There is a certain paradox to the greatest violins. No matter how uniform the testimony of their players and audiences, a ...

Before there were robots, self-driving cars and AI, there were automated mechanical music machines: self-playing pianos, ...

Music has been part of human life for a very long time. Archaeologists have found musical instruments made from animal bones that are 60,000 years old. The history of Western European music can be ...

Umm Kulthum's father, an imam, recognised her talent early on, but fearing the ire of early 20th-century Egyptian society, disguised her as a boy so she could ...

There was a time when, if you wanted musical entertainment, you either had to play the tune yourself or sit and enjoy the musical efforts of others.

The parlor of the May-Stringer Museum contains what appears to be an upright piano. Eyes can be deceiving, however, because ...

You may be familiar with musical instruments such as the drums, guitar and piano. These are very well-known instruments, used in lots of music we listen to. There are also lots of musical ...

Beginning in the Middle Ages and ending in the 20th century is a fun and fast-moving whistle-stop tour of Western musical ...

Melbourne’s dynamic Greek music scene is set for a memorable occasion as Estudiantina of Melbourne unveils their debut album ...

Iconic songs by Sam Cooke, Kim Weston, Public Enemy, Nina Simone, Marvin Gaye, Lauryn Hill, Kendrick Lamar and more depict ...

Half a century after her death, Umm Kulthum's singular voice still echoes through busy streets in Egypt, across time-worn ...

We’ve all heard the old cliche, “Man is the greatest monster.” Screenwriters deploy it to shock the audience or make a larger ...