On their follow-up album Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, they cracked the code. Drenched in the sort of colour McCartney claimed the band had embraced, the record was a textural masterclass and ...

Last week, host Andrea Seabrook asked listeners to send in home recordings and photographs of their oddest musical instrument. The responses were eclectic, and some were indeed strange. Here is a ...

Although a great amount of today's music is produced electronically or digitally, live instruments are still central to most performances. While some artists are content with a guitar or drum kit, ...

Pianos use little hammers striking taut strings to make tones. The Mellotron used lots of individual tape mechanisms. Meanwhile, the Trans-Harmonium from [Emily Francisco] uses an altogether more ...

Diego Stocco forged a niche for himself in the music world by creating sounds using custom-made instruments and unusual sources. His sonic palette includes sounds culled from sources as simple as sand ...