Instruments don't die the same way breathing things do. Brass can can tarnish, strings can fray, but if a musical instrument isn't played, it can be forgotten by a culture; more museum piece than ...

Over the years, we've seen Rob Scallon turn just about everything he can think of into a metal instrument. Heck, even the shovel made for some interesting metal licks. His latest experiment finds him ...

Elina Karokhina plays the balalaika, a Russian stringed instrument onstage at the seventh annual Russian Festival Saturday, Sept. 14, 2019, at St. Vladimir Orthodox Church in Dexter. Karokhina ...

After nearly 15 years of helping build Iowa City's status as a mecca for those interested in the Russian guitar and making efforts toward reviving the instrument, Oleg Timofeyev finally felt his ...