WHEN CLINT MAEDGEN, alto saxophonist for the legendary New Orleans ensemble the Preservation Hall Jazz Band, is in the market for a new instrument, he doesn’t necessarily visit a music store. Instead, ...

It’s a big show of little keys! An evening of music created for teeny-tiny pianos will plink its way onto a Boerum Hill stage this month. The Uncaged Toy Piano festival, at Roulette on Dec. 13, will ...

A tuneful trio called the Wackids is tearing up YouTube with their toy instrument covers of classic jams. Watch some of their tiny takes on Rage Against The Machine, Metallica and AC/DC below! The ...

If bingo-master and compère Nadeem Khan hates the very game that he hosts once a month with a passion, just imagine the unparalleled vitriol the longtime bassist holds toward the toy instruments he ...

The cover itself is as charming as all of the previous classroom instruments Tonight Show installments, and Jorma stays true to his disgruntled, left-out character in the original clip. Re-experience ...

Watch the video down toward the bottom of this post. True to form, Townshend even smashed his instrument at the end, the musician affably recreating the guitar-sacrificing routine he pioneered onstage ...

Back in June, The Roots and Jimmy Fallon taught us all that we actually love “Call Me Maybe,” especially if it’s played on classroom instruments. Well, they return today to teach us a valuable holiday ...

Rage Against The Machine’s “Killing In The Name” is one of the great mosh-pit songs of the ’90s, a staple even today for karaoke and cover bands thanks to its thunderous climax and its applicability ...