drummer

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Recent Examples of drummer Current members are Arnold, Henderson, guitarist Chet Roberts, drummer Greg Upchurch and bassist Justin Biltonen. Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2025 At different times in his life, Pullman wanted to be a drummer, an artist, a social worker and a rancher. Brian Truitt, USA Today, 6 May 2025 Nathan Jerde, the drummer for Chicago’s beloved early-aughts garage rock revivalists the Ponys, has died. Walden Green, Pitchfork, 6 May 2025 Together with bass player Zeta Bosio and drummer Charly Alberti, Cerati proved from the onset that his band’s regal melodies and Spanish wordplay were just as seductive as the polished radio hits in English that dominated the airwaves. Ernesto Lechner, Rolling Stone, 3 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for drummer
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Noun
  • Trained as a percussionist, Englander came to the instrument by happenstance.
    Jane Bua, New Yorker, 5 May 2025
  • The project’s elaborate presentation began with a group of onstage dancers, percussionists and individuals holding lanterns.
    Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 31 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The innovative German composer and pianist performs a blend of classical and electronic music.
    Jake Richardson, Mercury News, 12 May 2025
  • Nama has worked on similar project with other close artistic companions including Pulitzer Prize-winning Poet Laureate Charles Simic, pianist and writer/poet Alfred Brendel, and the 20th Century French poet and art historian Yves Bonnefoy.
    Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 9 May 2025
Noun
  • The hardcover tome is filled with archival photos of the band and its memorabilia, along with quotes from current musicians ranging from Slash to Van Morrison as well as the group's other members: drummer John Densmore, 80, and keyboardist Ray Manzarek (who died in 2013 at age 74).
    Marco della Cava, USA Today, 14 May 2025
  • Singer and keyboardist Amy Lee and guitarist Ben Moody began working together in 1994, initially performing acoustic sets at bookstores and coffee shops in Little Rock.
    Ross Raihala, Twin Cities, 13 May 2025
Noun
  • Led since its inception by guitarist and organist Jorge Rodríguez Grández, Los Mirlos is named after Peruvian jungle blackbirds.
    George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 May 2025
  • The saga is chronicled on his 2009 LP Fork in the Road.) Talkin’ To The Trees is Young’s first album with his new band, the Chrome Hearts, which includes guitarist Micah Nelson, organist Spooner Oldham, bassist Corey McCormick, and drummer Anthony Logerfo.
    Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 2 May 2025
Noun
  • Don’t miss: Local trumpeter/singer/Treme star/barbecue master Kermit Ruffins doing a tribute to Louis Armstrong.
    Dan Reilly, Vulture, 9 Apr. 2025
  • Local trumpeter Keyon Harrold returns as MATI’s artist-in-residence, while Pedrito Martinez joins as the artist-at-large, performing across multiple sets.
    Marc Schneider, Billboard, 15 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Barron plans to close out the run on Sunday with the West Coast premiere of a new chamber work with harmonica player Grégoire Maret, flutist Elena Pinderhughes and cellist Noah Johnson.
    Jim Harrington, Mercury News, 11 Apr. 2025
  • My son swayed gently between my legs, still wearing last night’s jammies, azure eyes trained on the flutist’s quivering embouchure.
    Ashlea Halpern, AFAR Media, 30 Apr. 2025

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