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Guitarist and vocalist Marsya (far left) and bassist Widi (center) and drummer Sitti (far right) from the Indonesian all-female rock band Voice of Baceprot or VoB are seen performing on a stage on ...

A typical jazz piano trio consists of an acoustic piano, bass and drums. The pianist usually serves as the leader, and often composes most of the songs the players perform, but that in no way ...

The first electric guitar played in public. The first Hawaiian-made ukulele. Eric Clapton’s 1956 Fender Stratocaster, “Brownie,” which helped create his signature sound on classic songs like “Layla” ...

At brief, introspective moments in Ridley Scott's pyrotechnics-heavy biopic Napoleon, a simple melody emerges from the delicate sound of an old piano. It's more than 200 years old and once belonged to ...

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Last Thursday, the Yale School of Music made an announcement that brings the history of Yale’s Collection of Musical Instruments full circle. Timothy Steinert ’82 — great-great-grandson of Morris ...