Northeast Ohio-based Duo Balalaika, formerly the Russian Duo, has been playing around this area for nearly 20 years. So fans of Eastern European-based folk music know American pianist Terry Boyarsky ...

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A study has, for the first time, identified minute traces of broomcorn millet consumption directly from human dental calculus, offering an unprecedented window into medieval diets and expanding the ...

Here's what we know. When does Apple Music Replay come out? Apple (and Apple Music) by proxy kept quiet about details of the 2025 release date – but it dropped Tuesday, Dec. 2 for Apple Music ...

As DEI battles and funding shifts roil campuses, music programs from UCLA to Juilliard continue to grow. THR ranks the 20 schools shaping the next generation of composers. By Jeff Bond Conservatories ...

Long before Ukraine was a modern nation, Viking warriors from Sweden laid the foundations of a medieval Slavic state—the Kievan Rus. Drawn east by silver from the Islamic Caliphate, these Norsemen ...

From the earliest times, the shores of the Baltic Sea were inhabited by Slavic tribes. But the old Balts, ancient cousins of the Slavs, only thrived in the northwestern area of the Baltic Sea. From ...

In just 10 minutes, discover how Belarus became an independent nation tracing its complex journey through medieval principalities, imperial rule, Soviet control, and post-USSR sovereignty. This video ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting with members of the Russian government in Moscow, Russia. Gavriil Grigorov/Sputnik/Reuters Putin’s war in Ukraine is not just about territory—it’s a ...

The Tryzub’s emergence underscores a global trend toward directed energy weapons as a response to the proliferation of low-cost aerial threats. Tryzub is the Ukrainian word for “trident.” The tryzub ...