Since 2017, the Folk Orchestra of Santa Barbara (FOSB), the only one of its kind in the U.S., has been taking listeners on ...

ilgit-Baltistan has a rich legacy of traditions and culture with a huge tourism potential but folk musicians of the area are concerned about their craft and language disappearing. There have been some ...

When Armenian arranger and composer Levon Eskenian took on to reimagine the music of Armenian mystic and philosopher Gurdjieff for the Gurdjieff Ensemble's debut record on ECM, he touched upon the ...

Balancing the morin khuur base between his knees, Las Vegas-based instrumentalist Hong Wang uses his right hand to slide a bow smoothly across the instrument. The fingers on Wang’s left hand glide ...

LUCKNOW: Governor Anandiben Patel asked students to preserve and promote endangered and near-extinct musical instruments and folk songs for the development of the nation. “Music and dance are a form ...

A-side B-side is a reoccurring segment on The World as part of a partnership with Smithsonian Folklife Festival. The series compares the sounds and ideas of two songs, albums or artists. On the A-side ...

India is well known for its rich musical culture and repertoire, but the country's musical heritage extends far beyond sitars ...

Ram Prasad Kadel, the founder and curator of the museum, has been collecting the musical instruments since 1995 together with his wife Nanda Sharma. His passion has taken him to all 77 districts of ...

Some songs never really age, they simply travel. Shakira’s Waka Waka (This Time for Africa), originally released as the ...

The Punjabi Folk Orchestra is a unique ensemble developed using a wide range of traditional Punjabi folk instruments such as Dhol, Dholki, Taal-Koze, Tansari, Flute, Nagara, Chimta, Sap and Kara.