BERLIN – A bird-bone flute unearthed in a German cave was carved some 35,000 years ago and is the oldest handcrafted musical instrument yet discovered, archaeologists say, offering the latest evidence ...

A lively Lizzo performance called attention to historical instruments constructed out of crystal, but crystal isn’t the only odd material for making music. Made for Madison's second inauguration in ...

A bird-bone flute unearthed in a German cave is the oldest handcrafted musical instrument yet discovered. Archaeologists assembled the flute from 12 pieces of griffon vulture bone scattered in the ...

It’s carved from the bone of a cave bear – and it sounds hauntingly beautiful. Archaeologists have found a pre-historic instrument carved from cave bear bones, and it can still be played today. The ...

He raises the hollowed block of wood to his lips, draws a breath and then exhales. An F-sharp hovers in the morning air and then vanishes. It’s called “first breath,” Kent Bush says. Many flutes come ...

Something in all living things responds mysteriously to the sound of wind in the reeds. At the gentle pleasing of a flute, certain crabs glide out of their caves and sit listening under water.

Stone Age humans may have ripped raw meat from the bone, but they also played music, according to a study reporting the discovery of a 35,000-year-old flute, the oldest instrument known. Found in the ...

Sean Arawjo wants people to see — and hear — that playing the flute can be fun. Arawjo is the artistic director of Williamsburg-based Flute Frenzy, a nonprofit that provides instruction and ...