Talk about having a penchant for "the oldies." When talking about old music, many people refer to the 1950s, '60s and '70s. But when Lakeside resident and lute player Edward Martin talks about old ...

Stories of falling head over heels for an instrument are not unusual. What is unusual is love at first sight — or sound — when that instrument is the theorbo. In fact, it was the combination of both ...

Young French musician Thomas Dunford discovered the lute at the tender age of nine. Since then he's made a name for himself as a soloist and as the artistic director of the early music ensemble ...

SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- Paul O'Dette made the leap from being a teen in a rock band playing Cream, Jimi Hendrix and Led Zeppelin to being today a renowned player of an Early Music instrument. O'Dette plays ...

It was the English composer and guitarist John Duarte who once quipped that "Baroque lute music often sounds like an archbishop delivering a solemn sermon". And it was in the context of exculpating ...

A seasoned poet and classical singer, Theresa Werba has devoted her life to the rich Western musical heritage, particularly English lute songs and Baroque masterpieces. Having studied under renowned ...

Brooklyn-based musician and minimalist composer Jozef van Wissem, the winner of last year's Soundtrack Award at Cannes who will play for Moscow audiences on May 17, has always been an oddity in the ...