The most famous Lancaster County native and musician you know little or nothing about might be Clair Omar Musser, the man who transformed marimba music. Musser’s collection of rare marimbas, ...

When Kacho Gama and his brother, Mongo, were teenagers they would groan when their father, Batuco, would announce that they had to don traditional Mexican outfits and play the marimba at a wedding.

The first time Peter Swing heard marimba music from Zimbabwe, he was struck by how familiar it sounded, despite it being created half a world away. "It just seemed familiar, even though I'd never been ...

Lyons Elementary has so many marimbas, the large keyboard instruments need their own room. The school’s 18 wooden Zimbabwe-style marimbas were built in 2006 by community members through a project led ...

BANDON — From loud rumblings that almost vibrate the walls, to high-pitched tinkling, sounds flow from the Harbor Lights Middle School music room on a recent afternoon. Nine students in grades fifth ...

Robot band Compressorhead has already proven itself more than capable of rocking festival crowds, but its players merely pound out pre-programmed cover songs. Maybe it's time to add a marimba playing ...

When the inevitable robot invasion happens, we now know what the accompanying soundtrack will be — and we have to admit that it’s way less epic than the Terminator 2: Judgment Day theme. Unless you’re ...

DUNGENESS –– Warm wooden tones fill the air around the Dungeness National Wildlife Refuge every morning as students hone their marimba skills under the guidance of Five Acre School music teacher Rosie ...

State Rep. Melanie Stambaugh, R-Puyallup, is holding marimba concerts and confidence-coaching seminars to help pay off about $35,000 in legal fees she racked up fighting the state’s Legislative Ethics ...