TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sony Music Labels today released a music video in support of “Shakuhachi Classic,” the second album by all-female traditional instrumental ensemble Bamboo Flute Orchestra. The ...

In a rehearsal room in the Woolworth Center of Musical Studies, students are blowing into their instruments, flicking hands over finger holes, shaking heads, and dipping chins up and down to create ...

Composer and performer Ned Rothenberg has spent his career traversing different musical worlds. He has worked extensively as both a composer and performer in the jazz and improvisation scenes, playing ...

How a few side gigs with his former band led to a post-rock career as an arts entrepreneur and tea shop owner. Ritchie says, “I was playing with Violent Femmes and we toured Australia a lot and came ...

The shakuhachi is a traditional Japanese bamboo flute with a simple construction: It usually has four holes on the front and one on the back. But it can express a wide range of sounds and is used in ...

The Japanese Cultural Fair will be hosting a fundraiser on Saturday with a concert at the Kuumbwa Jazz Center, featuring John Kaizan Neptune, a master of the shakuhachi (the Japanese bamboo flute).

In 1991, Beijing-based musician Wang Wei went on a tour with China Oriental Performing Arts Group as bassist. During the tour, he became fascinated by the shakuhachi, a kind of Japanese bamboo flute.

Since debuting in 2016, Yoshimi Tsujimoto has been promoting shakuhachi to a global audience through her popular YouTube channel, performing flute covers of famous songs. Tsujimoto’s online fame has ...

More than 100 bamboo musical instruments are on display in an exhibition curated by Wang Wei in Beijing.[Photo by Wang Jing/China Daily] Musician to showcase his unique crusade at Beijing concert In ...