Some traditional Indigenous stories can only be uttered during the wintertime. A member of the Gila River Indian Community ...

The 38-year-old musician, also known as Vee Mhofu, is a renowned Mbira performer. The instrument, preserved for more than a thousand years by the Shona people, who make up the majority of Zimbabwe's ...

So, why does the humble gourd play such a central role? In Daoism, China’s indigenous religion, the gourd is considered a ritual instrument capable of absorbing all matter, like a black hole, and a ...

The sitars of Miraj still sing. They resonate with the same depth of sound that once captivated the world through Pandit Ravi ...

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“We forget the fact that prior to us coming here, we had longstanding music traditions on the thumb piano, on the balafon [a gourd-resonating xylophone], the various wooden key ...

Museum Educator Anna Van Kley will host Spotlight Talks throughout the day and a specialized tour at 1:30 p.m. The focus of this month’s Spotlight is one of the NMM’s recent acquisitions: an ornately ...

Bitter melon, also known as Momordica charantia or bitter gourd, is a plant that gets its name from its taste. It becomes more and more bitter as it ripens. It grows in a number of areas ...

Cabinet card image of Horace Weston (ca. 1880s) posing with his top hat and a fretless instrument, possibly a Stewart Universal Presentation banjo, included in the research files of the Old Town ...

Famed London jazz club Ronnie Scott's is appealing for unused or unwanted musical instruments. The Soho club will hold an instrument amnesty on Saturday, with all donated items being given to ...

NAMM 2025: Melbourne Instruments has announced ROTO Control, a new controller that utilises the company's groundbreaking motorised fader technology - as found on its Delia and Nina synths - to create ...

(image courtesy of Rebecca Sheir) This tuned percussion instrument usually has 16 to 27 keys made of very hard wood. Beneath the keys are small gourds which vibrate and buzz to create a ...