Dreamville Records is done watching the throne. With an undeniable momentum, J. Cole's clan is staking its claim as hip-hop's No. 1 collective. Sleep at your own peril. Editor’s Note: This story ...

For Faiq Mohammad Fadel, the quality of lutes still made in Iraq is unrivalled across the Arab world where the pear-shaped string instrument dominates the traditional music scene. HT Image He is one ...

Larry Brown likes lutes. He's probably made more of them than anyone in the history of lute making since the Renaissance, around 1,300 or so. He also makes violins, violas, reproductions of antique ...

There are only a handful of lute makers in Canada — and four reside in British Columbia. Grant Tomlinson and Travis Carey are two of them, and they work side-by-side in a Vancouver workshop. Tomlinson ...

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Paul O'Dette has lots of lutes ... Lots and LOTS of lutes. They range in size from small ones, easily carried from performance to performance, to instruments over seven feet tall, which makes air ...

A few months ago, yew logs were delivered to the workshop of Michael Lowe at Wootton, near Woodstock. Now, after many stages from the initial sawing of the logs to the fine planing of sections to a ...