When the star singer Asmik Grigorian dropped out of the orchestra’s performance at Carnegie Hall, Beethoven’s Fifth and his ...

The composer and saxophonist Yasuaki Shimizu is at home in free jazz, classical and art pop. Finally touring North America, ...

Inviting inventors from across the globe to showcase innovative musical instruments, Guthman has previously featured entries from Teenage Engineering and ROLI. This year's winners are some of its most ...

The country's first original musical performance was staged in Leningrad in 1973, and the genre immediately became popular with audiences. The era of franchise productions began in the 1990s with the ...

It's ok if you put it off – I've done it too, but sooner or later you will need to clean and polish your guitar frets. You owe your guitar the chance to be its best, and grimy oxidised frets are not ...

Musical instruments can be costly. In fact, high quality instruments can run thousands of dollars. Fortunately, if you don’t have the cash on hand to pay for a musical instrument, you can finance its ...

each geared towards a different style of music-making: Beats, Band and Electronic. Beats features the Massive X soft synth, Battery 4 drum machine and iZotope Ozone Elements mastering software. Band ...

It was just part of what we were used to.” The heart of that family heritage was the constant presence of Polish music and dancing. “Some families play cards when they get together, but for us, there ...

This article addresses the origins and purpose of communal music-making, including dance, and its role in human sociality. It accords special significance to the adapted nature of human vocalization, ...