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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

It seemed like there was a time when everybody’s aunt had an old one in their closet. Balalaika, that is…a traditional Russian instrument that looks like a triangular guitar and has three strings.

Members of the Kalinka Balalaika Orchestra recently starred in Ewan McGregor's A Gentleman in Moscow television series Britain's only balalaika orchestra is struggling for members partly because of ...

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 ...