NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Jerry Reed, a singer who became a good ol' boy actor in car-chase movies such as "Smokey and the Bandit," has died of complications from emphysema at 71. His longtime booking agent, ...

Some years ago, I recorded an album titled Field Augmentation with my friend and collaborator David Morton. The record was ...

Craft Recordings and Bluesville reissue Jimmy Reed and Skip James classics on AAA 180-gram vinyl, cut from original analog tapes. Craft Recordings and Bluesville are adding two more essential titles ...

There are thousands of turkey calls on the market, and just about any of them will work fine for yelping up a gobbler. Designating one call as being “better” than another is tricky. A pot call’s sound ...

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Paste Studio “On The Road” headed south to the Big Ears Festival in Knoxville, Tennessee. Since its formation in 2009, the Big Ears Festival has been known for its diverse lineup and boundary-crossing ...

In 1932, the musicologist Wilfrid Perrett reported to an audience at the Royal Musical Association in London the words of an unnamed professor of Greek with musical leanings: “Nobody has ever made ...

The shehnai's hauntingly beautiful melody filled the Red Fort on India's Independence Day without a single microphone, because its physics makes it one of the most powerful acoustic instruments ever ...

BROOMFIELD, Colo. — A French horn that belonged to a World War II Navy band musician has found a new home at a Broomfield middle school, connecting a Colorado woman's family history to a new ...

The USC Trojans hit the practice field for the 14th time on Friday in front of a massive group of recruits for a few upcoming classes. Here is some feedback and intel from practice and a recruiting ...

Emmons Hamlin (1821–85), a tuner at the Prince Melodeon factory, developed a technique in 1847 for adjusting the tone by curving the reeds. Eventually, curved reeds, along with suction bellows, became ...

I signed up for pee wee football in 2007 because I wanted to wear the jersey to school on Fridays. I saw the high schoolers doing it, tucking the orange mesh behind their big cowboy buckles, and I ...