(CBS News) Playing the ukulele is a lot of fun. And playing it very, very well is harder than many people might think. Here's Seth Doane: This report was originally broadcast on October 14, 2012. So ...

Which baritone ukulele is best? The ukulele is a great instrument to learn if you want to play something that sounds great in a compact and portable size. More affordable and easier to learn than a ...

The loss in Aug. 2007 of the famed transplanted NH resident, Irish singer/songwriter and national folk hero of the Emerald Isle at 74, Tommy Makem, alerted me recently to a news photo of Tommy with ...

Whether an experienced player, the occasional strummer, or an utter beginner, all were welcomed to the 2018 Los Angeles International Ukulele Festival at the Torrance Cultural Arts Center on Saturday.

Jennifer Calderon is never far from the sights and sounds of music. The sixth-grader is in the chamber chorus and plays the baritone horn at Copiague Middle School. But she has grown to love her ...

Like most people these days, sound artist Ellen Fullman is sheltering in place. But she has an unusual roommate: a massive installation she calls the Long String Instrument. Filling the ground floor ...

About 30 years ago in Eindhoven, the Netherlands, there were 20 strings, 50 feet in length, slowly humming a composition by Ellen Fullman — she thinks. There might have been more strings; probably not ...

The violoncello da spalla fell out of favor more than 200 years ago, but musicians like Zachary Carrettin are helping it have an encore. When it comes to classical stringed instruments, most people ...