African thumb pianos, also known as kalimbas or mbiras, are traditional instruments that produce enchanting sounds ...

VINCENT KENIS has no idea what the music of Konono N°1 sounds like to someone hearing it for the first time. “I can’t imagine how somebody who doesn’t know about traditional Central African music ...

If you said it’s one of the many names for an African thumb piano, you’d be right. If you know the Everett-based band Kalimba, you not only answered correctly, you probably know what a great Earth, ...

A robotic extra thumb can be controlled well enough by some people to be used while playing piano. Since 2015, Aldo Faisal at Imperial College London and his colleagues have been developing a robotic ...

LONDON, Aug 25 (Reuters) - How would pianists cope with suddenly having two thumbs on one hand? Would their brains become scrambled or would the extra digit add a new dimension to their playing?