Yahoo

Rob Scallon on the eight-string that changed his life – and how it helped him become one of YouTube’s OG guitar stars

Rob Scallon has been a YouTuber for 17 years. For the last 12 of those he’s been paying rent by building the world’s largest pedalboard, exploring unusual stringed instruments and more. He says with a ...
Oregonian

Musician with an unusual instrument comes to town

Local players of stringed instruments are looking forward to the arrival in Tualatin of Bob Culbertson, a renowned musician who plays an unusual stringed instrument called the Chapman Stick.

It's the end of an era as master York luthier Mark Bluett passes business to apprentice

After 42 years building and repairing hundreds of stringed instruments, Mark Bluett is retiring and passing his business on ...
WCVB Channel 5 Boston

Unique instruments made out of cigar boxes are Made in Mass.

WITH THESE UNIQUE INSTRUMENTS. AND OF COURSE, IT’S MADE MASS. THE SOUND THAT COMES OUT OF THAT IS UNBELIEVABLE. IT’S CRAZY. FOR THE UNINITIATED, THE SOUND COMING FROM THIS CIGAR BOX IS MIND BLOWING.
The Spokesman-Review

‘It’s a way to communicate different emotions’: Weekend’s BachFest highlights unique grouping of instruments

This weekend’s set of Northwest BachFest performances offers insight into a variety of emotions and relationships through a diversely distinguished repertoire and a unique group of guest musicians. As ...
Variety

Period Films Inspire Scores with Unusual Instruments, Surprising Sounds

Movies set in the past often rely on music to tell us just where we are. Most, but not all, of the composers of this year’s period pieces felt the obligation to reflect time and place. For Ridley ...