music

The Chapman Stick is a relatively new instrument and this guy definitely knows how to play it.

When it comes to memorable music from movies, you can't top Disney. There have been so many great songs from Disney movies and cartoons that it's easy to forget just how many of those songs have actually become classics. the man in this video hasn't forgotten...

Though it is not a written law ... the city of St. Martinville has banned "rap music with vulgar lyrics" from it's Mardi Gras parade. This has upset the American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana.

Did you know that there is a Music Educator Award given out at the Grammys? Did you know the winner gets $10,000? Well there is, they do and it could go to a Sulphur teacher this year!

Call me 'Pollyanna', but I love inspiring stories. A friend of mine posted this one on her FaceBook and I just had to pass it on. It's a video about kids who live in abject poverty, but they rise above their condition by fashioning musical instruments out of things they find in the landfill. Wait until you hear these kids play violins and cellos made from junk!

When I was a kid, I played the trumpet. On a cold day, the mouthpiece would just be freezing and it was hard to play anything. I wasn't very good to begin with, but the cold made it worse. Well, here's a band called Ice Music and they have no such problem. All their instruments are made of ice.

Todrick Hall, the guy who brought you the awesome "Mean Gurlz" video, is back with the acapella group Pentatonix to create what I'm (positively) referring to as Now That's What I Call The Wiz. There's not too much to say in the way of explanation besides that among the artists covered here are Taylor Swift, Frank Ocean, Miley Cyrus, that "shoes" thing and probably 10 others tha

If you're learning to play the piano, one of the first songs you learn is, "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star."  You probably won't learn to play it this way, though.  Scott Bradlee uses the song to trace the evolution of 24 popular styles from waltz to dubstep...

American popular music has been around since before America even declared its independence. 'Yankee Doodle,' anyone? That classic was sung by Colonial American soldiers as early as the French and Indian War. Here’s a list of 10 to add to your Fourth of July playlist:

What beat do you march too? There aren't a lot of Mardi Gras songs but they are all great. Can you pick a favorite?         //

The Community Band's Spring Concert is this Sunday, March 18 at 3 p.m. at the Pavillion at Prien Lake Park. The Band will continue this years' theme: Celebrating Louisiana's Bicentennial; and they will be debuting a new piece of music composed specifically for the Lake Charles Community Band...