Rob Scallon has been a YouTuber for 17 years. For the last 12 of those he’s been paying rent by building the world’s largest pedalboard, exploring unusual stringed instruments and more. He says with a ...

Local players of stringed instruments are looking forward to the arrival in Tualatin of Bob Culbertson, a renowned musician who plays an unusual stringed instrument called the Chapman Stick.

For many, hearing the plucked nylon strings of a ukulele instantly conjures Hawaiian beaches and perfect surf, grassy hula skirts and Don Ho. But to hear South Portland resident Joel Eckhaus pick his ...

The artifacts represent the earliest-known stringed instruments found in Southeast Asia. A reconstruction of the chordophone, crafted out of deer antler. Photo: Antiquity (2023). DOI: ...

WITH THESE UNIQUE INSTRUMENTS. AND OF COURSE, IT’S MADE MASS. THE SOUND THAT COMES OUT OF THAT IS UNBELIEVABLE. IT’S CRAZY. FOR THE UNINITIATED, THE SOUND COMING FROM THIS CIGAR BOX IS MIND BLOWING.

ECM regularly tops lists of the best jazz labels though their full name—Edition of Contemporary Music—would argue for a broader scope of content. A substantial number of their most popular albums, ...

April 2, 2012 • The minute its members were ensconced in our office, So Percussion started borrowing items to add to its set, from an amplified cactus and bells to a mug filled with spare change and ...

Tom has a Master's degree in Journalism. His editorial work covers anything from archaeology and the environment to technology and culture. Tom has a Master's degree in Journalism. His editorial work ...