The first Thanksgiving was celebrated in 1621. The first known instance of a composer ordering up plucking violins came just three years later. To musician and NPR cultural commentator Miles Hoffman, ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. NIKI VASILAKIS suspects she will spend her whole life paying off her Antonio Guadagnini violin. The 136-year-old instrument is more than ...

Mbira/Sansi concerns the art of playing and making a traditional finger-plucking musical instrument in Malawi and Zimbabwe. The instrument consists of a wooden board with metal keys attached on top ...

Trinity Episcopal Church will hold its annual Carnival of the Instruments 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Aug. 27 at the church, 419 S. Fourth St., Redlands. Children are invited to experience all the musical ...

OWATONNA -- Classical and flamenco guitarist Randall Ferguson will present a program on the history of the guitar at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Owatonna Arts Center. Ferguson, of Northfield, will play ...