When Belgian instrument maker Adolphe Sax invented the saxophone in the early 1840s, he was looking to bridge a gap between ...

Here are the 25 best metal albums of 2000. It was the dawn of not just a new century, but a new metal millennium. After a bumpy decade for heavy metal on the whole, a resurgence for the genre's ...

That in mind, we asked Hammer's extensive pool of freelancers, staffers and contributors to submit their picks for the 20 best metal albums of 2024, and below you'll find the fruits of those labour as ...

Step into a music class today and you might find laptops, turntables and MIDI controllers joining the expected clarinets, recorders and violins. From elementary through post-secondary schooling ...

Fans of the Sonic games will immediately recognize this as Metal Sonic - one of Sonic's lesser-known foes, and a character who could serve as the main foe in the recently-announced Sonic the ...

Witness and experience the world’s only hot air balloon menorah during the Chanukah Night Glow. The event begins at 4:30 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 29, at Ballon Fiesta Park and the Sid Cutter Pilots ...

In a quaint, sleepy city four hours south of the Texas border, a unique musical tradition is thriving. Reporter John Burnett brings us the drums and clarinets of Linares, Mexico. JOHN BURNETT, BYLINE: ...