We all know the names of common musical instruments, but this list of 11 unusual musical instruments with weird names will show you that there are some out there you’ve never seen or heard about. As ...

Since the first of our ancestors discovered that banging a stick on a hollow log makes a jolly sound, we hominids have been finding new and unusual ways to make music. We haven’t come close to tapping ...

The single-stringed instrument is an important musical instrument used by the Jing ethnic group in ceremonies praying for blessings from the sea. The Jing people is China's only "maritime ethnic group ...

The first thing you will notice when Junior Brown takes the Coach House stage Friday night is the impeccable, pressed suit and tie under his pristine cowboy hat. The next thing you will notice is the ...

Scallon on his guitar journey so far, from the surprise success of making an album in a day, to his combat-laden guitaRPG video game that serves as a love letter to instrument ...

Local players of stringed instruments are looking forward to the arrival in Tualatin of Bob Culbertson, a renowned musician who plays an unusual stringed instrument called the Chapman Stick.

Midlanders have an opportunity Friday night to hear a world-class talent play unusual stringed instruments, plus an area couple enrich Celtic music traditions with world influences, all at a bargain ...

Like most people these days, sound artist Ellen Fullman is sheltering in place. But she has an unusual roommate: a massive installation she calls the Long String Instrument. Filling the ground floor ...