A little knowledge with naming conventions goes a long way to understanding complex chords and how they might sound ...

Often overlooked in guitar circles when compared to bandmate Jerry Garcia, Weir was a brilliant rhythm player who blended jazz, folk, country, blues, and rockabilly influences into a style that any gu ...

Last year, The String got a new opening theme tune. “Vera” comes from New York based mandolin virtuoso, composer and band ...

Kendall Isadore, Dawn Johnson and Élise Sharp — will take the stage Friday, Jan. 16, at the Hope Center for the Arts on ...

On Wednesday, Jan. 14, a Hilo audience will hear Baker, violist Brett Walfish and cellist Ismar Gomes perform music composed ...

A rare, unseen Jean-Antoine Watteau drawing and a major Jean-Honoré Fragonard masterpiece are hitting the block at Christie's ...

UNIVERSAL CITY, Texas – A Universal City man has been arrested in connection with a string of robberies in San Antonio, according to an arrest affidavit. Gregory Davis III, 32, faces four counts of ...

Can a single string produce sound? Yes, a single string really can. The Jing ethnic group's single-stringed instrument, through the plucking of its string by the fingertips, weaves the breath of the ...

A musical instrument created in Guelph, Ont., has been thrust onto the international stage — or rather, screen. The instrument called Fron2 is featured heavily on the soundtrack for a Chinese art ...

Romania achieved a new cultural milestone as UNESCO added the cobza, a traditional pear-shaped string instrument, to the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. The ...

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi delivers an answer to a question in the House of Councillors on Dec. 8, 2025. (Mainichi/Akihiro Hirata) TOKYO -- Since its launch, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's ...

A "devastated and truly disturbed" Anoushka Shankar has said her sitar was damaged on an Air India flight, telling the airline in a social media post that "you're the country this music belongs to" ...