Throughout musical history, countless instruments have faced extinction, victims of changing tastes, industrialization, and the passage of time. While some vanished completely, others survived by the ...

From UFO sounds to Celtic drones, sitar twangs to Tex-Mex accordion, country music occasionally loved to get a little weird. Fiddles and steel guitars may define the genre’s twang, but every so often, ...

The guitar, the banjo, the mandolin, the fiddle, and the upright bass are just a few of the instruments commonly associated with country music. Though there is one instrument missing from that list, ...

His foundation funded the donation through the Mr. Holland's Opus Foundation to give more than $38,000 worth of instruments ...

Discover why Nashville became the capital of country music — from its historic roots to today’s thriving tourism scene and the Country Music Hall of Fame’s American Currents exhibition. Explore how ...