While often viewed as instruments exclusively for children, xylophones are present in orchestras, film scores and even some pop and rock bands. The simplicity that makes them appeal to young people ...

Also known locally as the Mendzang, the xylophone has a small but dedicated following in Cameroon. A festival dedicated to its sounds has just wrapped up, as FRANCE 24’s team on the ground reports.

While music and design may not seem to go hand in hand at first glance, a giant mile-long xylophone certainly fits the bill for both. After all, it’s likely the only instrument on the planet that can ...

“I don’t think music is really separate from living,” the musician and composer Bex Burch tells me from her home in Berlin. We are discussing her new album, There is only love and fear, released later ...