Since 2017, the Folk Orchestra of Santa Barbara (FOSB), the only one of its kind in the U.S., has been taking listeners on musical voyages around the ...

The New World String Project presents a lush blend of folk string instruments and heartwarming and stirring music in the Celtic, Nordic and American folk traditions. The new quartet is John Weed ...

NANNING, Aug. 15 (Xinhua) -- A duxianqin musician only needs a single string stretched across an elongated sounding board and a feather-shaped rod to deliver a diverse repertoire, whether pop or ...

Ever stumbled across a sound that made you stop in your tracks? Maybe it was something ancient and unfamiliar, yet strangely captivating. While guitars and pianos dominate stages worldwide, there’s a ...

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“The world’s two largest handmade folk stringed instruments, the rewap and duttar produced in Kashgar, applied for recognition by Guinness World Records last year and we are raising funds for the ...

‘You raise me up, so I can stand on mountains’ ... Canadian-Italian Natalie Di Luccio’s voice soars over the blue-green baize of Nagaland’s hills. Wrapped in traditional Naga colours, Di Luccio, who ...

A cigar box is just a cigar box — except when it's a guitar. In the hands of Gipson Shoemaker III, the simple wooden box becomes a musical instrument worth hundreds of dollars and capable of producing ...

The New World String Project presents a blend of folk string instruments and stirring music in the Celtic, Nordic and American folk traditions. The new quartet is John Weed (fiddle), Aryeh Frankfurter ...