The Iraqi National Symphony made its first visit to Washington this week. Jeffrey Brown reports that the tour, which mixes high culture and international politics, has come with a note of discord.

BAGHDAD (AP) — In a Baghdad workshop plastered with black-and-white photos from a more peaceful time, Mahmoud Abdulnabi hand-carves a wooden oud, a string instrument with ancient roots that has fallen ...

FERGUS FALLS, Minn. — They could fill out a full orchestra by now, the soldiers stationed in Iraq who have received unique care packages from Steve and Barbara Baker. Guitars, mandolins, banjos, ...

For centuries, it was a magnet for artists across the region and churned out Iraq's best musicians -- but recent years saw Mosul suffer a devastating musical purge. For three years until last summer, ...