According to Guinness World Records, Olusanya attempted this year's record “to advocate for the recognition of instrumental ...

The New York Times has an interesting piece today on vuvuzelas — long, multicolored trumpets (demonstrated not too cacophonously below) that World Cup fans will be hearing a great deal from, for ...

The trumpet, called a vuvuzela (pronounced voo-voo-ZAY-luh) and reaching as long as three feet, has over the last 15 years become to soccer in South Africa what the samba drum is in Brazil ...

You could say that South African trumpet virtuoso Hugh Masekela has been around. He’s not exactly a household name in the United States, but it’s nearly impossible to escape his influence.

But no one expected an ugly plastic trumpet to dominate the controversy. Hatred of the vuvuzela, the noisemaker wielded by South African soccer fans, ignited the blogosphere even before the FIFA ...

Born in Witbank, Mmpumalanga South Africa, Masekela showed musical ability from a young age. Inspired by the movie, ‘Young Man with a Horn’, Masekela began to play the trumpet, encouraged by ...