"Anyone can play the kazoo," said Melbourne-based composer Ciaran Frame. Back in June, Frame was in the thick of organising 10,000 kazoos as part of Melbourne's new winter arts festival Rising, which ...

Jimi Hendrix always seemed to find a way to get the sounds in his head on record. Buyers of Are You Experienced (1967), Hendrix’s debut LP, saw that right away on the title track. To get those far-out ...

"Without a sense of tune, playing the instrument can be awkward. I see a lot of people using it but only a handful can do justice. My wife, Runa, can pull off complicated compositions in Tamil like ...

Stay on top of what’s happening in the Bay Area with essential Bay Area news stories, sent to your inbox every weekday. See Senior Director of TV Programming Meredith Speight’s recommendations from ...