The Fiddle and the Drum has been decades in the making. By Gary Graff A collaboration between opera soprano Renée Fleming and genre-jumping banjo auteur Béla Fleck may seem, on the surface, like ...

The Smithsonian's priceless collection of musical instruments are brought to life through the the Smithsonian Chamber Music Society's exhibitions, concerts, tours, broadcasts, recordings, and ...

As many as eighteen violin makers named Gagliano are known. The following among them are outstanding: Alessandro (Naples, Italy, flourished c. 1700-c. 1735), who worked in the shops of Nicolo Amati ...

Curious about these whimsical veggies? We've got the answers. If you think ferns are only good for decorating office lobbies, you're wrong. They are also the source of one of the most whimsical spring ...

This is a concise Python 3 programming tutorial for people who think that reading is boring. I try to show everything with simple code examples; there are no long and complicated explanations with ...

Abstract: While celebrating the 21st year since the very first IEEE 802.11 “legacy” 2 Mbit/s wireless local area network standard, the latest Wi-Fi newborn is today reaching the finish line, topping ...

A violin plot is an easy to read substitute for a box plot that replaces the box shape with a kernel density estimate of the data, and optionally overlays the data points itself. The original boxplot ...

Johnny Gimble was the much respected country music fiddle player who was a key figure in western swing as a member of Bob Wills’ Texas Playboys and elsewhere. As a measure of his achievements, he ...