The iconic British sci-fi series Doctor Who celebrates its 60th anniversary this month. In order to commemorate its achievement, the show is launching new adventures for the Doctor and his companion.

There comes a moment in 'The Nutcracker' when the Sugar Plum Fairy dances to a tune you’ve probably heard before. Over plucked string instruments, a glassy bell-like melody emerges from a celesta, ...

The fragrance of varnish and curing wood drifts by as you enter Side Door Strings, transporting you to an era when objects and the tools that built them were all made by hand. A violin in the raw sits ...

Click to open image viewer. The Molo is a three-stringed lute (a lute is any plucked string instrument with a neck and a deep round back enclosing a hollow cavity, usually with a sound hole or opening ...

The first Thanksgiving was celebrated in 1621. The first known instance of a composer ordering up plucking violins came just three years later. To musician and NPR cultural commentator Miles Hoffman, ...

Stringed instruments make noise from the vibrations of tuned strings, using acoustic or electronic means to amplify those vibrations to the point where they’re loud enough to hear. The strings are ...