and strum the vihuela, an instrument halfway between a lute and a guitar. It's easy to picture the youthful Soto wandering around the cluttered Jerez market, wearing a sword and a dark cloak ...

Walking through the University of Oregon School of Music and Dance (SOMD), one might expect to hear jazz standards or ...

The exhibit also will feature 40 instruments, along with wall banners and videos, recalling the guitar’s role at important ...

Some 30 years and soon-to-be 14 albums into their sonic journey, UK-based Tindersticks have a new collection of songs, Soft Tissue, set to drop in September. KCRW's all-music channel blending the ...

She plays the vihuela. "I didn't know anything about mariachi when I started," Prado said. "Now, I enjoy it a lot. It's so beautiful. I love how it's connected to the culture. It's very fun to ...

The youngsters in this program learn how to play instruments, including the guitarron, guitar, vihuela, violin, and the trumpet and to sing, art forms that require equal parts creativity and ...

Traditional Mariachi ensembles include trumpets, violins, the vihuela and guitarrón (bass guitar), and may have four or more musicians who wear regional costumes adapted from the charro costume.

SACRAMENTO, Calif., May 14, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The California Museum will open "America at the Crossroads: The Guitar and a Changing Nation," a touring exhibition from the National Guitar Museum ...

“To see UTSA back [Mariachi Los Paisanos] up solidifies the idea that we truly are a Hispanic Serving Institution that wants to support and preserve the culture here,” said mariachi vihuela player and ...