Drummers aren’t the only musicians who gather — the healthy-sized drum circle that occurs regularly at Chase Palm Park, for example — to play their instruments en masse. Santa Barbara also has its ...

Recordings are available via Soundcloud and the Google Arts & Culture platform The Metropolitan Museum of Art Have you ever been struck by the irony of exhibiting musical instruments — renowned for ...

When Philip II, the king of Spain, visited Brussels in 1549, he made a grand entrance, complete with wild animals and flames. Still, by all accounts, the most impressive part of his procession was an ...