Musical innovation and uniqueness is what tends to set great artists apart from their contemporaries. Especially when it comes to the use of creative, unorthodox, or perhaps odd, instruments. Or ...

Movies set in the past often rely on music to tell us just where we are. Most, but not all, of the composers of this year’s period pieces felt the obligation to reflect time and place. For Ridley ...

WOODBURN, Ind. (WANE) — In Woodburn, a music store tucked away between the local post office and a salon houses a unique instrument that cannot be found just anywhere: a dulcimer. Although the ...

GRAND BLANC, MI -- It can be frustrating to build instruments from scratch. Whether it’s sourcing African Padauk wood, fidgeting in AutoCAD or cutting a bar to tune it, nothing stopped Grand Blanc’s ...

The dugong, one of Michael Hearst's "unusual creatures." Credit: Julien Willem/Creative Commons Michael Hearst seems to enjoy making music with a purpose. About five years ago the Brooklyn, N.Y., ...

The Beatles were forever tinkering with their sound in the studio in an effort to create something unique and magical. That occasionally meant they’d bring in guest musicians to make it happen. But it ...

Based on a True Story composer Sherri Chung brought a typewriter to the orchestra to perform her score during Deadline’s Sound & Screen live-music event. The typewriter was just one of the unusual ...