Music is an integral part of many of life’s most important moments and is a powerful way to create communal bonds. But the significance of a musical instrument is not only found in the events where it ...

If you listen closely, beyond the ringing bells of the downtown street cars and the bustle of eager shoppers, you can find the smooth sounds of the pan flute and a small guitar known as a charango.

René Jenkins, who has mastered a host of ancient indigenous instruments from the Didjeridu of Australia to Tibetan bowls and bells to ritual flutes from Mayan, Peruvian, Zapotec and Hawaiian cultures, ...