From UFO sounds to Celtic drones, sitar twangs to Tex-Mex accordion, country music occasionally loved to get a little weird. Fiddles and steel guitars may define the genre’s twang, but every so often, ...
Throughout musical history, countless instruments have faced extinction, victims of changing tastes, industrialization, and ...
Last week, host Andrea Seabrook asked listeners to send in home recordings and photographs of their oddest musical instrument. The responses were eclectic, and some were indeed strange. Here is a ...
On this week's Rhythm Planet we check out the hang, the UFO Swiss take on the steel drum.
Music nerds and lovers of fascinating inventions, rejoice! The 10 finalists in Georgia Tech’s annual Guthman Musical Instrument Competition were announced recently, and they’re just as weird and ...
A wild exploration of creativity, sound, and fun, showing that even the strangest instruments can be entertaining and musically expressive. I bought some of the strangest musical instruments I could ...