PUT A BOW ON IT: Cellist and songwriter Jenette Mackie liked the dichotomy of existential crisis that the name Polly Panic scared up — the dueling paths of losing one’s grip and regaining it. She felt ...

Student groups are created for a wide variety of compelling reasons at Princeton, but what better excuse exists than “Yale has one, so why don’t we?” Yale’s preeminent all-cello rock ensemble Low ...

Where: Washington Cracker Co. Building, 304 W. Pacific Ave. Cost: Eighty seats are available at $45. Two hundred standing spots are available for $20 in advance or $25 at the door. Tickets are ...

Two musicians are using the cello to play contemporary rock music, drawing millions of YouTube views and filling concert halls. Stjepan Hauser, from Croatia, and Luka Sulić, from Slovenia, are both ...

Rebecca Roudman started playing the cello as a child growing up in Terra Linda, performed with the Marin Youth Orchestra, studied classical music in college, and is now a member of the Santa Rosa and ...

A single cello in a progressive rock band is a bit unusual - three cellos, with no other melodic instruments, would seemingly be insane. But that’s the unique approach to music from Break of Reality, ...

Break of Reality’s Music Education Tour will bring the band across the country to visit 10 school districts, giving educational workshops and a performance for the public at each school. These visits ...

Editor’s Note: This show has been canceled due to winter weather. Zoë Keating made her name playing cello for indie rock and pop music crowds and going it alone onstage. In her signature style, she ...

Wednesday Addams is seen playing cello in the first season of Wednesday – and star Jenna Ortega didn’t arrive unprepared. She learned to play the instrument in real life. Ortega spent weeks practicing ...

My knowledge of British history doesn't go much further than the plot lines on "Downton Abbey," so all I know about the Victorian era is that it was a time of prosperity and peace or something for ...

Inon Barnatan has more than a few surprises and treats up his sleeve as he begins his fifth year as the music director of La Jolla Music Society’s SummerFest, which will celebrate its 37th anniversary ...

The brainchild of Kansas-born, Brooklyn-residing singer-cellist Melora Creager, Rasputina is like an Edward Gorey wet dream come to life: a captivating combination of chamber music, doomy goth-metal ...