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, ...
Throughout musical history, countless instruments have faced extinction, victims of changing tastes, industrialization, and ...
The Telharmonium was revealed to the world in the early 1900s. This extremely heavy (as in, around 210 tons) organ-like instrument utilized electromagnetic generators, which rotated to produce pulses ...
Music nerds and lovers of fascinating inventions, rejoice! The 10 finalists in Georgia Tech’s annual Guthman Musical Instrument Competition were announced recently, and they’re just as weird and ...
A wild exploration of creativity, sound, and fun, showing that even the strangest instruments can be entertaining and musically expressive. I bought some of the strangest musical instruments I could ...