Originally developed in the 1950s as an educational instrument, the melodica was quickly embraced by rock bands and pop ...

It’s not unusual to see a large number of cosplayers at conventions. The percentage of attendees wearing costumes only seems to increase each con season. One con-goer at July’s Indy PopCon treated ...

When two friends started playing toy musical instruments in their basement, they didn't expect to become an internationally-acclaimed musical duo. Firstly, what on earth is a melodica? A melodica, ...

A melodica is basically a small, plastic toy piano, with a very long mouthpiece. If you haven’t heard of them before, get Googling – because now, they’ve been made into a fully-fledged orchestra in ...

Is it any wonder bandleader Jon Batiste — the Big Easy-bred, Juilliard-schooled, melodica-playing maestro with the mile-wide smile — jumped ship on “The Late Show”? This is one Stevie-on-steroids ...

With my first season as principal trumpet with the Jacksonville Symphony behind me, I’m shocked as to how drastically my life has changed. There was the obvious change of employment and city address ...

And then there were 13: Casey Abrams, a 20-year-old melodica-playing, Seth Rogen look-a-like, stole the show with his Joe Cocker rendition on American Idol. And then there were 13: Casey Abrams, a ...

Anyone who has through the process of learning to play a musical instrument for the first time, or listening to someone attempting to do so will know that it can be a rather painful and frustrating ...

The melodica may not be a well-known instrument in the Indian music circle but this 'hand-held free-reed instrument' has been in use since its conception in 1950 and is slowly making inroads among ...