravitated to the piano. Although he was never formally trained, music was a big part of his life. He could play just
Featured Memorabilia Donation: Sunshine Promotions Posters
We'd like to thank Tim Crist for the posters he donated earlier this month. Tim was one of the key poster artists at Serigraphics, which designed and printed hundreds of concert posters for Sunshine Promotions
Upgraded Indiana Music Audio Lab
This year, we have an upgraded audio lab to preserve our growing archive. Thanks to both the Indiana Historical Society’s Heritage Grant program funded by the Lilly Endowment, and the Nicholas J. Noyes, Jr. Memorial
New Interactive Digital Exhibit: The Indiana Music Audio Kiosk
Exciting New Interactive Digital Exhibit! - Indiana Music Audio KioskWe are excited to announce this new addition to the Indiana Music History Project gallery. Come explore Indiana music history and listen to music through the
Indiana Musicpedia Launch
Celebrating the Launch of Indiana Musicpedia: A New Era in Preserving Indiana's Musical Legacy On Tuesday, May 18, we celebrated a major milestone in documenting Indiana’s rich musical heritage with the official launch of Indiana
Indiana Historical Society Grant Received
IEF has received a grant from Indiana Historical Society via the Heritage mini-grant program. With this grant we'll be purchasing a laptop and DSLR camera so that we can properly digitize memorabilia of all types--maybe
