In Manhattan last week alert listeners at a Philadelphia Orchestra concert noticed that in the Bach Toccata and Fuge the basses had a new, if perhaps unneeded, sonority and strength. They had ...

Strange it is. Stranger the workstyle. Strangest the name. The person you see in the picture above is not a magician. He is a thereminist, who assumes a magician-like veil, all thanks to the musical ...

Invented by accident in the 1920s, the unusual electronic instrument is hard to master but offers an enticing reward: freedom. Invented by accident in the 1920s, the unusual electronic instrument is ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Matt Groening knows what a real theremin sounds like. As a kid who grew up on the celluloid junk food of the 1950s ...

The Battle Creek Symphony is set to kick off its 2025-26 season with a spooky twist. The symphony's "Spooky Symphony" concert is scheduled for Oct. 11, according to a community announcement. Tickets ...

Is King Missile more than just a detachable penis to you? If I say the words "dog" and "fly" in sequence, does some part of your brain fill in the word "religion"? Do you have the weekend free and the ...

Falling in Love With Mr Dellamort will receive its European premiere at the 2025 Edinburgh Fringe – and casting has been revealed. Billed as the only musical at the festival to feature “a Theremin, ...

Plenty of bands from the 1960s changed the way we experienced music. From The Beatles’ revolutionary way of producing pop music to the genre-broadening guitar stylings of Jimi Hendrix, plenty of 1960s ...

For Caroline Scruggs, playing the theremin means embracing imperfection, embracing humanity and, most of all, embracing weirdness. “I love that it feels like a little angelic or ethereal or ...

In the late 1950s, trombonist Paul Tanner and amateur inventor Bob Whitsell developed an instrument to mimic the sound of a theremin. The Electro-Theramin used a different control mechanism but ...