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A powerful symbol. With their soft, ethereal tones, the harp, lyre and zither have long held a place in the collective ...
From the earliest beats of human civilization to the electric pulse of modern music, no instrument has carried the weight of ...
U.S. President Donald Trump has signed a proclamation to officially increase steel and aluminum tariffs to 50 per cent, up ...
This year ends in an odd number, which means it’s a Boston Early Music Festival year, and for the duration of next week, this ...
Last year, when I wrote about New Trad Fest, it was in abstract terms as I was largely relying on reports from people who had ...
In the eight years since Propagandhi released its 2017 masterpiece, Victory Lap, the world has experienced a global pandemic; ...
Barnstorming breakthrough Do Not Go To War With The Demons Of Mazandaran has already catapulted London prog-doomsters Lowen onto some of metal’s ...
The Glasgow-born troubadour Donovan's mission was “to bring poetic vision to popular music” and he managed that superbly with his third ...
LoSchiavo loves playing the instrument. He also shares his skills and teaches others. "It’s just a passion, and every day there’s something that you can do, especially on the guitar string ...
made an estimated 1,100 or so string instruments. Surviving are 450 to 500 violins. But the famed luthier made far fewer violas, and of those perhaps only 10 are extant, which is why they tend to ...
At the Library of Congress last month, Roberto Díaz was playing on an exceedingly rare viola. What didn’t cross his mind, he ...