Haymes calls himself a “utility infielder” in Ramblin Jug Stompers, responsible for many of the unusual sounds that don’t come from the typical stringed instruments in acoustic bands. At the band’s ...

Musical innovation and uniqueness is what tends to set great artists apart from their contemporaries. Especially when it comes to the use of creative, unorthodox, or perhaps odd, instruments. Or ...

GRAND HAVEN -- In his dream, the small, wooden, stringed box was floating in the air. It's face was decorated with a large, black, weeping heart. Will Sleutel awoke and began sketching the image from ...

Since the first of our ancestors discovered that banging a stick on a hollow log makes a jolly sound, we hominids have been finding new and unusual ways to make music. We haven’t come close to tapping ...

WOODBURN, Ind. (WANE) — In Woodburn, a music store tucked away between the local post office and a salon houses a unique instrument that cannot be found just anywhere: a dulcimer. Although the ...

Ibrahim Maalouf plays a four-valve trumpet — most just have three. The extra valve, attached to the button a trumpeter pushes down, allows the Lebanese musician to play quarter-tones — the notes ...

Discover the unique musical instruments invented in India, like the Sitar, Tabla, and Veena. Learn their history, ...

You could almost say it’s written in stone. Almost, but not quite, as the book an English musician wrote is about music stones. Adcock is no stranger to such music as he fell in love with stone ...

A unique concert with instruments made entirely out of ice is coming to Basingstoke. The Ice Quartet, led by Terje Isungset, ...

Odd Ball is a company that makes fun electronic bouncy balls that let you generate MIDI sounds by tapping or bouncing them. The company is adding new gestures to its device — including spin, twist, ...

Several years ago, the esteemed jazz critic Gary Giddins named Sonny Rollins' This Is What I Do his #1 album of the year. Among its many other merits, Giddins celebrated what he referred to as the ...