On the first TubaChristmas, around 300 musicians showed up at the ice skating rink at Rockefeller Plaza in New York City, bearing their giant brass instruments. A massive, all-tuba holiday concert was ...

Every year, musicians across the country gather for what has become known as TubaChristmas Concerts range from just a few tubas to hundreds of them — the record is 835, set by Kansas City in 2018. On ...

Today is Tuba Fats' birthday. The great New Orleans music legend and mentor to many of our great local musicians would have been 63 years old today. Anthony "Tuba Fats" Lacen, born Sept. 15, 1950, was ...

Every year in hundreds of cities around the country, musicians have been coming together for Tuba Christmas. NPR's Neda Ulaby tells us all about that bass. NEDA ULABY, BYLINE: This is the tradition's ...