In this extended transcript of correspondent Tracy Smith's interview with Lizzo, the singer-songwriter-rapper talks about her flute, which not only has a name but also its own Instagram account; her ...

The brick-and-mortar outpost of Flute World, on the corner of Grant and Union, used to be a jewelry shop. It’s a fitting history given that the music store still trades in the sale of precious metals ...

A YOUNG girl practising her flute has caused a rift between two families on a Worcester housing estate. Cancer sufferer John Rowbotham said he and his wife Laura May were at the end of their tethers ...

The late Don Gonzalo Fernández (1930-?) is sadly not that well-known today, and as I discovered in preparing this post, very little information is available about him online. He left Cuba for Paris in ...

Researchers at Australia's University of Wollongong (UOW) have created a number of 3D-printed custom flutes that can play microtonal tunings otherwise unachievable with standard flutes, thus opening ...

Movies have a way of making us laugh, cry, or hold our breath in suspense. Music is a big part of why this happens. A soft ...

SHANGHAI, April 10 (Xinhua) -- Chinese musicians are rehearsing a musical play reproducing the sound of an 8,000-year-old bone-flute at the upcoming Shanghai Spring International Music Festival in May ...

Music could have been an inspiration for the design of Stonehenge, according to an American researcher. Steven Waller's idea is that ancient Britons could have based the layout of the great monument, ...

There’s a special thrill in hearing the sound of an ancient instrument, and a CD released this week (i.e. April 21) gives us a rare chance to do it. Entitled ‘The Edge of Time’, it contains pieces and ...