Toumani Diabaté carries the history of 71 generations in his fingers. An unsurpassed master of the kora, the 21-string harp played throughout the West African territory once encompassed by the vast ...

Upon discovering Gregg Miner's Museum of Vintage, Exotic and Just Plain Unusual Musical Instruments in Tarzana, Calif., a couple years ago, Weekend Edition essayist Tim Brookes saw something called a ...

Andrea Brook's gigantic harp has played around the world, including India, Mexico, Bulgaria, Canada, Brazil and all around the U.S. This weekend, she brings the massive instrument to uptown ...