Over the years, we've seen Rob Scallon turn just about everything he can think of into a metal instrument. Heck, even the shovel made for some interesting metal licks. His latest experiment finds him ...

The largest Russian folk instrument orchestra outside the former Soviet Union is based in D.C., and has performed for more than 25 years The sound of the balalaika is evocative, mysterious and deeply ...

Kira Lisitskaya (Photo: Public Domain; St.Petersburg State Museum of Theatre and Music) He was meant to be a poor and unknown handyman, but his talent was shining too bright to go unnoticed. In 1900, ...

Yes, even the balalaika. I bought it in 1976 on a trip to what is now St Petersburg but was then Leningrad, a fine city in which a young KGB trainee by the name of Vladimir Putin was studying advanced ...

An Australian orchestra performing Russian folk music on traditional Russian instruments will perform in Christchurch on Friday, June 1, and in Ashburton on Saturday, June 2. You don’t have to be ...