The Santa Barbara Acoustic Music Association will present two upcoming concerts by Grammy-winning musicians Laurence Juber, John Jorgenson and Maria Muldaur at the Alhecama Theatre, 914 Santa Barbara ...

Hand the banjo man a stringed instrument, and he'll pick you a tune fine enough to make Bill Monroe, the so-called father of bluegrass, perk up his ears. Hand him a cigar box, a car tag and a guitar ...

The SumUkes, a local ukulele playing group, in conjunction with Highside Brewery and Summit 50Plus is organizing a monthly event called the Summit String Jam, according to a news release. The jam is ...

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The fragrance of varnish and curing wood drifts by as you enter Side Door Strings, transporting you to an era when objects and the tools that built them were all made by hand. A violin in the raw sits ...

It’s hard to say for sure, but something special happens when an old instrument meets contemporary creativity. These aren’t ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. Members of the Second String Orchestra arrived at an outreach performance at Manhattan Bible ...

Brian Calhoun has made guitars for music legends. His latest clients are kids. At what age do most kids start learning how to play guitar? If you ask guitar maker Brian Calhoun, based on conversations ...

STAMFORD — On Thursday night, so the district’s student string players hope, the seats of the Cloonan Middle School auditorium will be filled with people. On Wednesday evening, however, the room was ...