Today we feature Peruvian artist Yma Sumac live with the Inca song Taita Inty "Hymn of the Sun Virgin" in 1950.

Theater organs have a larger range and more instruments and sound effects included than traditional pipe organs.

A new tree-ring study solves the mystery of where the famed instrument-maker Anton Stradivari sourced timber for his violins ...

At 83, Ilaiyaraaja still scores music for a handful of films each year. He recently performed his Valiant Symphony in Chennai ...

Franklin’s invention caught on in the music scene of Europe’s upper crust. After the first public performance of the ...

“Musical Bodies,” a new exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, revels in the blurry boundaries between humans and instruments. By Joshua Barone Visuals by Ye Fan Clap your hands. Tap a foot.

Present Music‘s season-closing concert, on Friday, June 5, at the Milwaukee Art Museum, is built around a deceptively simple ...

As a reminder of how all this started, feel free to click on the first Global Song Competition post in which we determined ...

An Australian tourist has died after falling into a ravine whilst hiking the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu in Peru. Matthew Paton’s body was found on Thursday evening local time, his employer, Victoria ...

In this video, Andy Morris discusses his latest music project, exploring the creative process behind his compositions. He covers the gear used, including instruments and recording equipment, and ...

Gabriela Lena Frank's first opera, in its Met debut, sees late Mexican painter Frida Kahlo leaving the underworld on the Day of the Dead to be reunited with her husband and fellow artist Diego Rivera.

In the summer of 2024, Lacy Beane woke up in the ICU at Johns Hopkins Hospital. The 32-year-old had been in a coma for weeks, slowly recovering after a severe case of sepsis had led to multisystem ...