From his visit to NPR in 2002, early-music string virtuoso Hopkinson Smith performs music first published in 16th-Century France for solo lute. He also talks with NPR's Fred Child about the instrument ...

DARIEN -- The Darien Library will be transformed into a Tudor court like that of Henry VIII on May 3, as various performers present authentic music from sixteenth-century England. "An Evening at Wolf ...

On October 10, Sting will release an album of lute music, according to Billboard. It will be called Labyrinth and feature songs from the 16th century as well as lute arrangements of "Fields Of Gold" ...

Sting has slammed the state of 'boring' modern rock, preferring to listen to 16th century lute music instead. "Rock music has come to a standstill -- it's not going forward any more, it only bores me, ...