The term "accordion" finds its roots in the German word akkord (chord), as highlighted by Google Doodle. (Pic: Google) Google Doodle on Thursday (May 23) celebrated the ‘accordion’, a German musical ...

In Mexico City, This German Organist Says Music Is a Gift From God and the Organ's Sound Is Proof MEXICO CITY (AP) — After six decades of devotion to the organ, Maestro Leo Krämer treats the ...

RUDESHEIM, Germany - The quirky Siegfried's Mechanical Music Cabinet isn’t just a Disneyland for music aficionados, computer nerds or history buffs. It’s a playground for anyone who enjoys watching ...

A Jefferson County jury on Thursday convicted 40-year-old Bruce Lanier Austin of capital murder in the slaying of Moriah Quib-Marquez, a seventh grader who excelled as a student and an athlete at ...

Christmas concerts are God’s gift to early music groups such as Piffaro (Philadelphia’s Renaissance wind band). Audience love taking refuge in holiday exuberance from what we imagine as a better, ...

In 1959, when Amelia Hielscher Mettke joined Austin’s new Damenchor, or women’s choir, during its inaugural year at Saengerrunde Hall, she was 17. She’s been a singing member ever since. Back then, ...

There was a soft humid breeze, neon lights blazed in every color of rainbow sherbet, and shiny industrial skyscrapers framed the second evening celebrating German music at SXSW 2024. This night was ...

In 1982, a teenaged-Organized Noize member Patrick “Sleepy” Brown heard Afrika Bambaataa and the Soulsonic Force’s “Planet Rock” for the first time. He was hooked by the song’s combination of rap ...

MEXICO CITY (AP) — After six decades of devotion to the organ, Maestro Leo Krämer treats the instrument like an extension of himself. He doesn’t even need to lay hands on it to hear in his mind how a ...

After six decades of devotion to the organ, Maestro Leo Krämer treats the instrument like an extension of himself. He doesn't even need to lay hands on it to hear in his mind how a song will sound.