Fans may rave about the tuba players in the UC Berkeley Marching Band. Technically, though, they’re playing sousaphones — and the Cal Band calls them “basses.” Whatever you call them, though, those ...

ROCK HILL, S.C. — The Carolinas will be well-represented at the Rose Bowl on Saturday after a local band director was selected to participate in the annual Rose Parade. James Turner, band director for ...

Julius Mckee is a member of The Dirty Dozen Brass Band in New Orleans. He's also one of the premier sousaphone players in the country. In the first of a four-part series, Mckee discusses the joy of ...

WATERTOWN (CBS) - He's a self described man of mischief, who on a rainy Friday, in the middle of a pandemic, walks the streets of Watertown playing the sousaphone. "The tuba makes more people smile ...

It hardly seems fair that Kelly Galarneau gets the most questions of anyone in Brass Differential and yet has the least amount of air to expend on things like casual conversation. But it’s hard to ...

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. So you want to buy a tuba. Or you’re thinking of buying a ...

Sousaphones, after all, are not sexy instruments. They’re big tubas, in essence, designed to wrap around a player’s body while standing or marching. They feature prominently in college marching bands ...

Fans may rave about the tuba players in the UC Berkeley Marching Band. Technically, though, they’re playing sousaphones — and the Cal Band calls them “basses.” Whatever you call them, though, those ...