”You must remember that there are always fashions in music as in anything else,” says Rampal, again downplaying his own contribution, ”and the flute, which was very fashionable in the 18th ...

The flute comes to the fore in music that enchants in its ebb and flow, that makes you fall in love with the orchestra, and the flute, all over again. Debussy’s “Prélude à l’Après-midi d ...

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.