The ethereal sounds of traditional Eastern European folk songs aren't typically heard in New Orleans. With multiple, simultaneous voices threading equally through the song, the traditional style known ...

Seto Lelo Polyphonic singing, Estonian folk costumes, Russian arts & crafts, smoke saunas. In Estonia, Christine travels to the Setomaa region, visits an Seto Orthodox church, meets the indigenous ...

Children watch the musicians in the “Children’s Messiah.” (Courtesy of Polyphony: Voices of New Mexico) George Frideric Handel penned one of the most famous pieces in the classical canon to benefit a ...

While lullabies with their intimate relationship between a mother and her child are a universal musical genre the polyphonic singing of lullabies by choirs is very rare In Georgia South Caucasus mens ...

When you write for a living, writer's block can be a nightmare. TIM DELAUGHTER: I just couldn't write a song to save my life. And that's kind of not a good place to be in. RASCOE: Musician Tim ...

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with musician Tim DeLaughter about his choral rock group, The Polyphonic Spree, and its new album, "Salvage Enterprise." When you write for a living, writer's block can be a ...