Upon discovering Gregg Miner's Museum of Vintage, Exotic and Just Plain Unusual Musical Instruments in Tarzana, Calif., a couple years ago, Weekend Edition essayist Tim Brookes saw something called a ...

String player William Close is one musician who likes to think big. Very big. Close plays his own invention, the earth harp, which uses cables up to 300 metres long to turn concert halls and valleys ...

William Close tells the crowd at City National Plaza that he's still figuring out the logistics of his latest Earth Harp. Over the years, the Malibu-based artist has built a number of these large, ...

Music is an undeniable part of Mississippi's culture, so much so that the state brands itself the "Birthplace of America's Music." Mississippi transplant Kristi Flake wants to add another element to ...

The harp tasting takes place Saturday, May 2 at 2 p.m. at the Homer Center for the Arts, 72 South Main Street in Homer. More information is available on the Central New York Chapter of the American ...

"Argh, um, ooh… actually that’s kinda interesting" is an approximate record of my thoughts as I heard the Time Harp play in this vid for the first time. The robo-musical instrument grinds plastic ...

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