A daily chronicle of creativity in film, TV, music, arts, and entertainment, produced by Southern California Public Radio and broadcast from November 2014 – March 2020. Host John Horn leads the ...

“This is complete madness,” the maestro tells the orchestra. He glances to the soloist, the world-famous violinist Rachel Barton Pine, then says simply, “Let’s go.” You wouldn’t know from the title on ...

Earl Maneein, a violinist featured on the Dillinger Escape Plan's Dissociation, premiered his heavy metal violin concerto Dependent Arising this past weekend in Phoenix, AZ. The unique ...

When violinist Rachel Barton played her own version of the national anthem at a Bulls playoff game, people started telling her they never knew the violin could be so cool. So Barton decided to show ...

Electric violinist Mark Wood is a highly acclaimed international recording artist, Emmy Award-winning composer, instrument inventor and manufacturer, educator and producer. His career began with a ...

If you think you’ve heard of Resolution15 already, it’s because we’ve written about them before: if not, know that these violin-wielding NYC metal warriors are like nothing you’ve ever heard. Forget ...

There have of course been no shortage of excellent tributes to Eddie Van Halen since the legendary guitarist died this past October. Still, I hereby declare this violin cover of “Eruption,” by the ...

Rock 'n' roll was Ljubomir Velickovic's teenage passion. Maybe not as inspiring as classical violinist Jascha Heifetz, but Velickovic still plays Beatles tunes with his Divertimento Chamber Group. "It ...