An electric violin doesn’t just offer a musician a whole new world of sounds and dynamics, it can also be unplugged to allow for silent practicing. The best model is crafted to have the same feel as ...

DALY CITY, Calif. (KGO) -- They're rare and expensive instruments, and a few days ago, the man who's toured the world playing them woke up to find they'd been stolen. Dave Kim has built a career ...

I'm looking to buy one in a week or two. I just started playing violin last year. I love it. I actually started to support my daughter - she chose to start Orchestra this year and chose violin so I ...

Rosendale violinist Richard Carr has an intriguing CD, “Music For Four Electric Violins,” of basically his version of world-music, and it’s really worth a listen. Carr is a journeyman musician who has ...

When Toowoomba bus driver David Guscott arrives home, he heads straight to his back shed to follow his passion of making music. But he is not in a garage band — he is a garage luthier, building and ...

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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — At 61, composer and multi-style violist and former Staten Islander Martha Mooke has won her first Grammy! Mooke, who now lives in Bayonne, New Jersey, won a Grammy for her ...