For many, the autoharp is remembered as the slightly geeky, easy-to-play instrument from grade-school music class, or as the accompaniment for folk and country singers in the late 1950s and '60s. It's ...

Sign up for the Gazette's morning newsletter and get essential news each day. Music from centuries-old folk songs and contemporary and classical tunes emanates ...

It's the sound that unites Orson Welles and PJ Harvey What is it? Well. A zither is technically any stringed instrument that has the feature of the strings not extending beyond the soundhole or ...

At the beginning of the pandemic, Little Rock vocalist Stephanie Smittle decided to learn how to play an instrument. Her weapon of choice? A 21 bar, 36-string, matte black OS73CE Oscar Schmidt ...

Jemma Watton's all set for the festivities. Even the most talented autoharp player doesn't usually get much attention.The instrument itself seems unwilling to assert its identity - built to stand on ...

Bryan Bowers has been involved with music for the past 50 years, and next week, he will bring his musical stylings in the autoharp to the Anacortes Senior Activity Center. The concert, at 1:30 p.m.

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Ambient music remains an oft-misunderstood genre. Many assume it's elevator music with delusions of grandeur or something Brian Eno invented to irritate the bejesus out of his rock 'n' roll buddies.

Most buskers provide a soundtrack to the rush-hour commute playing a saxophone or guitar, but busker Darryl Minsky does it with an unusual instrument called an autoharp. The former computer consultant ...