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No conversation about Chinese traditional music would be complete without the pipa, an ancient guitar-like instrument. One of the best known current practitioners of the pipa is Wu Man. Fred talks ...

Wu Fei and Abigail Washburn, who released a self-titled debut album as a duo on Friday, have lived almost parallel lives. Both women were born in 1977, and both grew up to be accomplished and ...

With a slight inhale, 81-year-old Zhen Jinling brought the short, ridged horn up to his mouth. He pursed his lips and blew into his suona — the sound part birdcall, part trumpet fanfare. From a bench ...

A new album combines Appalachian music with Chinese folk music. Young people can't get enough. From China to Appalachia: An unlikely musical fusion that's got young people hooked Some combinations ...

SHENZHEN, China, Sept. 24, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Tencent Music Entertainment Group (Tencent Music or TME, NYSE: TME), the leading online music entertainment platform in China, announced the launch of ...

Even though maintaining a jazz orchestra these days is about as profitable as running Amtrak, the surplus of great musicians in Los Angeles assures that there will always be local big bands. Away from ...

Some combinations sound strange but work really well together. Take pickles and ice cream, french fries and milkshakes, bacon and donuts. This meshing of two old forms of music is attracting young ...

Each a virtuoso in their own right, longtime friends and Wu Fei and Abigail Washburn team up for a tradition-blending debut album of folk music. Chinese Folk Music Meets Appalachian Tradition On 'Wu ...