Shady Rabab, 27-year-old founder of the Garbage Music Band, uses garbage to make musical instruments at his workshop in Luxor, Egypt on Oct. 11, 2019. (Xinhua/Ahmed Gomaa) "Instruments are too ...
CATEURA, paraguay — The sounds of a classical guitar come from two big jelly cans. Used X-rays serve as the skins of a thumping drum set. A battered aluminum salad bowl and strings tuned with forks ...
The members of Paraguay’s Cateura Orchestra of Recycled Instruments are no older than 20 years of age but these inventive musicians make their own instruments out of solid waste including cellos, ...
One man's trash is a child's hope. A few years ago, music teacher Favio Chávez set up a music program for children living in Cateura, Paraguay, "a town essentially built on top of a landfill." "One ...
In the Paraguayan capital of Asuncion, there is a village called Cateura built practically on top of the city’s main landfill. Families eke out a living sorting through the trash and selling whatever ...
These Florida teenagers entertain by playing handmade musical instruments. We try to encourage recycling, reuse and giving back to the community by playing classic hits from the ’60s and ’70s on ...
One man's trash is another man's trombone. An internationally-renowned orchestra from Cateura, Paraguay, that has played with the likes of Metallica brought the sweet sound of music to East Los ...
Their music is not rubbish, but their instruments are. Ten primary school pupils are striking a chord with their talent and ingenuity. In a group appropriately named Recycle Band, they make melodies ...
CATEURA, Paraguay — The sounds of a classical guitar come from two big jelly cans. Used X-rays serve as the skins of a thumping drum set. A battered aluminum salad bowl and strings tuned with forks ...
Though they've appeared everywhere from PBS to America's Got Talent, I didn't actually discover Sarasota's unique teenage quintet The Garbage-Men until this video landed in my inbox. By performing ...
Makers are people who apply practical, hands-on skills to come up with unique new applications, and they exist in places you might not expect. In fact, you'll find some of the most inspiring makers in ...
LUXOR, Egypt, Oct. 16 (Xinhua) -- "One man's trash is another man's treasure," said Shady Rabab, 27-year-old founder of the Garbage Music Band. "Music could come out of anything, even dismissed ...