It’s carved from the bone of a cave bear – and it sounds hauntingly beautiful. Archaeologists have found a pre-historic instrument carved from cave bear bones, and it can still be played today. The ...

As interest continues to grow in lifelong learning, creative wellness, and meaningful online community, Horizons+ offers a compelling example of how music education can be structured, accessible, and ...

Something in all living things responds mysteriously to the sound of wind in the reeds. At the gentle pleasing of a flute, certain crabs glide out of their caves and sit listening under water.

Raised in a family of musicians, Melissa Little Wolf Villalobos was introduced to Native American music by her elders. She first heard the sounds of Native American flautist R. Carols Nakai, of Navajo ...

He raises the hollowed block of wood to his lips, draws a breath and then exhales. An F-sharp hovers in the morning air and then vanishes. It’s called “first breath,” Kent Bush says. Many flutes come ...

“Nocturne” is the first solo album from Native American flute virtuoso R. Carlos Nakai since 2008. With more than 40 albums in 35 years, Nakai has received 11 Grammy nominations and has collaborated ...

A bird-bone flute unearthed in a German cave is the oldest handcrafted musical instrument yet discovered. Archaeologists assembled the flute from 12 pieces of griffon vulture bone scattered in the ...

Fan of Indian classical music and want to play some popular tunes on your own? You need to have some good Indian classical musical instruments at your home that will ensure the perfect audio when you ...

One of Tanzania’s most endangered possessions isn’t its wildlife; it’s its music. Dozens of musical instruments – and the skill set to play them – are facing extinction in Tanzania, which is why ...

Stone Age humans may have ripped raw meat from the bone, but they also played music, according to a study reporting the discovery of a 35,000-year-old flute, the oldest instrument known. Found in the ...