After spending the last 20 years performing with local jazz fusion/ R&B act WMS-3, violinist-singer Raccine Williams decided to test the solo waters with the release of her debut CD, "Stringray." "The ...

The violin has showed up on a few classic rock tracks through the years, and it always seems to hit just right.

Rosendale violinist Richard Carr has an intriguing CD, “Music For Four Electric Violins,” of basically his version of world-music, and it’s really worth a listen. Carr is a journeyman musician who has ...

Nina DiGregorio always wanted to play rock and roll — but doing that on the violin wasn’t much of an option when she was growing up in upstate New York, she said. Today, however, she’s known as the ...

Classic rock is perhaps the most explosive of all the genres of music. Thinking about it, it’s easy to picture amplifiers spontaneously combusting thanks to the volume of electric guitars, giant drum ...

Lindsey Stirling is one of those entertainers who is so multifaceted, you need to take a full breath to describe all that she is: electric violinist, dancer, YouTube star, composer, author and ...

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The electric guitar has overtaken the violin in a list of most popular musical instruments for children to play, says a music exam board. Some 13% of five- to 17-year-olds play the electric guitar, ...