The history of the Milky Way is recorded in its stars, but dissecting stellar populations is not a straighforward process. Key information is gained by analyzing the absorption lines from high-resolution spectroscopy of stellar atmospheres by the APOGEE survey and analyzing the frequencies in power spectra of photometric lightcurves by Kepler Asteroseismic Science Consortium, in particular the large frequency separation and the frequency of maximum power. From spectroscopy, we measure effective temperature, rotation, metallicity and abundance ratios, while seismology provides gravities, rotation,and evolutionary state. Combined, these two techniques yield other fundamental parameters such as mass and radius. I will discuss revolutionary insights into Galactic evolution gained by this extensive dataset.