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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

If you’re not from the United States, you might not consider these British rock icons to be one-hit wonders. However, “In The Summertime” was Mungo Jerry’s only charting hit in the US, so we’ll go ...

WITH THESE UNIQUE INSTRUMENTS. AND OF COURSE, IT’S MADE MASS. THE SOUND THAT COMES OUT OF THAT IS UNBELIEVABLE. IT’S CRAZY. FOR THE UNINITIATED, THE SOUND COMING FROM THIS CIGAR BOX IS MIND BLOWING.

The 88th annual Bach Festival comes to a close this weekend with the chance for Central Florida music fans to experience two instruments rarely heard these days. The harpsichord had its heyday in ...

Students are learning music in a well-rounded way by playing unusual instruments at the Tampa Music School. From tissue box ukuleles, to egg-shaker maracas and overturned buckets as drums, students ...