A replica of the "Raden Shitan no Gogen Biwa" lute created by the Imperial Household Agency is seen. (Photo courtesy of the agency) The real "Raden Shitan no Gogen Biwa" lute is seen. (Photo courtesy ...

The Dutch ex-punk and Jim Jarmusch bandmate talks about his passion to free up a hidebound repertoire and make its strings ‘a real pop instrument’ ...

Since its launch four years ago, the Makey Makey invention kit has been used to turn bananas into piano keyboards, make potted plants talk when handled and transform the outstretched hands of audience ...

Among the stories Sarawak instrument craftsman Salomon Gau inherited from his elders is one that begins not with wood or strings but with spirits. He recalled being told how spirits first showed ...

This weekend is the annual Lowell Folk Festival and local lauoto player Vasilis Kostas will be playing. The lauoto is an eight-string, long necked instrument also called the Greek lute. Kostas grew up ...

Traditional Hoklo tunes from Hengchun folk music (恆春調) and liam kua (唸歌) will fill the air at the Beitou Hot Springs Museum this month as, starting yesterday, the Taiwan Moon Lute Folk Music Festival ...

When Joseph Mayes heard the lute, it was love at first note. The Collingswood resident was studying with guitar master Andrés Segovia in Spain in 1968 when the music coming from the pear-shaped ...

The conflict in Syria has devastated many of its historic crafts, including the production of the oud, the oriental lute. Antoun Tawil, one of Syria’s last traditional lute makers, waits in vain in ...

DAMASCUS — Antoun Tawil, one of Syria's last traditional lute makers, waits in vain in his Damascus workshop for orders of the oud, an instrument his country was once renowned for producing. While the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The conflict in Syria has devastated many of its historic crafts, including the production of the oud, the oriental lute The ...

Antoun Tawil, one of Syrias last traditional lute makers, waits in vain in his Damascus workshop for orders of the oud, an instrument his country was once renowned for producing. While the conflict ...