He broke the instrument, and never played again in his life. The Chinese word Zhi Yin (confidant), literally meaning knowing the voice, also originated from this story.” Go to the Traditional Chinese ...

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Irish traditional music is among the most popular World Music genres of our time. Performed by Irish and non-Irish musicians throughout the world and patronized by audiences in diverse social and ...

Editor's Note: Mick Moloney sadly passed away on July 27, 2022. In honor of his anniversary, we're resharing this Wall Street Journal video, filmed around St. Patrick's Day 2015, where he explores the ...

Weaving through the rooms of my Brisbane childhood home, carried on the languid, humid, sub-tropical air, was the sound of an Iranian tenor singing 800-year old Persian poems of love. I was in primary ...

Kim Ji-hye is a musician and composer specializing in traditional Korean music. Her skill in playing the janggu (hour-glass shaped drum) is widely recognized and she has received awards at many ...

The sounds of klezmer -- instrumental Jewish folk music derived from Eastern European folk songs -- are not often heard in this part of the world. But here, in Greater Danbury, not only can they be ...