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

I was playing piano at Skyline Plaza in Frankfurt when a girl asked me to perform a song from Genshin Impact. What started as ...

Violinist Tessa Lark, artistic director of the Moab Music Festival, performs in downtown Salt Lake City to promote upcoming ...

Benny B. Peterson’s debut novel ‘The Maidenheads’ tells the story of an experimental punk duo. It's filled with ‘did you ...

The BBC licence fee could soar to £191 due to the inflationary shock from the US-Israeli war with Iran, potentially pushing ...

A closer look at the detail The military exchanges are happening against a background of continued uncertainty over the ...

Violin makers, aka luthiers, traditionally learn from hands-on experience how to craft parts and select materials to shape an instrument’s final sound. MIT engineers hope to streamline that ...

The instrument flipped three times in the air before Vahala cushioned its fall with her foot. A British conductor gave audiences rather more than they bargained for when he accidentally sent a 1 ...

The dramatic moment a conductor accidentally knocks a £1million 18th century violin out of a soloist's hands sending it crashing to the floor has been captured on camera. The incident unfolded during ...

EACH Thursday morning, the sound of fiddles fills Murwillumbah’s old CWA Hall, marking another rehearsal for Fiddle Faddle, a community band united by a love of old-time music. Founded before the 2017 ...

In 2025, we received exceptional projects from Black women in electronic dance music: Kelela equipping her talents for an enchanting jazz-filled live album, hypnotic club grooves from Rochelle Jordan, ...

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