Martha Gibbs plays the Belle of Louisville's calliope during the six-month cruising season. The instrument is a classic ...

The evolution of the piano from the earliest four octave instruments to today’s 9-foot concert grands occurred over a period ...

A calliopist plays a unique role aboard the Belle of Louisville, where the same steam that powers the historic steamboat also powers her instrument.

As archaeologists unearth the glorious past of Keros, a new era of culture has taken root on the neighboring island of ...

New Orleans is an experience-driven city with plenty of amazing things to do, and its reputation for celebrations is well-founded – the annual rowdy observance of Mardi Gras being the most famous ...

The riverboat captain is a storyteller. Captain Don Sanders shares the stories of his long association with the river — from ...

For the music startup Eternal Research, the agency Cotton Design created an audio-reactive model that can turn any sound into ...

Luciano Berio, who would have turned 100 this year, anticipated an overwhelming media culture in his classic “Sinfonia.” ...

Few soft synths are as legendary as Massive. This is the history of Native Instruments’ evergreen wavetable instrument, from development and release to its recent rebirth as Massive X Player. Massive.

Splice is one of the world's most popular sample platforms, giving music-makers access to a vast library of sounds that have made their way into hits by everybody from Fred Again to Sabrina Carpenter.

Learning to play an instrument has long been linked to improved reading skills among children, and we may finally understand ...

In a cave in Europe, archaeologists uncovered the earliest trace of music on Earth. What they found changed how we understand ...