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.

The flute is one of the more overlooked instruments in jazz, but it’s been making an impact on improvised music for more than 50 years. Let 10 experts take you on a guided tour.

Rather, “New Blue Sun” will be an all-instrumental album showcasing the ambient flute and wind-instrument music he’s been clandestinely blowing in unexpected venues like the Atlanta airport.

History and music collided at Lizzo’s concert when the singer played an incredibly rare, 200-year-old crystal flute made for President James Madison.. It all began when Librarian of Congress ...