shattering stereotypes and redefining the sounds of the instrument one music note at a time. Mapy, popularly known as “The Violin Queen”, has captivated audiences around the globe with her ...

This story takes you to Westel, Tennessee, home to the fiddle maker Jean Horner. For more than seventy years, Horner built instruments that traveled ...

In last month's edition of Now Playing, we urged you to resist the temptations of the encroaching better weather and stay ...

G oosebumps are one of those things, like the taste of your own spit or those weird noises your belly makes after you eat ...

To almost-quote The Sound of Music: how do you solve a problem like Nigel? The man is nudging 70 but he’s still wearing what ...

Thompson worked on his two new music docs simultaneously: He spent his week- days chronicling the dark life and career of the ...

Scott Brocato talks with percussionist Derrick Lee about this year's 5th annual Juneteenth Jazz Arts Festival.

Cheng is part of an unprecedented boom in Berkeley’s music department: As of fall 2024, she was one of nearly 200 Berkeley ...

Silvia Heyden created innovative tapestries that embraced Bauhaus ideals. Now, her works are on view in a posthumous New York ...

"Because of the way I looked, no one questioned it... I never even questioned why my mom looked different than me." ...

Some of my best memories from my years going to shows in Washington, DC were made on the dancefloors of Black Cat and DC9 ...

King Vulture makes music for the love of the game: fucking around creatively being its own end goal for four experimental albums. “Basilisk” is strange and swirling, a distorted industrial journey ...