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 ...

Nowadays, the muyu's reach has extended beyond Buddhist rituals and it is one of the percussion instruments in a Chinese orchestra. 2. Zhu and Yu The zhu and yu are two percussion instruments that ...

Bitch, devil’s fiddle, some traditional Polish folk instruments may have brow-raising names, but all of them have a unique and fascinating sound which lends Polish folk its inimitable cachet. Ligawka ...

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