When we think about rock music, we can agree it's a genre most commonly plied and voiced via the instrument of electric guitar. While rock and the guitar are not mutually exclusive, and the insights ...

From the mariachi’s booming guitarron on “Cielito Lindo,” to the powerful accordeón in Los Tigres del Norte’s “Ni Parientes Somos” to even the trap drums of a Natanael Cano corrido tumbado, the sound ...

Click to open image viewer. The Molo is a three-stringed lute (a lute is any plucked string instrument with a neck and a deep round back enclosing a hollow cavity, usually with a sound hole or opening ...

THE music of the hammered dulcimer is enchanting, said Peggy Carter, longtime music instructor, author and performer. "Playing the dulcimer has added so much to my life," she said. The hammered, or ...

G. Venkatesan and his son uphold a rich legacy of crafting and repairing traditional stringed instruments in Srirangam.

From contrabassoons to harmonicas, we take a look at some of the concertos for more unusual instruments to have found their ...

Island Music, a project of the Ketchikan Area Arts and Humanities Council that was founded by conductor and symphonic music ...