Get to know a few of música Mexicana’s instruments

Illustration of a toloache

From the mariachi’s booming guitarron on “Cielito Lindo,” to the powerful accordeón in Los Tigres del Norte’s “Ni Parientes Somos” to even the trap drums of a Natanael Cano corrido tumbado, the sound of música […]

Piano fever sweeps UK as online lessons and street instruments fuel take-up | Music

Alistair McGowan, who is launching the Ludlow piano festival in May.

For years, it seemed like the piano was disappearing from British public life. The bulky instruments were cast out of homes and schools and offered for free online. But now – despite all the digital […]

The Top 10 Most Popular & Admired Indian Musical Instruments In 2022

Ravanahatha

Music is by far the most important kind of art and culture in India, where it plays a significant role in people’s daily life. India is a country of music, as evidenced by the audience […]

Derek Sherinian & Robin Trower on Mastering Their Instruments: Podcast

Derek Sherinian & Robin Trower on Mastering Their Instruments: Podcast

Listen via Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google Podcasts | Amazon Podcasts | Stitcher | Pocket Casts | Radio Public | RSS Two legendary artists, prog keyboardist Derek Sherinian and guitarist Robin Trower, join the Kyle Meredith With… podcast for a special two-part episodes. First, Sherinian — recently voted the […]

‘A truce with the trees’: what the centuries-old instruments of the Kronos Quartet can tell us | Kronos Quartet

From left: David Harrington, Sunny Yang, John Sherba and Hank Dutt of Kronos Quartet.

For the last 50 years, David Harrington, the founder and artistic director of San Francisco’s Kronos Quartet, has been playing what he calls “pretty athletic music” on a violin made in 1721. I’ve heard him […]

A Guitarist and the ‘Saw Lady’ Switch Instruments for a Metallica Duet

YouTube guitarist Rob Scallon has amassed millions of followers thanks to his Metallica covers for banjo and sitar. Now he can add another instrument to his repertoire—the saw. In the video below, Scallon gets lessons […]