Over the years, we've seen Rob Scallon turn just about everything he can think of into a metal instrument. Heck, even the shovel made for some interesting metal licks. His latest experiment finds him ...

The largest Russian folk instrument orchestra outside the former Soviet Union is based in D.C., and has performed for more than 25 years The sound of the balalaika is evocative, mysterious and deeply ...

A quick primer on the balalaika: It's a three-string guitarlike instrument that comes in five sizes (prima, sekunda, alto, bass and contrabass), and it's pronounced "ba-la-LIE-ka." The Washington ...

To this day there is no well-defined version regarding the origins of the balalaika. According to one version, it was conceived in Russia; a different version insists it was borrowed from neighboring ...

Think Russian folk music. Think "Dr. Zhivago." Think all-volunteer, unpaid musicians ages 8-80. That's the Washington Balalaika Society. The 65-member orchestra is celebrating its 20th anniversary ...

An Australian orchestra performing Russian folk music on traditional Russian instruments will perform in Christchurch on Friday, June 1, and in Ashburton on Saturday, June 2. You don’t have to be ...

Britain's only balalaika orchestra is struggling for members partly because of anti-Russian sentiment within the UK, its founder has said. Common in Eastern European folk music, balalaikas usually ...