Charles Chase, whose fascination with musical instruments from around the world led him to open the Folk Music Center, an institution in downtown Claremont for close to 50 years, has died. He was 89.

India is the land of diversity and cultures. From the bright sarees and lehengas that adorn women in the North, to the simple and minimal white saree with golden borders that adorn the women of South, ...

Lovers of traditional American folk music and instruments are invited to join Rick Bihlmeyer, a Durham blacksmith, for a folk music workshop Saturday at his 230 Maple Ave. home. Bihlmeyer, who makes ...

In October last year the musician Angeline Morrison, whose 2022 masterpiece The Sorrow Songs drew on deep research to present ...

Balancing the morin khuur base between his knees, Las Vegas-based instrumentalist Hong Wang uses his right hand to slide a bow smoothly across the instrument. The fingers on Wang’s left hand glide ...

Ram Prasad Kadel, the founder and curator of the museum, has been collecting the musical instruments since 1995 together with his wife Nanda Sharma. His passion has taken him to all 77 districts of ...

Up one flight of steps and what you see is quite unexpected in this building. The place looks abandoned but not completely. There is not much light in the room except some rays from the few windows on ...

“The world’s two largest handmade folk stringed instruments, the rewap and duttar produced in Kashgar, applied for recognition by Guinness World Records last year and we are raising funds for the ...

The folk boom came and went. But the Claremont Folk Music Center is still humming, not to mention strumming. It’s been 60 years since Charles and Dorothy Chase opened the shop in the Claremont Village ...

India is well known for its rich musical culture and repertoire, but the country's musical heritage extends far beyond sitars ...

It was love at first sound for Max Baca. When the Los Texmaniacs bandleader first heard the rich ring of a bajo sexto, he was enamored of the 12-string instrument used in conjunto, Tejano and Tex-Mex ...

Louisiana Folk Roots is offering Cajun and Zydeco music camps for children ages 8-14 this summer. Camps will be in Eunice, Lafayette and Opelousas throughout June and July. Camp activities include ...