Across cultures and genres, listeners consistently describe the cello as “human,” a rare case where an instrument’s emotional impact aligns almost perfectly with its acoustic range. Some instruments ...

Short-bearded, blue-jeaned Rajan Krishnaswami is seated on the stage in the empty hall embracing his cello like a lover. Fingers flash along the finger board; his arm draws the bow incisively over the ...

Montreal artist experimenting with tape loop sounds in Bloomington Carlos, who was also featured by the Swiss Institute in New York and the Night Gallery in LA, received her bachelor’s degree in ...

Cellos, in particular, are the few instruments that are considered as investments by many. Their high value of beauty, high-quality sound and instrument are said to be worth millions. In fact, Cello ...

Ishmael Ali wears many musical hats: composer, guitarist (in the bands Je’raf and Errata) and co-founder of a recording space in North Lawndale. But it’s his most recent instrument — cello — that has ...

When Okorie “OkCello” Johnson steps onto a stage, he carries more than a cello. He carries histories — personal, cultural and ...

The cello isn't known for playing folk music, or Newfoundland music. But in the town of Elliston in 1850, the cello gave every wedding and funeral a distinct sound heard nowhere else on the island.

EDITOR’S NOTE: This is an excerpt from a Washington Post article that ran in April. Since then, a GoFundMe campaign has raised more than $161,000 to help Eddie Adams meet the expenses of attending ...