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Recent Examples of drummer
Tim Very, longtime drummer for the Atlanta indie rock band Manchester Orchestra, has died at the age of 42.
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Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 15 Feb. 2026
Meet Bad Bunny’s KC look-alike Crowned Bad Bunny look-alike was Nelson Jesus Rivera, who happens to be a musician himself, a drummer in a band.
—Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 14 Feb. 2026
Sach also does impressive work on the double bass, as does Boz Martin-Jones as drummer Paul Motian.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 13 Feb. 2026
Don Henley - $50,000 A singer and drummer with the iconic 1970s rock band The Eagles, Henley wrote and performed some of the decade’s most popular songs like Hotel California and Desperado.
—James Osborne, Houston Chronicle, 12 Feb. 2026
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Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 15 Feb. 2026
Meet Bad Bunny’s KC look-alike Crowned Bad Bunny look-alike was Nelson Jesus Rivera, who happens to be a musician himself, a drummer in a band.
—Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 14 Feb. 2026
Sach also does impressive work on the double bass, as does Boz Martin-Jones as drummer Paul Motian.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 13 Feb. 2026
Don Henley - $50,000 A singer and drummer with the iconic 1970s rock band The Eagles, Henley wrote and performed some of the decade’s most popular songs like Hotel California and Desperado.
—James Osborne, Houston Chronicle, 12 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for drummer
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Jay Jay French, and longtime lead guitarist Eddie Ojeda.—
Daniel Kreps,
Rolling Stone,
15 Feb. 2026
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Among the guest artists in June will be pianist Anne Marie McDermott, guitarist Mak Grgic, cellist Robert DeMaine and violinist James Ehnes.—
Beth Wood,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
15 Feb. 2026
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They will be joined by the E Street Horns, the E Street Choir and percussionist Anthony Almonte.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
17 Feb. 2026
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Trombonist Vincent Chandler, trumpeter John Douglas, drummer Jeff Canady, percussionist Mahindi, guitarist Wayne Gerard, and vocalist Steffanie Christi’an fill out the group.—
Tribune News Service,
Baltimore Sun,
9 Feb. 2026
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Classical In much the same way that youngsters might dig their parents’ Beatles records, the pianist and composer Amy Williams had a formative relationship with the music of the minimalist composer Morton Feldman.—
Sheldon Pearce,
New Yorker,
20 Feb. 2026
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Recorded fewer than 30 blocks form where Glenn Gould laid down his own landmark recording of Johann Sebastian Bach’s masterpiece, pianist Yunchan Lim’s new album has been topping the classical charts since its release earlier this month.—
Arts Editor,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Feb. 2026
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Basney, the trio’s violinist, made her Carnegie Hall debut in 2001 and has played there six times.—
Elizabeth Marie Himchak,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
17 Feb. 2026
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Mozart’s child-prodigy past needs no introduction, and Japanese violinist Himari, 14, is enough of a sensation to get a one-name billing like Beyoncé.—
Hannah Edgar,
Chicago Tribune,
13 Feb. 2026
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That extends to the roving, untethered movement of David Raedeker’s camera, capturing both the austere beauty and the overbuilt tackiness of the setting in bleachy, unrelenting sunlight, and to the film’s varied, agitated electro soundtrack from former A-Ha keyboardist Erik Ljunggren.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
5 Feb. 2026
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By 1970, Funkadelic became full band, featuring Nelson, Hazel, drummer Tiki Fulwood, guitarist Tawl Ross, and keyboardist Mickey Atkins, who was later replaced by Bernie Worrell.—
Ilana Kaplan,
PEOPLE,
3 Feb. 2026
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On their debut album together, post-punk trio the Messthetics and saxophonist James Brandon Lewis arrived at the same point by following two different paths.—
Stephen Thomas Erlewine,
Pitchfork,
19 Feb. 2026
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The score alternates between traditional ceremonial sounds and some jazz pieces by saxophonist Keïta Janota and Gaspard Gomis which frame the narration.—
Elsa Keslassy,
Variety,
14 Feb. 2026
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Lockwood got his apartment on the recommendation of Courtney Lee Adams, a singer-songwriter who lives in the building across the street with her husband, Buford O’Sullivan, a trombonist.—
Daniel Yadin,
Curbed,
11 Feb. 2026
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On March 8, Bello’s teenage son Nigel, a trombonist, performs with his Nigel Bello Band.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
3 Jan. 2026
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Assembled by Young in late 2024, Chrome Hearts consists of guitarist Micah Nelson, organist Spooner Oldham, and the Promise of the Real rhythm section known as Anthony LoGerfo on drums and Corey McCormick on bass.—
Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
7 Feb. 2026
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The installation of a digital organ designed by longtime Castro organist David Hegarty.—
Monica Garske,
USA Today,
3 Feb. 2026
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“Drummer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/drummer. Accessed 21 Feb. 2026.
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