We’d be remiss if we didn’t start with “The Devil Went Down to Georgia” by the Charlie Daniels Band. After all, the country/Southern rock song with bluegrass tones became a classic almost as soon as ...

Classical violinists turned YouTubers Brett Yang and Eddy Chen (aka TwoSet Violin) collaborated with the virtual platform Moment House to broadcast a world tour virtually on December 28. Image: ...

Listen to a clip of a Coal Train song, “Ohio Blues” (written by Ben Hartlage and David Long, 1997) Requires RealPlayer. To obtain the software, please visit the ...

"I felt, in writing this piece, that there was an openness, or a kind of a renewed freshness, I had working with music materials, because I was working in a new form. It took out all the cobwebs in ...

Many music listeners may view classical music as the antithesis of folk music. But for violinist Maura Scanlin MUS ’19, both classical violin and traditional Irish and Scottish fiddle are her passions ...

Alex DePue was "about 14 years old" when he had the opportunity to be concertmaster for a youth symphony performing at Carnegie Hall. No one screamed. And DePue, having also been getting his "feet wet ...

Violinist Maura Shawn Scanlin is at home in many musical worlds. At UNC School of the Arts, she’s a high school senior studying classical violin with instructor Sarah Johnson, and she’s developing ...

We're not letting this instrument play second fiddle anymore. Any Southern native, or transplant for that matter, has a general idea of what a fiddle is. You've no doubt heard your mama or your ...

It’s a busy week around the city for music enthusiasts, with Handel, Japanese-Mongolian traditions,flamenco and a shot of “Psycho.” Town Hall, 1119 Eighth Ave., Seattle (206-652-4255 or ...

Spotify and other streaming services aren't very good at managing classical music, which is where new dedicated service Primephonic comes in. Richard Trenholm was CNET's film and TV editor, covering ...

When you think of classical music, chances are you don’t often think of an underlying hip-hop beat. That's where two musicians, Wil Baptiste and Kev Marcus come in. The pair has been blending hip-hop ...

Any music act with a unique sound — such as Black Violin’s fusion of classical music and hip-hop — is bound to sound familiar from album to album. But violinist Kev Marcus has no problem seeing a ...