(CN) — Scientists have concluded that an ancient conch shell recovered from the renowned painted Marsoulas cave in the Pyrenees mountains is the earliest wind instrument of its kind on record and ...

Bomba and Plena music, Puerto Rico’s traditional rhythms, are having a global moment. Bad Bunny has helped elevate the genres ...

A horn made from a conch shell over 17,000 years ago has blasted out musical notes for the first time in millennia. Archaeologists originally found the seashell in 1931, in a French cave that contains ...

Scientists analyzing a conch shell believed to be the oldest wind instrument of its type in the world have released a recording of what it would have sounded like. The shell was largely overlooked ...

KEY WEST — Making music with a conch (pronounced "konk") shell might seem unusual, but several dozen people tried it during the weekend's annual Conch Shell Blowing Contest in the Florida Keys.

A conch shell found in a cave used by the Magdalenian people of the late Upper Palaeolithic was originally thought to be a cup, but a new analysis suggests they used it as a kind of horn. That would ...

PANAMA CITY, Fla. (WMBB) – The good vibes and drinks were flowing at the Little Village Conch Shell Festival in historic St. Andrews on Saturday. The free festival featured live music, arts and crafts ...

Marine shell of Charonia lampas from Marsoulas cave (France). (A) Side view. (B) Front view and naming of the anatomical areas. (C) Vestiges of red pigment preserved on the columella (image enhanced ...

PANAMA CITY, Fla. (WJHG/WECP) -The Second Annual Little Village Conch Shell Festival is kicking off on September 23. The event features the Cap’n Scuba Memorial Conch Shell Blowing Contest and the ...