Performers from the rock and folk worlds regularly try their hands at classical music, and the results are typically superficial, derivative or just plain hokey. But Chris Thile’s “Mandolin Concerto ...

Classical instruments and orchestrations aren’t unknown in hip-hop music, but nobody mingles those sounds like the Illharmonic Orchestra. On Nov. 22, the New York-based ensemble is playing the Shubert ...

The Classical Mandolin Society of America will convene in Kansas City Nov. 8 to 12, with some free concerts included. Casey Toth Raleigh News & Observer It’s hard to imagine, but there was a time when ...

Much as Andres Segovia brought the classical guitar into the concert hall, the Israeli virtuoso Avi Avital is doing the same with the mandolin. On Thursday, Avital makes his Los Angeles Philharmonic ...

When you jump behind the wheel of your car, what is the one thing you've always got your eye on? If you said anything besides "the road", you answered incorrectly—but we're not going to conduct a ...

One of the reasons many of us build classic trucks is the same reason painters, sculptors, and musicians ply the trade that they chose personal expression. No two pickups are the same due to our ...