Musical innovation and uniqueness is what tends to set great artists apart from their contemporaries. Especially when it comes to the use of creative, unorthodox, or perhaps odd, instruments.

Guitarist Eric Haugen asked his Uncle Mark (Mark Goldstein) to explain the Marimba Lumina, a really fun and unique electronic vibraphone style instrument that he and synthesizer pioneer Don Buchla ...

In fact, the whole of the song doesn’t feature traditional percussion at all ... These one-hit wonders who utilized unusual instruments are best known for their garage rock hit “96 Tears”.

Long before sitars and tablas ruled the stage, India resonated with the haunting melodies of the Ravanahatha and the deep tones of the Surbahar. These six forgotten instruments once defined musical ...

For the aficionado, these documents offer a little extra insight into the DNA of each unique musical instrument. Choir and Organ senior producer, Chris Taylor, in the studio Every organ is unique.

Described by NPR's producers as 'one of today's finest—and friendliest—percussion ensembles,' the group of Peabody alums and ...

India’s rich cultural heritage has given us some of the most amazing yet unique musical instruments. It is often said that when words fail, music speaks and these instruments are proof of that.