Instruments don't die the same way breathing things do. Brass can can tarnish, strings can fray, but if a musical instrument isn't played, it can be forgotten by a culture; more museum piece than ...

Elina Karokhina plays the balalaika, a Russian stringed instrument onstage at the seventh annual Russian Festival Saturday, Sept. 14, 2019, at St. Vladimir Orthodox Church in Dexter. Karokhina ...

Over the years, we've seen Rob Scallon turn just about everything he can think of into a metal instrument. Heck, even the shovel made for some interesting metal licks. His latest experiment finds him ...