Sylvius Leopold Weiss was such a stellar lute virtuoso one of his friends gave up and said, "Only Sylvius should play the lute." We'll enjoy one of his suites tonight.

Here, a lute is being crafted in a workshop. This week on Fretworks, I'll have some music for the mandolin and for the lute, as well as classical guitar. For good measure, there is also a piece for ...

Galvin Recital Hall will soon transcend time and become a 16th century French court — minus the wigs and corsets. Alongside the troupe of performers, the audience will travel across centuries in the ...

Last year around this time, Ronn McFarlane and Carolyn Surrick, who are usually quite busy with their early music ensembles, had the time and space to finally make music together. That special musical ...

Bach's Lute Suites are collections of dances that were popular at the time. You can dance along tonight as David Leisner performs one of them. Tune in at 8 pm on 91.1 and 107.5 FM and our music stream ...

Call it lute ’n’ roll: Jimi Hendrix songs played on a 12-string, 16th-century acoustic instrument? David Rogers can do it. However, he’ll stick with the Rolling Stones, Tim Buckley, the Beatles and ...

Wait long enough and an old-style musical instrument, much like an out-of-date piece of clothing, might eventually come back in fashion. Or do what lutenist Ronn McFarlane is doing and take an ...

This week's show is divided into two parts. In the first half, we hear tracks to compare three solo plucked instruments -- the oud, the lute, and the guitar. Then we feature three songs by Latin jazz ...