EVROPOS, Greece, - In Evropos, a village in northern Greece, Danis Koumartzis carves out the wooden sound box of a traditional lyre before covering it with animal hide and attaching nine strings that ...

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Alemu Aga is an Ethiopian musician, singer, and master of 'begena'. This multi-secular ten-stringed lyre has a special place for the Orthodox Christian Amharas, who live in the capital Addis Ababa.

Professor Charles Nyakiti is a seasoned nyatiti player who believes music enhances academic performance. The Kenyatta University scholar, who has plucked the eight-stringed lyre for close to 30 years, ...

Academy Village resident Anne Kilmer will speak on "Ancient Music" at a special Arizona Senior Academy presentation Wednesday. Scheduled for 3:30 p.m., the program will also include harpist Lorna ...

It all started in 2009, on a rooftop of an apartment building in central Cairo. Ahmed Said Abuamna, a professional singer and ethnic Beja from Sudan, was visiting a friend who lived in a shanty on the ...

ground, he rocks backwards and forward, in tandem with the mellow rhythms he is strumming. The rapt attention, clearly etched on his face projects the sense of ingenuity that has become a driving ...

In Evropos, a village in northern Greece, Danis Koumartzis carves out the wooden sound box of a traditional lyre before covering it with animal hide and attaching nine strings that when plucked ...

EVROPOS: In Evropos, a village in northern Greece, Danis Koumartzis carves out the wooden sound box of a traditional lyre before covering it with animal hide and attaching nine strings that when ...