This week, Andre 3000 released an instrumental album featuring the flute instead of an expected rap album. Scott Simon asks LA Times' August Brown about the flute's decades-long role in pop music.

A rugged ironworker dons a hard hat, and use his work break to play spellbinding music over the drips and clangs of a concrete space. If you woke up thinking ‘all I need to see today is a hard ...

(CNN) — Some fans may not be happy with Andre 3000 for releasing a record that isn’t a rap song, but give the man some credit. The artist, who has been beloved as both a solo act and part of the ...

Monica Song is one of those teachers who have a gift for drawing out the best in their students. A native of Korea who grew up with a love of music, Song has been teaching flute in Dallas for 25 years ...

The song Zara Zara from the film Rehna Hai Tere Dil Mein has been a fan favourite since its release almost two decades ago. The romantic number still leaves people fascinated and probably that is why ...

Elizabeth Sheppard says she's very grateful for the opportunity to record a song and to share it with others by releasing it on streaming services. (Submitted by Elizabeth Sheppard) The flute took ...

Andre 3000 released new music for the first time in 17 years this week. But "New Blue Sun" is not what most fans may have expected. The record has no rap music. What it does have is the flute.