The Frankenstein-like theorbo is an integral part of the Baroque repertoire because they typically have 14 strings and offer ...

It’s hard to say for sure, but something special happens when an old instrument meets contemporary creativity. These aren’t ...

In the past 25 years, brick-and-mortar guitar shops have been forced to compete with the internet or face closure. But as The Music Zoo’s Tommy Colletti explains, you shouldn’t rule ’em out yet ...

Darshanam Mogilaiah is a celebrated folk artist from Telangana and a master of the kinnera, a rare stringed tribal instrument with a long historical lineage. A video showing Padma Shri awardee ...

New National Music Museum Exhibit Featuring Rare Stringed Instruments Set to Open in December The National Music Museum (NMM) invites visitors to view some of the most significant and beautifully ...

The year is 1925. The Great Gatsby is published, the jazz age is swinging, and on October 28th, a new concert hall opens at an unlikely spot — the Library of Congress, in Washington D.C. If only its ...

Jim Irsay, the late Indianapolis Colts owner and passionate music memorabilia collector, is once again in the headlines - his famous stash of guitars and oddities is getting ready to be sold.

The idea for a concert hall at the Library of Congress did not stem from congress. It came from philanthropist Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge — and one bespoke piece of bipartisan legislation. "She was ...