The minimalist composer and collaborator with Jim Jarmusch is electrifying a 24-string relic — and scandalizing classical ...
Doubling simple strummed open chords is another great way to use Nashville tuning. On its own an acoustic guitar could sound ...
The Kindred Gather Dulcimer Festival will include another Arlington resident, who makes dulcimers in his retirement.
Renowned violist Roberto Díaz will play two concerts featuring the Tuscan-Medici viola. It was created in 1690 by Antonio ...
The viola is the odd instrument out in an orchestra’s string section. It is not the diva violin, it is not the moody cello, and it is not the burly double bass. Musicians love to make fun of ...
This is the complete history of China’s synthesizer industry, from Cultural Revolution to globalisation ...
Jozef Van Wissem wants to make the lute the new electric guitar — with a pickup and a bottleneck slide ...
The American-made piano and sousaphone got their start in Philly. From there, musical history continues to be made.
You might think you've heard everything that's possible to conjure up on a guitar, but these five American primitivism ...
Zhubanov, a People’s Artist of the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic (SSR), professor and academician, played a key role in ...
On March 28 and 29, at Hong Kong City Hall, Zheng, a member of the modern Nanyin ensemble Tiam Drop, played the Nanyin pipa, ...
Amid the verdant beauty of a lush yard and garden, the sun shines brightly on Eugene’s River Road neighborhood on an early-April day. A soft breeze sends maple blossoms drifting from the tree canopy ...