Music has a funny way of surprising us. Sometimes it's not the guitar solo or the vocal runs that stick with you. You know ...

Haymes calls himself a “utility infielder” in Ramblin Jug Stompers, responsible for many of the unusual sounds that don’t come from the typical stringed instruments in acoustic bands. At the band’s ...

Movies set in the past often rely on music to tell us just where we are. Most, but not all, of the composers of this year’s period pieces felt the obligation to reflect time and place. For Ridley ...

I bought some of the weirdest musical instruments I could find on Amazon and put them all to the test. From strange designs ...

You could almost say it’s written in stone. Almost, but not quite, as the book an English musician wrote is about music stones. Adcock is no stranger to such music as he fell in love with stone ...

There are instruments that are the tentpoles of rock: the drums, lead guitar, bass, and keyboard. But every so often, bands will get the bright idea to bring something new to the mix. Across the ...

The Beatles were forever tinkering with their sound in the studio in an effort to create something unique and magical. That occasionally meant they’d bring in guest musicians to make it happen. But it ...

Based on a True Story composer Sherri Chung brought a typewriter to the orchestra to perform her score during Deadline’s Sound & Screen live-music event. The typewriter was just one of the unusual ...

Paul Bruce plays his tuba Dec. 16 during the annual TubaChristmas concert at the Red Lion Hotel in Kalispell. (Heidi Desch/Daily Inter Lake) Allen Slater, retired Flathead High School band director, ...