The winter solstice--the shortest day of the year, the point at which the days once again start to become longer--is a time of celebration in every world culture. Appropriately, the celebrations often ...

An assortment of odd instruments — frog guiros, ukuleles, djembes, tone bells, and tambourines — fill Jenny Kruse's office. They are actually instruments of healing — associated with interventions for ...

Biruktawit Tasew's fingers glide over the strings of the begena, producing a deep, hypnotic sound. Along with six fellow musicians, she breaks into a solemn religious melody, holding their audience ...

Everyone knows what a trumpet looks like: shiny brass. But the Instrument of Hope is mostly black. Except for the lead pipe — the straight part that extends from the mouthpiece. It's made of bullets. ...

ALTON — Amy Camie is not one to rest on her laurels. She’s always growing, always pursuing the next level, with most of it revolving around her talent as a harpist and her love of music, most ...

Approximately 48 hours after learning that Pope John Paul II had named him the ninth archbishop of the Archdiocese of Boston, Bishop Sean O’Malley began a whirlwind trip to the archdiocese July 1, ...

Musicians who lost instruments in the Dec. 30 Marshall Fire got a chance Saturday to “shop” for replacements in Macky Auditorium on the campus of the University of Colorado Boulder. Musical ...

Earlier this summer, veteran Randy Williams attended the American National Bank Downtown Farmers Market and saw a booth advertising Operation Melody. The program was created about three months ago to ...