Music elites better table your ukuleles and unplug your theremins; science is bringing the noise with the newest in niche musical instruments. Or, more accurately, one of the oldest. A massive conch ...

Pune: In a special ceremony preserving traditional and spiritual significance, conch shell (shanknaad) players created devotional melodies through seven rhythmic cycles in Pune on Sunday. A total of ...

The sounds of Caribbean conch shells will be heard at a harbour in an art project intended to highlight Britain's colonial past. A sound installation by Turner Prize winner Susan Philipsz was set up ...

PUNE: Madhukar Sidhaye looks much younger than his 78 years. He is a busy man guiding a group of 15 young conch blowers — shankh pathaks. “I have been blowing the conch for 45 years now, and for 40 of ...

The artwork in Whitehaven was made by Turner Prize winner Susan Philipsz The sounds of Caribbean conch shells will be heard at a harbour in an art project intended to highlight Britain's colonial past ...

Read: Remembering Ram the old way The conch has stayed symbolic for 21st-century people, signifying the old assertion that good shall prevail over evil. It is one more beautiful cultural object.