Meet the instrument tuner keeping the traditions of tango music alive
Damián Guttlein is the only person in the world who can tune by ear the bandoneon, a unique instrument that powers the ...
Silk string production for traditional Japanese instruments reaches seasonal peak
Production of silk strings for traditional Japanese instruments such as the shamisen and koto is at its seasonal peak in this ...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation7d
From the Fangufangu to the panpipes — re-awakening the sounds of the Pacific
John Kanai grew up watching his uncles and grandfathers blow and beat the traditional bamboo panpipes in Malaita, his home in Solomon Islands. More than an instrument, for John, the sound of ...
New York Daily News20d
BLACK HISTORY MONTH: African spirit and culture shaped American music and instruments
Despite all the odds, this cultural superpower was successfully used to introduce a bountiful new world of music to the Americas by rethinking how to play traditional Western musical instruments ...