The shekere is a traditional African percussion instrument made by covering a gourd with beads or shells. It produces a unique sound, which is used in various music genres across the globe. Making ...

Latrobe Valley folk musician Penelope Swales was talking with a guitar maker about the difficulties in being paid for the time spent on the craft before the focus turned to a gourd she had bought from ...

When I attended my college choir reunion in Redlands last month, I had to admit to those who asked, that I hadn”t been singing much in the last 32 years. Since college, I”ve focused much more on ...

This story has been corrected. In front of Bishop Museum grows a laa­mia tree, with branches that reach toward the sky. Look closer and you will see round, green fruit hanging. It is from the fruit of ...

The gourds had been sawed in half, hollowed out, painted and left to dry in the sun outside Martin Espino’s temporary Manhattan Beach classroom. Inside, he helped his young students sand, stain and ...

PERU, Ind. -- Most people use gourds for fall decorations or crafting. Not Ron Luginbill. Give the 72-year-old Peru resident a gourd, and a few weeks later, he'll have turned it into an exquisitely ...

Such a gardener is Arthur Stephens of the Richmond Indigenous Gourd Orchestra. He’s not looking for chaste gourds; he wants ones that whisper, “I’m a shakere” and “Make me your mbira.” When Stephens ...