Jazz

Fit As A Fiddle: How The Violin Helped Shape Jazz, Part 1

Considering jazz is an art form that mostly makes it up as it goes along, it's ironically appropriate that printed records—i.e., data—from the days of its birth are decidedly sparse. We know, at least ...
NPR

'The Violin Conspiracy' shows what it can be like to play classical music while Black

Brendan Slocumb remembers that moment that classical music just clicked for him. BRENDAN SLOCUMB: The first piece of classical music that I heard was Mozart's "Symphony No. 40." (SOUNDBITE OF ...
The Conversation

Fusing traditional culture and the violin: how Aboriginal musicians enhanced and maintained community in 20th century Australia

Laura Case receives funding from the Henderson Postgraduate Scholarship. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised this article contains names and images of deceased people. The ...
Los Angeles Times

At 24, this ‘extraordinary’ L.A. musician gets to play a violin older than the United States

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Ray Ushikubo started playing a $20 violin when he was 6. Now, at 24, he’s playing a rare one worth more than eight ...