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 band’s ...

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 ...

There are instruments that are the tentpoles of rock: the drums, lead guitar, bass, and keyboard. But every so often, bands will get the bright idea to bring something new to the mix. Across the ...

You could almost say it’s written in stone. Almost, but not quite, as the book an English musician wrote is about music stones. Adcock is no stranger to such music as he fell in love with stone ...

Stacy Tenenbaum’s film Pipe Dreams features four young organ players competing in the prestigious Canadian International Organ Competition, held every few years in Montreal. What’s striking is that ...

Ever stumbled across a sound that made you stop in your tracks? Maybe it was something ancient and unfamiliar, yet strangely ...

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 ...

MANKATO — Brass instruments are always in orchestras. French horns, trumpets, trombones, euphoniums, tubas. It’s hard to miss what they add to songs. But when your choir consists only of brass ...

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 ...