The sitar is reshaping its image, stepping away from its classical roots and into the mainstream spotlight. Featured in ...

Ninety-nine point nine per cent of pop and rock music is vocal, but what of the minuscule remaining fragment? Why do people write instrumentals and, just as importantly, should they bother? The list ...

members of the Scottish band themselves—what Teenage Fanclub were referring to with the title of the final song on the classic Bandwagonesque. Perhaps they didn't think it was music if it didn't have ...

Great music does not have to be dependent on memorable lyrics. Simply listening to the composition and creativity of an instrumental track can be just as rewarding. Here are some of the great ...

Today’s pop music is so dependent on the human voice—whether singing or rapping—that it’s hard to imagine a time when instrumentals could be mainstream hits. In fact, no instrumental has topped the ...

Like what happens when one sense is compromised and the other senses become heightened, bands that forgo the use of a lead singer and lyrics can sometimes capture the emotion of music better than more ...

It's been 20 years since Chris Thile released "How to Grow a Woman From the Ground" -- the de fact first album by Punch ...

Instrumentals get a raw deal from some listeners. Outside of genres such as jazz, classical or techno, the absence of that most evocative instrument, the human voice, is often deemed a failing. One ...