We've all heard the saying, one man's trash is another man's treasure. Well, a youth orchestra from Paraguay is proof that is ...

These Florida teenagers entertain by playing handmade musical instruments. We try to encourage recycling, reuse and giving back to the community by playing classic hits from the ’60s and ’70s on ...

LUXOR, Egypt, Oct. 16 (Xinhua) -- "One man's trash is another man's treasure," said Shady Rabab, 27-year-old founder of the Garbage Music Band. "Music could come out of anything, even dismissed ...

CATEURA, Paraguay — The sounds of a classical guitar come from two big jelly cans. Used X-rays serve as the skins of a thumping drum set. A battered aluminum salad bowl and strings tuned with forks ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Close your eyes and listen to Juan Manuel Chavez launch into the Prelude of Bach’s ...

The members of Paraguay’s Cateura Orchestra of Recycled Instruments are no older than 20 years of age but these inventive musicians make their own instruments out of solid waste including cellos, ...

While many music enthusiasts switch to better paying conventional careers, some take up mainstream music, and a few like Sirish Satyavolu pursue music technology and the art of building instruments.

Shady Rabab, 27-year-old founder of the Garbage Music Band, uses garbage to make musical instruments at his workshop in Luxor, Egypt on Oct. 11, 2019. (Xinhua/Ahmed Gomaa) "Instruments are too ...