A Stradivarius violin is one of the most prized instruments in classical music. The few musicians lucky enough to play an ...

There is no question that violin-making is an art form. It requires a musician's ear, a craftsperson's skill, and a historian's appreciation of lessons learned over time. Making a violin also takes ...

All hail the guitar solo — one of the most indestructibly great art forms in all of modern music. There’s nothing quite like ...

Fifty years old this month, Kraftwerk's single Radioactivity was a groundbreaking track that morphed into the German electronic pioneers' most political protest song.

Quite by accident, the May edition of Now Playing has something of a cinematic theme. Perhaps that's appropriate given that ...

Weekend 2 of the 2026 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival kicked off Friday, April 17, and the special guests just keep ...

REVIEW BY Richard Amey. ‘Hidden Heroines’. Worthing Symphony Orchestra at The Assembly Hall (2.45), Sunday 19 April 2026 ...

It is somehow a tradition that every year when Supersonic Festival comes around our unpredictable weather decides to bust out ...

Violin makers, aka luthiers, traditionally learn from hands-on experience how to craft parts and select materials to shape an ...

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Editor’s note: This is the second installment in a five-part series on the “atomic-bombed violin.” The stringed instrument, once owned by a Russian, survived the atomic bombing of Hiroshima on Aug. 6, ...

This is NHPR’s The Big Question! We ask you a question about life in New Hampshire, you submit an answer, and your voice may ...