Especially when it comes to the use of creative, unorthodox, or perhaps odd, instruments. Or simply the way instruments are arranged or showcased within a band. Here is a list of prominent ...

These one-hit wonders used pretty unusual instruments to produce their megahits, one of which wasn't an instrument at all.

At the New York Philharmonic, the piece “Amériques” called for some unusual instruments, like sleigh bells and air raid ...

Bitch, devil’s fiddle, some traditional Polish folk instruments may have brow-raising names, but all of them have a unique and fascinating sound which lends Polish folk its inimitable cachet. Ligawka ...

India is the land of diversity and cultures. From the bright sarees and lehengas that adorn women in the North, to the simple ...

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Do you know your didgeridoo from your didgeri-don't? Your stylophone from your styloph-oh-no? In honour of BBC Music Day, have a listen and try to figure out what's making this music ...

Movies set in the past often rely on music to tell us just where we are. Most, but not all, of the composers of this year's period pieces felt the obligation to reflect time and place. For Ridley ...