Any Southern native, or transplant for that matter, has a general idea of what a fiddle is. You've no doubt heard your mama or your neighbor remark that they're feeling "fit as a fiddle." Zenas ...

A Milanese 1694 Giovanni Grancino violin was recovered after having been stolen from USC on April 2, authorities say. Detectives say the instrument appeared unharmed and the suspect was charged with ...

Considering jazz is an art form that mostly makes it up as it goes along, it's ironically appropriate that printed records—i.e., data—from the days of its birth are decidedly sparse. We know, at least ...

Anchorage Symphony Orchestra concertmaster Ludek Wojtkowski was performing the famed fiddle face-off “The Devil Went Down To Georgia” at last fall’s annual ASO Champagne Pops gala fundraiser when his ...

It was prized, stolen and disguised — after helping its owner and Albert Einstein spirit dozens of musicians out of Hitler’s Germany. No wonder Joshua Bell cherishes the 300-year-old Stradivarius ...

WELCOMING TO ALL KIDS. A 300 YEAR OLD VIOLIN WITH LOCAL TIES WAS AUCTIONED OFF FOR SOME PRETTY BIG BUCKS. TODAY, 300 YEARS OLD, AND WAIT UNTIL YOU HEAR HOW MUCH IT WENT FOR. BUT FIRST, NEWSCENTER 5 ...