Upon discovering Gregg Miner's Museum of Vintage, Exotic and Just Plain Unusual Musical Instruments in Tarzana, Calif., a couple years ago, Weekend Edition essayist Tim Brookes saw something called a ...

He wanted to explore the harp guitar’s role in various ensemble settings and planned to build on the earlier album’s piano/harp guitar duet format by adding new instruments, inviting players he’d ...

Not every out-of-town act that comes to the Valley to perform is a big name or production. Many are small, or even just a single artist. Staunton especially can pull in the right kind of performer ...

The wooden instrument lay unfinished for nearly a century, wrapped in yellowed newsprint. It made the journey from Chicago to Indiana, then came to rest in a Superior shop. Two weeks ago, a local ...

Once a month, Matt Thomas goes to get a manicure, but only on one hand. It’s imperative all of Thomas’ right fingers except the pinky are manicured constantly and his acrylic nails are long and filed ...

If Muriel Anderson needs to pick up something to read while she's on her current tour, she can always find a magazine rack and grab the latest issue of Classical Guitar magazine. Actually, she already ...

She came to shop and to sell. But mostly, she came to play. Talented Muriel Anderson of Nashville, recognized as one of the world’s best finger-style guitarists and only woman to win the prestigious ...