Most musicians spend years mastering a single instrument. Then there are those rare talents who look at one instrument and think, ‘Sure, but what about five more?’ These multi-instrumentalists aren’t ...
When one first learns any musical instrument, there are traditionally very little initial opportunities to play complex or unorthodox musical chords or scales. One starts with the basic chords and ...
When traditional Cajun and Creole musicians take to the stage, one mark of their genius is how easy they make it look. Whether they are wielding an accordion, a fiddle, or some other folk instrument, ...
When Pamyua’s frontman Qacung Stephen Blanchett was touring across North Slope communities decades ago, he was happy to share funk, soul and rock music in the villages, but he was also excited to come ...
I PLAY TWO STRINGED INSTRUMENTS AND. ONE DRUM. NINE YEAR OLD LILY IS PLAYING AN INSTRUMENT THAT KOREANS HAVE PLAYED SINCE THE SIXTH CENTURY SILLA PERIOD. BUSTLE. APPROXIMATELY 1500 YEARS AGO. LILY HAS ...
The members of Sugar in the Pan play a lot of instruments in a variety of musical styles, but bluegrass on the ukulele was something I didn’t expect. “I teach at a bluegrass camp up in Alaska. It’s ...