With permission from Australia's Aboriginal people, it's time to proclaim the didgeridoo as our national instrument, writes Dean Frenkel. The didgeridoo is the sound of Australia. Many countries and ...
Should a woman ever play a man's instrument? When Nicole Kidman blew into what the innocent and uncaring call a didgeridoo, some, under the impression that the use of the instrument was confined to ...
Sound is generally invisible, but when William Barton plays the didgeridoo, producing a low moaning note that is unearthly and ethereal, you can practically see the long vibrations leave the end of ...
An unlikely alliance cut a swathe through folk songs, Janáček and music from Australia and New Zealand in an eclectic and beautiful evening ...
You might not expect an ancient Aboriginal instrument from Australia to find its way to Alaska. But walk around downtown Ketchikan on a warm day and you may hear 15-year-old Kinani Halvorsen playing ...
When Crystal Bowersox performed "Come Together" while accompanied by a didgeridoo on Tuesday's "American Idol," many people wondered about the instrument's origin. The didgeridoo is a long, Australian ...
Kate Bush has never been a stranger to dismantling imaginary boundaries in music. Throughout her career, she always looked for new ways to defy convention. And her enormously dedicated fanbase is ...
Last week’s debates taught us a little something about the Democrats who are running for president, like that Joe Biden doesn’t understand texting and that Marianne Williamson knows a “dark psychic ...
Regular didgeridoo playing reduces snoring and daytime sleepiness, finds a study published online by the British Medical Journal. Regular didgeridoo playing reduces snoring and daytime sleepiness, ...
Beth Anderson, a mother of two, suddenly found herself back in middle school music class this fall. When school started, her sixth grade daughter Catelyn sat by her side while they learned and worked ...
Australian girls have been warned that playing the didgeridoo could lead to infertility as a consequence of messing with "men's business". Debate about whether women should play the didgeridoo has ...