Eric Shimelonis plays a kemenche: a stringed instrument which experts believe is derived from the ancient Greek lyre. (image courtesy of Rebecca Sheir) Kemenche (kemençe in Turkish, کمانچه ...

The Lyrid meteor has peaked in late April for thousands of years. It begins in little bursts on the eve of April 16 and peaks in visibility next week. The dazzling display will peak on April 21 and ...

A pair of experts from the University of Hertfordshire have explained the "extraordinary natural phenomena" behind Lyrid meteor ...

(Modern experiments have proven that dolphins are attracted to the high-pitched frequencies of several musical instruments ... The ancient Greek historian Herodotus tells the myth of Arion, a famous ...

Turkey is not the first place that comes to mind when thinking about Greek music and the bouzouki. However, Andreas ...

An entire ancient Egyptian settlement from the New Kingdom, also known as the Golden Age of Egypt, surfaced from beneath Greek ruins at the site of Kom el-Nugus near Alexandria Among the artifacts ...

“A lot of artists, when they’re 62 years old, they’re winding things down,” Metallica’s Kirk Hammett says in the new episode of our Rolling Stone Music Now podcast. “I feel like I’m ...

In 2023, the Four Seasons Hotel Philadelphia started stocking drinks like zero-proof Athletic Beer and Lyre’s nonalcoholic spirits for guests who requested them. But it wasn’t until midway ...

Donald Trump‘s tariffs have caused live music stocks to crash and inflicted “damage” on the instrument market. Back in February, President Trump signed an executive order to impose tariffs ...

Trying to narrow down the best microphones for recording is a huge task. There are so many great microphones out there that I honestly struggled to single out a reasonable number of good microphones ...