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, ...

Simon is a Computer Science BSc graduate who has been writing about technology since 2014, and using Windows machines since 3.1. After working for an indie game studio and acting as the family's go-to ...

TOKYO -- A unique musical instrument similar to a traditional three-stringed Japanese shamisen, but smaller, lighter and easier to handle, has been developed by a small Tokyo manufacturer as a new ...

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 ...

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. ANDY ARONOWICZ: Hi, I'm Andy. I'm a musician. I write and play music. ANNA FOONG: And I'm Anna. I'm a ...