KEY WEST, Fla.KEY WEST, Fla. — Playing a Frank Sinatra classic on a conch shell helped a local bicycle tour operator take top honors in an unusual “musical” competition in Key West. Lloyd Mager ...

KEY WEST, Fla. -- Playing a Frank Sinatra classic on a conch shell helped a bicycle tour operator take top honors in an unusual competition in Key West. Lloyd Mager impressed judges at the 47th annual ...

KEY WEST, Fla. (AP) – Playing a Frank Sinatra classic on a conch shell helped a local bicycle tour operator take top honors in an unusual “musical” competition in Key West. Lloyd Mager impressed ...

KEY WEST — Making music with a conch (pronounced "konk") shell might seem unusual, but several dozen people tried it during the weekend's annual Conch Shell Blowing Contest in the Florida Keys.

Scientists have unveiled the ancient song of an Ice Age conch shell, believed to be the oldest known wind instrument of its kind. The 18,000-year-old shell lay forgotten in a French museum for 80 ...

In 1931, archaeologists discovered a conch shell—then assumed to be a drinking vessel—in the Marsoulas Cave, famous for its long history of sheltering early humans and providing a trove of artifacts, ...

Dave Parker – a snorkeling excursion captain by day and a percussionist at night – won the top prize in Saturday’s 34th Annual Key West Conch Shell Blowing Contest. Parker, 36, of Key West impressed ...

After 18,000 years of silence, an ancient musical instrument played its first notes. The last time anyone heard a sound from the conch shell trumpet, thick sheets of ice still covered most of Europe.