The ancient, end-blown Japanese bamboo shakuhachi flute. As career shifts go ... learning an array of traditional flutes including the Andean quena, the Brazilian pifano and the shakuhachi ...

The piece is included in the album of the same name. Bolivian wind instrument player Carla Derpic began studying the quena, the traditional flute of the Andes, in 2006. She has been part of different ...

How 70s proggers, blues rockers, and psychedelic popsters put the humble flute out front. When rock’n’roll’s first-generation spread its wings in the 50s, the flute was about as common a ...