NELSON, Wis. (AP) - Jim Smit’s cold, callused hand, covered by wool gloves made by his wife with wool from the couple’s 16 Icelandic sheep, reached out on a blistering 1-degree weekday evening to ...

African gourd crafting is a traditional art that has been used for centuries to make musical instruments. Gourds are hollowed ...

TRAVERSE CITY — What started as a way of figuring out a more transportable bass guitar has since put creatively hand-craft instruments into the hands of other musicians thanks to Caul Bluhm. Bluhm — a ...

CHESTER — A visit to luthier Scott B. MacDonald's studio is crossing the threshold into a world of sound and the rich aromas of wood, sawdust, resin, water-based finishes and freshly brewed coffee.

A passion for Taiwanese gezai opera (歌仔戲) led 27-year-old Lin Tsung-fan (林宗範) to teach himself how to craft the traditional stringed instruments used, and he eventually became one of the top makers in ...

Like teenage Romeos toting sticker-plastered guitar cases, male palm cockatoos show that romancing a crush with a love song isn’t just about music — it’s also about style. This video from 2017 shows ...

Take Two translates the day’s headlines for Southern California, making sense of the news and cultural events that affect our lives. Produced by Southern California Public Radio and broadcast from ...