CLEVELAND, Ohio - Golems of the Red Planet has carved out an unusual niche in the local music scene by transforming avant-garde composer John Zorn’s massive Masada songbook into groovy, ...

The Philadelphia Orchestra, one of this country’s celebrated “Big Five” symphonies, has long been regarded as an ultratraditional bastion of musical excellence. Its famous string sound, honed to ...

Abrasive, intense and about to erupt at any moment. So begins Flow, a new piece by Nokuthula Ngwenyama for the Takács Quartet. Coaxing peculiar sounds out of centuries-old string instruments, the ...

A trio of musicians from North Carolina are reclaiming the string-band music traditions of the black Piedmont. The Carolina Chocolate Drops are the hottest thing to hit the old-time music community in ...

OF MINUTES FROM NOW. THANK YOU, BRIAN AND YOU SHOWED THE VIEW IN MOUNT AIRY. WE ARE HEARING NOW FROM A LOCAL MUSICIAN WHO IS USING HIS SKILLS TO BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER IN MOUNT AIRY. THAT IS CRAIG ...

Violin makers, aka luthiers, traditionally learn from hands-on experience how to craft parts and select materials to shape an instrument’s final sound. MIT engineers hope to streamline that ...