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The small plastic instrument has long been the go-to instrument in elementary schools. But it is capable of so much more than ...
For Black Music Month 2025, Billboard spoke with WCK Band's Cornell Phillip, Signal Band's Shelly and Asa Banta about Dominican bouyon music.
Alabama became a forever fiddle-focused band on this day in 1984 with “If You’re Gonna Play in Texas (You Gotta Have a Fiddle in the Band)." ...
These two backing bands started off supporting somebody else's musical vision, but they ended up creating their ...
There are many songs that are written from real-life experiences, and for one metal band, a true terrifying night led to one of their hits.
Erin Dalton, Pick Along Camp director, said that the week provides young musicians with the opportunity to collaborate with others and that bands were quickly formed.
In December, Auburn University's marching band partnered with Electronic Arts to record the theme for the EA Sports College Football 26 video game. Here's how it came to be.
A female drum major is not a new concept in the black marching band culture—from elementary through college, their presence has always been an essential part of the marching band experience.
“Unfortunately, much of the Outlaw Music Festival’s equipment and artists’ instruments were damaged and waterlogged, making their condition difficult to assess in time to accurately and ...