Two talented people plus two unusual instruments will add up to one special performance when Duo Marchand plays “Sounds and Sweet Airs,” May 9 at the East Greenbush Community Library. The duo consists ...

For Faiq Mohammad Fadel, the quality of lutes still made in Iraq is unrivalled across the Arab world where the pear-shaped string instrument dominates the traditional music scene. HT Image He is one ...

Antoun Tawil, one of Syria’s last traditional lute makers, waits in vain in his Damascus workshop for orders of the oud, an instrument his country was once renowned for producing, said Agence France ...

Antoun Tawil, one of Syria's last traditional lute makers, waits in vain in his Damascus workshop for orders of the oud, an instrument his country was once renowned for producing. While the conflict ...

damascus - Antoun Tawil, one of Syria's last traditional lute makers, waits in vain in his Damascus workshop for orders of the oud, an instrument his country was once renowned for producing. While the ...

There are only a handful of lute makers in Canada — and four reside in British Columbia. Grant Tomlinson and Travis Carey are two of them, and they work side-by-side in a Vancouver workshop. Tomlinson ...

The conflict in Syria has devastated many of its historic crafts, including the production of the oud, the oriental lute. Antoun Tawil, one of Syria’s last traditional lute makers, waits in vain in ...

Antoun Tawil, one of Syria's last traditional lute makers, waits in vain in his Damascus workshop for orders of the oud, an instrument his country was once renowned for producing. While the conflict ...