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On view through July 30, 2025, the exhibition takes its title, The Homeless Wanderer, from a composition by Ethiopian pianist and composer Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou, in keeping with the gallery’s tradition of naming shows after musical pieces.—
Caterina De Biasio,
Vogue,
11 June 2025 -
Your pianist, drummer, bassist, guitarist, maybe a lead trombone, lead woodwind, lead trumpet.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes.com,
10 June 2025
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This nine-piece ensemble consists of pipers, guitarists, keyboards and drummers who have been rocking from New York to Beijing to Melbourne. marketing@lvpac.org, 925-373-6800.—
Jake Richardson,
Mercury News,
5 May 2025
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In Scotland, join a whisky-tasting and bagpipe lesson hosted by a distinguished piper There’s perhaps no better way to start a journey through Scottish culture than by sampling fine whisky.—
Atlas Ocean Voyages,
AFAR Media,
7 May 2025
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The 1939 funeral in East Baltimore of jazz drummer Chick Webb drew Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald, Cab Calloway, Gene Krupa and, The Sun reported, how many Baltimoreans? a. 500 b. 10,000 c. 3,000 d. 5,000 17.—
Reader Commentary,
Baltimore Sun,
20 June 2025
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The group features Comstock on lead vocals, along with drummer James Brownstein and Hayden Tree, who’s also the lead singer for Crown the Empire, on bass.—
Katie Bain,
Billboard,
20 June 2025
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Woodwind contributions in the Schubert from clarinetist Stephen Williamson, oboist William Welter, and outgoing flutist Stefán Ragnar Höskuldsson were both impassioned and lucid.—
Hannah Edgar,
Chicago Tribune,
20 June 2025
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Chase’s extraordinary talent and drive were evident early on, including to flutist Beth Ross Buckley, the artistic director and co-founder of the chamber-music nonprofit Camarada.—
George Varga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
1 June 2025
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Allie Molin of Mission Viejo, a jazz trumpeter who won the instrumental music category, was in New York on Wednesday to perform at Lincoln Center.—
Staff report,
Oc Register,
8 May 2025
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His research also led him to numerous Black jazz artists with Native American ancestry, like trumpeter Don Cherry.—
Andrew Gilbert,
The Mercury News,
18 Feb. 2025
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My husband, who is sixty-nine, is also retired but freelances as a pianist and organist five or six days a week.—
Liana Finck,
New Yorker,
5 June 2025
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After winning his first Grammy this year for his roots-gospel album, Church, the organist and singer, known for his work with Snarky Puppy and Vulfpeck, appears to be in communion with something bigger than the stage.—
David Hochman,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2025
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Keith Moon, The Who’s original percussionist, died from an accidental overdose in 1978.—
Jami Ganz,
New York Daily News,
19 Apr. 2025
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Now Heartbeat presents the hundred-and-twenty-year-old opera in English—a rare occurrence for this particular tale—with instrumentation boiled down to a simple eight clarinets and two percussionists.—
The New Yorker,
The New Yorker,
24 Jan. 2025
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For about 18 months, the husband, 71, and wife, 69, quietly took up pickers and grocery bags and collected trash along the trail.—
Nollyanne Delacruz,
Mercury News,
10 June 2025
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Spread out over a 35-acre swath of covered and uncovered land, the market draws everyone from seasoned pickers to casual, curious browsers.—
Kelsey Glennon,
Southern Living,
3 June 2025
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“Fiddler.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fiddler. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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