The evolution of music is an elusive yet tantalising subject as, unlike skeletons, sounds don’t leave fossilised remains. The oldest known musical instrument is a 40,000-year-old flute made from bird ...

While most of us associate the Yamaha name with motorcycles, it actually first started with music. Torakusu Yamaha built his first reed organ in 1887, launching a company that became Japan's top piano ...

Before Spotify playlists, before concerts, before even written history, there was sound. A stretched string. A hollow drum. A breath through wood. What if the instruments we listen to today were not ...

Digital electronics has profoundly changed musical instrument design. From toy keyboards to performance-grade pianos, synthesizers, and drum sets, to name a few, instruments that once would have been ...

A study published in Azania: Archaeological Research in Africa by archaeologists Dr. Joshua Kumbani and Prof. Margarita Díaz-Andreu explores the intriguing relationship between Zimbabwean rock art and ...