The word “sinfonia” refers to baroque works for chamber orchestra but also to the old Italian term for a hurdy-gurdy, a medieval stringed instrument with constant, wheezing drones that are ...

By the 1840s, mostly white instrument-makers began to stretch animal hide over bodies of wood that had been steam-bent into cylinders, producing a range of styles: fretless banjos, four-string ...

Jeff Probst celebrated 25 years of Survivor at the American Cinematheque's "This Is Not a Fiction" festival on April 13. CBS' ...

For The Music, the band take us track-by-track through hidden samples, majestic instruments and life's exuberant moments that fully embrace their new album.

It’s been three years since Black Country, New Road began brandishing the lyrics: “Look at what we did together, BC, NR friends forever.” ...

In the shadow of India’s soaring skyscrapers and humming factories, a quiet revolution is taking root. Far from the ...

Using computer imaging techniques previously unavailable to researchers, a team led by mathematician Tony Freeth of the University of Cardiff reconstructed the Greek instrument, known as the ...

For many people, the use of the word medieval conjures up a time of extreme ... dominated this vibrant period of musical history. These instruments can be placed into families as follows; string, ...

Sure the flutes and pipes are perhaps a little too pious and medieval ... to add a string quartet as backing. The success of Yesterday had a profound musical impact on The Beatles, who would soon ...

percussive instruments fashioned out of bowls and empty bottles of laundry detergent and soda, [plus] hand-carved stringed instruments held together by paint cans,” we documented. “Most ...

This is the wholesome moment pupils joined a violin practice session in a park. Footage shows the youngsters gathered outdoors playing their string instruments in harmony in Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam.

Here's what a few BabyCenter Community members have in mind when they think of cool names: Whatever "cool" means to you, ...