CREMONA, Italy — Cremona, Italy — long considered the birthplace of the violin — continues to honor a musical tradition ...
His legendary jazz fused American style and Cuban rhythms with East Africa’s pentatonic scales. Now, at age 82, Mulatu ...
Animal Collective electronics man Brian Ross Weitz concocts a droning stringscape for his debut solo album as Geologist.
Since 2017, the Folk Orchestra of Santa Barbara—the only one of its kind in the United States—has been taking listeners on ...
Since 2017, the Folk Orchestra of Santa Barbara (FOSB), the only one of its kind in the U.S., has been taking listeners on ...
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The Djembe: From West African Villages to Global Stages The Djembe: From West African Villages to Global Stages (Image Credits: Flickr) The djembe drum dates back roughly between 400 and 800 years, ...
Cast and crew breathing and vocalizing together. Banging giant metal plates in a London warehouse. Inventing impressionistic vocal colors for the Elizabethan era. Hiring a 90-piece orchestra to ...