The jangly, chiming sound of acoustic and electric 12-string guitars have played a crucial role in popular music, from blues to rock, pop to folk. 12-string guitars feature six pairs of strings, known ...

Thinking outside the canon, and finding the gritty and the beautiful, within it. By Joshua Barone and Corinna da Fonseca-Wollheim JOSHUA BARONE Few art forms are as burdened by canons as classical ...

Maria Sharapova made a surprising return to the tennis court in October 2025 after a two-year break, expressing shock over a $78 racket restringing fee. The 38-year-old, recently inducted into the ...

Maria Sharapova at the 2025 US Open Tennis Championships in Flushing Meadows, Queens, New York City. (Photo by GC Images) Maria Sharapova has voiced her disbelief at the high cost of restringing her ...

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (FOX Carolina) - Music has a deep history in Appalachia, especially in the North Carolina mountains, but for many musicians, Helene threatened to wipe away their ability to play. “The ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. (WGHP) — The song in the hills of Appalachia ...

BRISTOL, Tenn. (WJHL) – The ReString Appalachia benefit concert is happening on Feb. 1 at Machiavelli’s in Bristol, Tennessee. The goal of the concert is to get instruments back into the hands of ...

Helene’s took out bridges all across Western North Carolina, but music preservationist Nicholas Williams sees another kind of chasm left by the storm. One sleepless night after the rain had stopped, ...

Rachel was a Visiting Fellow for Heritage’s B. Kenneth Simon Center for American Studies and the Center for Education Policy. A classical liberal arts education broadens students’ horizons beyond the ...

Whether Bach, Beethovan, or Mozart, it's widely recognized that classical music can affect a person's mood. Scientists use brainwave measurements and neural imaging techniques to show how Western ...