For a century, the tiny Coolidge Auditorium, at the Library of Congress, has been a wellspring of cultural integrity, ...

NEWARK, N.J. — A $50 million collection of 30 antique string instruments is in the hands of the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra after its collector and symphony officials announced a deal Wednesday. The ...

Origins: “My family was musical, and we grew up playing country and bluegrass and folk music, and I was interested in taking apart instruments,” KiLin Reece says about growing up in Bonny Doon, ...

A group of investors, including businessmen who are twin brothers and amateur violinists, have agreed to buy a controversial collection of rare string instruments from the New Jersey Symphony ...

LOS ANGELES -- While Mariachi music from Mexico is recognized around the world, the country has many more styles of music from different regions. These lesser-known music genres rely on instruments ...

After Jim Irsay’s death in May 2025, his family plans to auction his iconic collection of rare guitars, historic artifacts, and memorabilia through Christie’s, closing a remarkable chapter of his ...

U-Penn Phd.D student Leening Liu works to align the bass in the CT scanner for. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY) From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to ...

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- A rare and significant collection of string instruments from the Holocaust can be seen in Pittsburgh now through November 21 at an exhibit called "Violins of Hope", and the hope ...

After 42 years building and repairing hundreds of stringed instruments, Mark Bluett is retiring and passing his business on ...