Feb. 20 is Día Nacional de la Marimba in Guatemala. The instrument's importance as a symbol of resistance and cultural pride has taken on new meaning among refugees and immigrants in the U.S. SHAPIRO: ...

The pleasant, earthy sound of a marimba is a key component in the modern orchestra, but their high prices, ranging from $1,000 to over $25,000, sometimes make them cost-prohibitive for schools and ...

While you might stick with a classic ringer or vibration, the iPhone still comes with stock sound effects you can pair to your various notifications. You've got the dog-confusing "Bark," the jaunty ...

Marimba Plus is the first and the unique music band from Russia in which marimba is the leading instrument and the creativity basis. Marimba Plus is an instrumental group that combines jazz, ethnic ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Music By Vivien Schweitzer “THE marimba is coming of age right now, and you can’t throw a dead cat without hitting a marimba concert,” the composer ...

South Africa hosted the world's largest marimba and steelpan festival July 27 and 28, with nearly 2,000 musicians from around Africa, including Botswana, Nigeria and Zimbabwe. The festival — now in ...

Alexander Graham Bell's first useful ringer was ironically a bell that was struck by a solenoid controlled hammer. Fast forward to the iPhone's original "marimba" ringtone, an audio file of a wooden ...

If AI and robots are going to take our jobs, at least they can do it in the most relaxing way possible. Just like Shimon here — a four-armed marimba-playing robot designed by George Tech’s music ...

'The marimba is coming of age right now, and you can't throw a dead cat without hitting a marimba concert," the composer and guitarist Steven Mackey said the other day. Until recently only a handful ...