Soundiron has released Hopkin Instrumentarium: Icicles & Pop Ice. Here's the full details in their own words... Icicles & Pop Ice are a pair of distinct string instruments that deliver a bright, ...

Working with composers collective Bleeding Fingers, Edinburgh-based enterprise The Crow Hill Company has released PREHISTORIC STRINGS which they describe as as a truly unique string library. They say ...

From the gentle sound of a harp to the deep voice of a cello, every string instrument has something special to share. Explore ...

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 ...

The oldest string instruments are from 2,500 years ago — and yes, they’ve captured our imaginations and hearts for that long. There’s something about a vibrating string that resonates deep within the ...

Since the first of our ancestors discovered that banging a stick on a hollow log makes a jolly sound, we hominids have been finding new and unusual ways to make music. We haven’t come close to tapping ...

Sitar player Ravi Shankar died Tuesday at the age of 92. Brian Q. Silver, a sitar player with over 40 years of experience, talks about playing the unique instrument and how Shankar popularized the ...

A never-before experienced performance! Hear Bach played on a unique stringed instrument commissioned specifically to play these masterful works in a meditative format set by Tibetan singing bowls.