The 23rd annual Mountain Laurel Autoharp Gathering kicks off June 26. Some may wonder - why have an entire gathering devoted to an autoharp? Some may even wonder - what does one even play on an ...

Elan Tamara makes genre-free, heartfelt music that sounds like it comes from another planet. Bright, bold, and colorful, the U.K.-based singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist condenses her ...

For many, the autoharp is remembered as the slightly geeky, easy-to-play instrument from grade-school music class, or as the accompaniment for folk and country singers in the late 1950s and '60s. It's ...

Everyone has dreams but not everyone achieves them. Ray Choi has. Choi is one of the world’s top autoharp players, and he demonstrated it at the 2017 Mountain Laurel Autoharp Championship, according ...

Ambient music remains an oft-misunderstood genre. Many assume it's elevator music with delusions of grandeur or something Brian Eno invented to irritate the bejesus out of his rock 'n' roll buddies.

Walking into Laura Lind's Sebastopol home is like walking into a beehive of creativity, and she is the busy bee. Puppets, paintings, candles, crowns, plums, flowers and button jewelry charm visitors.

GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colorado ” Musician Bryan Bowers still sounds shocked about the best review of his career. It happened decades ago when he stepped off stage at a music festival. He saw “Mother” ...

He had been an officer in the United States Army, a veterinarian who operated a zoo for jungle animals, and a professional luthier who hand-crafted his own instruments. But by his own admission, ...