Haymes calls himself a “utility infielder” in Ramblin Jug Stompers, responsible for many of the unusual sounds that don’t come from the typical stringed instruments in acoustic bands. At the ...

We're looking for the most unusual musical instruments you've got, and we want to hear you play them. (Soundbite of keytar) SEABROOK: OK, maybe not the keytar.

These inventive, detail-rich deconstructed and reconstructed musical instruments are the work of Brian Riegel and are on display through Dec. 31, in the exhibit “Out of Tunes” Downtown at the ...

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 ...

Diego Stocco forged a niche for himself in the music world by creating sounds using custom-made instruments and unusual sources. His sonic palette includes sounds culled from sources as simple as sand ...

The typewriter was just one of the unusual instruments she included in the music for the Peacock comedy mystery. “I just wanted find something that was fun and cool to use that I’d never been ...