In the public imagination, though, the flute’s role in popular music has frozen there. Visions of Tull’s somewhat hobbity frontman blowing his brains out on songs like “Locomotive Breath” have melded ...

This week, Andre 3000 released an instrumental album featuring the flute instead of an expected rap album. Scott Simon asks LA Times' August Brown about the flute's decades-long role in pop music.

Last week, the news that André 3000 would be releasing an album of instrumental flute jams was greeted with enough head-scratching to draw blood. But don’t tell that to Jake Fridkis, who plays ...

Last month, Minnesota indie-rock band Retribution Gospel Choir exhibited some classic Midwestern generosity by releasing its new EP, The Revolution, as a free download. The giving continues with the ...

Last week, Atlanta rapper Future dropped a semi-surprising eponymous album; since then, the internet has been unable to shake off the effects of one track in particular: “Mask Off.” “Mask Off” samples ...

Lizzo has joked she can play her flute ‘where flute solos don’t belong’. The Truth Hurts hitmaker is known for her musicals skills but she could have a future in stand-up comedy after dropping an ...

Rising rapper, singer and all-star flautist Lizzo put a classy spin on her single “Juice” in a hilarious recreation of the famous jazz flute scene from Anchorman. Lizzo released the video after Will ...

Romania’s residents may currently be in lockdown, but this incredible flautist is lifting people’s spirits high over the rooftops with the sound of his musical instrument. As the COVID-19 pandemic ...