Between valve, bell, horn, and breath, a brass instrument is seldom paralleled by any other. Barrelling towards the big Classic 100 Countdown in search of your favourite instrument, Meena Shamaly ...

“You might think it looks more like a space heater than it does an instrument,” said brass maestro John Whitener, of the Royal Scottish National Orchestra (RSNO). He’s describing the cimbasso – an ...

In the latest installment of our audio IRL, contributing writer Kris Holt introduces us to a brass band that's covering some big hits with their own spin. Database editor Ian Levenstein explains why ...

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. So we have been touching and seeing, feeling and hearing, even smelling quite a few different materials ...