It was the first and only time that Dennis James smacked a celebrity. During a 1999 taping of “Live with Regis and Kathie Lee,” Regis Philbin excitedly got up, strode over to James and reached for his ...

French musician and glass armonica expert Thomas Bloch shows his instrument to journalists prior to rehearsal with the Los Angeles Orchestra, on March 7, 2014 French musician and glass armonica expert ...

A glass armonica, originally invented by Benjamin Franklin and revived at a recent performance at the Park Avenue Armory (photo by the author for Hyperallergic) In 1761, Benjamin Franklin invented an ...

Playing his violin at inns and taverns, Dean Shostak is a common sight in Colonial Williamsburg. However, Shostak specializes in an instrument that separates him from other musicians: the glass ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Dean Shostak is one of last true masters capable of playing the glass armonica – an enchanting instrument lost to time. First ...

If you have ever entertained dinner guests by running a wet fingertip around the edge of a crystal goblet to create a musical tone, you have experienced the pure sound that inspired one of Benjamin ...

REDLANDS – William Zeitler will present “Christmas on the Glass Armonica” 7:15 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 17, at Redlands First United Methodist Church. The glass armonica,a musical instrument invented by ...

Starting tonight, a group of experimental musicians in B.C. will give a series of performances using instruments and objects made solely from glass. The project sees three musicians from Victoria's ...

Dean Shostak was just another musician before he discovered the magic of glass. He played some piano, was proficient on the violin, and even crossed over from classical to fiddling. “I was not your ...