This year’s Guthman Musical Instrument Competition is happening Friday, March 13th and Saturday, March 14th at Georgia Tech’s Ferst Center for the Arts. The competition has become a prestigious and ...
J ames Blake is feeling back at home in London. He and longtime partner Jameela Jamil made the move in 2025 after living in ...
Fans of Nigerian artist CKay received a welcome gift in late January: the singer released his latest song, “Badminton.” It’s a high-energy, melodic track with an infectious sound. The song, which has ...
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The thunderous rhythm of dhime baja

Nepal, March 13 -- If you ever stumble upon a mass in a jatra, a thunderous beat that repeats itself demands immediate attention. This festive beat is produced by the dhime, a traditional Newa baja.
New virtual drum instrument captures some of the world's rarest drums and a legendary producer's signature sound. This ...
Swedish quartet The Family Men offer one last teaser before unleashing their second LP, and it sounds as intense as ever.
As the Oscars' lead music arranger, Chris Walden each year preps more than 100 pieces of walk-on and walk-off music for Academy Award nominees.
A new Met Opera production of “Tristan und Isolde” uses Wagner’s rare wooden horn, the holztrompete, for a key offstage moment ...
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Threading the halls with Robert Schneider between classes is not a linear experience. Neither is conversation. Waysides, detours, and sidetracks abound, fruitful territory for the musician turned ...
Enter Kade’s Playground in Herculaneum, a city in Jefferson County that’s quietly harboring one of the most impressive playgrounds in the entire state. Herculaneum sits along the Mississippi River ...
The oldest known musical instruments— flutes carved from bones —are over 40,000 years old. And humans were likely making music before that, based on fossils showing our ancestors had the ability to ...