Every month a group of harpists gathers in a north Spokane church to play together, mentor each other and learn new techniques. Though it’s called the Spokane Harp Circle, members come from all over, ...

If being the most famous harp player in indie-rock doesn’t exactly make her look tough and cool, just imagine what Joanna Newsom had to go through to make it to where she is now. “It was so much more ...

Meredith Kohn Bocek has always had two loves: math and music. After retiring from a corporate career as a software engineer, Bocek has immersed herself once again in the world of music as a teacher, ...

At 5 years of age, Duluthian Georganne Hunter bonded with her 97-year-old great-grandmother through knitting and singing. "She was almost outraged that my parents weren't teaching me how to knit. She ...

Gillian King ’22 and Joshua Lin ’22 experienced something rare at Bowdoin. The two graduating seniors—who both grew up in suburbs outside of Chicago—were able to share a passion many of the rest of us ...

Robinson knew about King Saul in the Bible, too. How, when the evil spirit came upon him, David would play the harp and the evil would depart. The 61-year-old grandmother heard stories of musicians ...

CARROLLTON, Va. — Sunshine Huggins, 17, has been playing the harp since she was 3 years old. The angelic sounds of the instrument caught her ear and interest from the moment she saw it being played.

Birds don't really need humans to teach them how to be musical. If anything, it's the other way around, as birdsong has inspired human musicality over the years. But there is one aspect of musical ...

Some songs just don’t translate well to the harp, Karen Stowe says, and in the case of the iconic Lynyrd Skynyrd tune, she doesn’t like it enough to improvise. If she gets a request for it, she’ll ...

A new study from the Marine Institute says harp seals are playing a role in the slowed recovery of cod stocks and other fish ...