Mike Hodgson mhodgson@leecentralcoastnews.com Sep 14, 2016 Sep 14, 2016 Updated Sep 17, 2016 A unique musical instrument that traces its heritage to an early 20th-century San Francisco exposition, a ...

When the sublime is in fashion, quiet beauty struggles to be heard. Dorothy Ashby, America’s first great jazz harpist, came of age amid the clamor of giants—men like Charles Mingus, Cecil Taylor, and ...

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William Close is getting ready to string a skyscraper. As the inventor of the Earth Harp, which holds the Guinness World Record for being the longest stringed instrument, it’s a task he knows well.

While the pandemic is credited with much doom, gloom and depression, it’s also provided innovative ways to overcome challenges. That’s the outlook at Drew Charter School in East Lake, where the school ...

Wales has an unbroken tradition of harp playing. It was used as a dance instrument and for playing tunes and airs. The tradition owes its survival to the gypsy families of Wales who kept harp playing ...