A hundred years ago, a famous French harp company was trying to sell a new-fangled instrument: the pedal harp. It was pitched as a rival to the other new-fangled harp, the chromatic harp. The ...

It was news to me that French Quarter Festival has a classical stage, so I was happy to take a break and catch harpist Rachel Van Voorhees at Le Petit Theatre. After opening with the Celtic tune ...

ANCHOR INTRO: The Museum of Making Music in Carlsbad is sponsored by NAMM, the National Association of Music Merchants. KPBS arts reporter Beth Accomando checked out the new exhibit on harps that ...