Sometimes a song calls for an instrument so out there that it has no choice but to work. Here are just a few songs that were elevated by their use of unexpected instruments, such as a bottle of soda ...

Not everyone can find a way to incorporate more than three instruments into a song, let alone 45. But then again, not everybody is YouTube sensation Rob Scallon. Today, Scallon has released a new ...

Plain old pianos are so passé. A group of Brooklyn composers and instrument-builders is putting on a show of original music played on even more original instruments at Littlefield in Gowanus on Nov.

The Beatles made fantastic music, even when it was just the four of them playing their regular instruments. But their willingness to incorporate other sounds into their formula often paid great ...

There's nothing more hip-hop than taking the remnants of something, re-purposing it and putting your own unique spin on it, a concept that has powered the culture since its inception. What began as ...

A thoroughbred instrument solo on a hip-hop song can take it from satisfactory to superior with the quickness. Whether cooked up from scratch in the studio or crafted due to some production magic, the ...

Many of us in the U.S. are freezing this weekend and looking for warmth, but halfway around the world is an artist whose career in music is dependent on frigid weather. Terje Isungset is a Norwegian ...