The tuba is a funny instrument. Its sound is like a gaseous rumbling from deep within the earth—or our bellies. Hardly fleet of foot—it’s heavy, often pushing 30 pounds, and awkward—it’s seldom given ...

Sousaphones, typically relegated to the remote reaches of the band room and back areas of the stage, marched into the limelight at the New Orleans Jazz Fest on Saturday afternoon, hijacking center ...

A special concert is celebrating the holiday season and the tuba. NewsHour's Tim McPhillips reports on the role of this versatile booming brass instrument in the music we all love. It wasn't the famed ...

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- A unique performance Saturday at Independence Mall. A group of musicians played some unusual instruments, in an effort to break a world record. Tia Sadler was out enjoying the ...

Traditional Mexican music, known as 'banda,' has been popular in Southern California for decades. And now, the tuba has gone from carrying the bass line in the back of the band, to stepping out front ...

You’re in a cage of liquid gold and flashing silver, shot through with mossy greens, deep vermilions, mottled ochres and pewtersseemingly every increment of yellow ...

The New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival begins Friday, and music fans from all over the world will flock to the city's racetrack for seven days of music. A lot of things make New Orleans a one-of-a ...