Music has always been humanity’s most universal language — but not every instrument plays by the rules. From a glass contraption that reportedly drove players to madness, to a harp powered entirely by ...

Duck herders in Java have been using a traditional large bamboo object called a kowangan to protect themselves against the rain. The kowangan can be worn as a hat or be placed on the ground as a ...

Trying to stand out as a musician in the 1980s was like trying to be the weirdest clown at clown school. And we mean that in the best of ways! The decade was full of strange and wonderful stuff. So, ...

We're often looking for new sounds, so this collection of entries into the Annual Guthman Musical Instrument Competition might be the instruments of the future. You'll find all of the 2025 finalists ...

The 1990s were all about diversity. When it came to music, that meant both a diversity of genre and a diversity of instrumentation. By the 1990s, people didn’t just want guitar, bass, drums, and keys.