Throughout musical history, countless instruments have faced extinction, victims of changing tastes, industrialization, and ...

Southern California Marimba puts on salons where you can hear the couch-sized instrument in all its glory.

The marimba has an interesting history in which, oddly enough, Pennsylvania plays a major role. It is one of the oldest of musical instruments. There are records that the marimba existed in a much ...

The backstory: A percussion instrument deeply-rooted in African music, the marimba shows up in everything from atonal ...