Most musicians spend years mastering a single instrument. Then there are those rare talents who look at one instrument and think, ‘Sure, but what about five more?’ These multi-instrumentalists aren’t ...

Ever stumbled across a sound that made you stop in your tracks? Maybe it was something ancient and unfamiliar, yet strangely ...

Dendê Macêdo plays a berimbau made from a broom, a bell, a coconut and a spring during a performance of his Recycled Sounds workshop at St. Edmond’s Home for Children. Dendê Macêdo drove his silver ...

There weren’t many female jazz musicians when Carol Sudhalter started her career. Now she spends her Sundays sharing what she has learned. By Nancy A. Ruhling Although Carol Sudhalter’s first love was ...

The soul-shattering abuses suffered by enslaved Africans, who were forcibly stripped of their languages, religions and other key aspects of their culture, were fortunately no match for their ...

Michael Hornberger does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

Digital electronics has profoundly changed musical instrument design. From toy keyboards to performance-grade pianos, synthesizers, and drum sets, to name a few, instruments that once would have been ...

The average American throws out almost 5 pounds of solid waste each day. One local musician aims to reduce waste by giving trash a second life. Dendê Macêdo plays a berimbau made from a broom, a bell, ...