The drone of the tambura, the resonant tap of the mridangam and the vocalist clearing her throat are the soundtrack of every dancer’s pre-performance jitters. As these instruments get tuned at ...

When you think of bagpipes you think of Scotland right? The truth is, you shouldn’t. While it has never been pin-pointed, most academics believe you shouldn’t look much farther than the Middle East.

Playing a wind instrument could prove fatal, medics have warned, after a man died from a lung disease triggered by harmful bacteria in his bagpipes. A report in the journal Thorax describes a newly ...