Alan Dargin, regarded as one of the lead exponents of the didgeridoo, died Feb. 24, from a cerebral haemorrhage following a stroke. He was 40. By Christie Eliezer Alan Dargin, regarded as one of the ...

A performer’s didgeridoo turns heads in Frederick, Maryland — and tells the story of how one instrument changed a life.

The instrument – fabled into existence tens of thousands of years ago, but more familiar to Western ears in the last few decades – is made from the branches of the eucalyptus and gum trees. Hollowed ...

With permission from Australia's Aboriginal people, it's time to proclaim the didgeridoo as our national instrument, writes Dean Frenkel. The didgeridoo is the sound of Australia. Many countries and ...

You might not expect an ancient Aboriginal instrument from Australia to find its way to Alaska. But walk around downtown Ketchikan on a warm day and you may hear 15-year-old Kinani Halvorsen playing ...

The Australian yirdaki (didgeridoo) player Alan Dargin invented a uniquely fast, powerful, non-traditional style, dubbed "rock'n'roll didgeridoo". At his favourite busking site on Sydney's Circular ...

Warner Recabaren is telling me one of the Australian origin stories of the didgeridoo, as he remembers it. It begins with a group of guys sitting around a campfire. One of them throws a stick on the ...

Daniel Orlansky has been playing the didgeridoo for 25 years in both America and Europe. He has performed in many locations, notably at Berkley College of Music, the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, the ...

The didgeridoo is traditionally made from a small tree trunk whose core has been eaten by termites. It usually plays only one note, with the player's lips vibrating at a frequency near a maximum in ...

For almost two months 14-year-old Cooper has been bedridden. The teenager is recovering in Canberra's Centenary Hospital after a serious car accident left him with a broken leg and pelvis. But a new ...