Music has a funny way of surprising us. Sometimes it's not the guitar solo or the vocal runs that stick with you. You know the ones. The tracks where you pause and think, what is that? That little ...

Haymes calls himself a “utility infielder” in Ramblin Jug Stompers, responsible for many of the unusual sounds that don’t come from the typical stringed instruments in acoustic bands. At the band’s ...

Discover the glass armonica, Benjamin Franklin's remarkable musical invention, and the musician keeping its haunting sound ...

There are instruments that are the tentpoles of rock: the drums, lead guitar, bass, and keyboard. But every so often, bands will get the bright idea to bring something new to the mix. Across the ...

You could almost say it’s written in stone. Almost, but not quite, as the book an English musician wrote is about music stones. Adcock is no stranger to such music as he fell in love with stone ...

Movies set in the past often rely on music to tell us just where we are. Most, but not all, of the composers of this year’s period pieces felt the obligation to reflect time and place. For Ridley ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Billionaires, they are (not) just like us, as depicted in AMC's buzzworthy dark comedy The Audacity. Much of the fun in watching ...

On June 12, 1952, future country music innovator Junior Brown was born in Kirksville, Indiana. While Brown, 73, would go on to build a successful career as a singer, guitarist and songwriter, he is ...

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 ...

Based on a True Story composer Sherri Chung brought a typewriter to the orchestra to perform her score during Deadline’s Sound & Screen live-music event. The typewriter was just one of the unusual ...

Danny Bensi and Saunder Jurriaans explain how the AMC series' unique, darkly funny tone led to the unexpected sounds and instruments they incorporated.