Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Whether your child is a fan of Olivia Rodrigo, Justin Bieber, Dua Lipa or Taylor Swift, these toy instruments can motivate them to ...

WHEN CLINT MAEDGEN, alto saxophonist for the legendary New Orleans ensemble the Preservation Hall Jazz Band, is in the market for a new instrument, he doesn’t necessarily visit a music store. Instead, ...

Playing music is supposed to be fun! Remember? Sometimes electronic instruments we choose to play are so complicated that using them is a chore, or at least requires a ton of practice. It doesn’t have ...

The Standard's journalism is supported by our readers. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Musical toys and instruments for children are a great way to ...

I am both fascinated by and skeptical of strange, nontraditional musical instruments. And it’s this very thing that drew me to Artiphon’s Orba. It’s about as nontraditional as you can get. It’s a tiny ...

The motto was always “Build it, don’t buy it.” Richard Upchurch heard his dad say this constantly growing up. So when his beloved sixties-era Sony transistor radio broke, a young Upchurch didn’t ...

Darcy Neal had her musical awakening the first time she disassembled a piece of electronics. After reading an article about circuit bending, Neal and a friend decided to experiment on an old Speak & ...

Composer Phyllis Chen makes music using toy pianos and music boxes, an instrument and an object most associated with children and play. But hers is serious work, exploring the unseen potential in ...

STREAM education is a novel educational concept of a new generation, combining science, technology, reading and writing, engineering, arts and mathematics. It brings inspiration and invention to help ...

Playfulness and purposeful converge in the music of Microplastique. The quartet’s membership includes some of Chicago’s busiest and most engaged rising improvisers. Percussionist and composer Adam ...

Spark your child's creativity with these top 10 toy musical instruments. By Lilian Gonzalez All products and services featured are independently chosen by editors. However, Billboard may receive a ...