The grungy, extraterrestrial “Mk.gee tone” is everywhere and depends on a decades-old device.

From ancient bagpipes to modern synthesisers, we trace the origins of 25 musical instruments across continents. It explores how culture, craftsmanship, and technology shaped global music, revealing a ...

Warpeha composes for the hardanger d’amore, a violin-like instrument related to the traditional Norwegian hardanger fiddle. It has five top strings and five sympathetic strings that resonate ...

As part of the Weis Center for the Performing Art’s year-long Trees Series, the Orchestra of Indigenous Instruments and New ...

Muscadine Bloodline continues to strike gold with their 2024 single "10-90." In case you're not familiar with this incredible ...

Most of the other musicians jamming this evening also play the Appalachian (or mountain) dulcimer. But others play a ...

Two of the orchestra's lower-pitched string instruments, less often soloists than the violin, got prime billing on Thursday ...

The group performs Brazilian choro, a genre shaped by African rhythms and European classical influences that is one of the ...

There aren’t many bands that can trace their sound from West African instruments to electronic bass music, but Dirtwire has built a career doing exactly that. The trio has carved ...

The North Shore Philharmonic Orchestra’s spring concert at Swampscott High School on Sunday brought together a mix of well-known and lesser played works, ranging from early Baroque to contemporary ...

“I often call it the black sheep of the string family,” he says of the viola. “It’s not as glamorous as the violin, and it’s not as known as the cello. If you grab a bunch of random people in a room ...