guitarist

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Recent Examples of guitarist These guerrilla pop-ups launched the heartland quartet – singer Tyson Ritter, lead guitarist Nick Wheeler, rhythm guitarist Mike Kennerty and drummer Chris Gaylor – into a world of TikToks and Instagram posts, simultaneously cultivating a fan base decades younger than the now-middle-aged rockers. Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 16 May 2026 Vanity Fair caught up with Gaga’s guitarist, Tim Stewart, who was with his kids, after the film. Maxwell Adler, Vanity Fair, 15 May 2026 After the 1990 death of Mother Love Bone frontman Andrew Wood, guitarist Stone Gossard and bassist Jeff Ament started putting together a new band and recording Gossard’s latest riffs in Seattle. Al Shipley, SPIN, 15 May 2026 Soon after, the Strokes explained the guitarist’s absence on social media. Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 15 May 2026 Both of them suggest the guitarist Loren Connors leading the early roars of Earth, his intuitive way of navigating the instrument’s neck bolstered by a formidable wall of hum at his back. Grayson Haver Currin, Pitchfork, 14 May 2026 Salanga, a guitarist and vocalist, works as a copywriter at Segerstrom Center for the Arts and continues to create music. Theresa Walker, Oc Register, 14 May 2026 If Vahdat’s music is a bridge that connects classical practice with contemporary urgency, vocalist Mamak Khadem brings Persian classical vocals into trance music settings in Axiom of Choice with guitarist Loga Ramin Torkian. Andrew Gilbert, Mercury News, 13 May 2026 Recently, Hangar 18 launch a sub-brand, Berserkergang, which is a genre lab created with rock guitarist Slash. Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 12 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for guitarist
Noun
  • The core four of bassist John Taylor, frontman Simon Le Bon, drummer Roger Taylor and keyboardist Nick Rhodes still boast pop star cheekbones, coiffed hair and swagger.
    Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 20 May 2026
  • The production has secured Mazur’s exclusive life rights, as well as those of Joel’s longtime friend, drummer and video director Jon Small, who is also on board as a consultant, co-executive producer and second unit director.
    Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 19 May 2026
Noun
  • Tokunaga was a founding member of the band three years ago, playing alongside veteran Bay Area artists like saxophonist Patrick Wolff and pianist Adam Shulman.
    Andrew Gilbert, Mercury News, 20 May 2026
  • Léa Seydoux gives a very committed, unaffected performance as Lucy, an experimental pianist who must deal with the dawning knowledge that her beloved husband Philip (Laurence Rupp) has a second life online as a pedophile pornographer.
    Stephanie Bunbury, Deadline, 15 May 2026
Noun
  • Behind her sat a cellist and a violinist, both women hired for the MTV appearance; the other Maniacs appeared only in photos inside the CD booklet.
    Dan Kois, Pitchfork, 17 May 2026
  • The song, performed by violinist Linda Lampenius and vocalist Pete Parkkonen, featured a potentially combustible mix of open flames and a flowing dress.
    Andrew Jones, NBC news, 16 May 2026
Noun
  • Principally, the season hosts the most daring saxophonist of the past decade, the cosmic visionary Kamasi Washington (Music Hall of Williamsburg; July 29-30).
    Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 22 May 2026
  • Tokunaga was a founding member of the band three years ago, playing alongside veteran Bay Area artists like saxophonist Patrick Wolff and pianist Adam Shulman.
    Andrew Gilbert, Mercury News, 20 May 2026
Noun
  • The core four of bassist John Taylor, frontman Simon Le Bon, drummer Roger Taylor and keyboardist Nick Rhodes still boast pop star cheekbones, coiffed hair and swagger.
    Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 20 May 2026
  • But things started to fall apart in the summer of 1996, when touring keyboardist Jonathan Melvoin (the brother of Prince associates Susannah and Wendy Melvoin) and Chamberlin overdosed on heroin in a New York City hotel room.
    Ross Raihala, Twin Cities, 18 May 2026
Noun
  • Focusing on Vahdat’s repertoire of classical settings for verse by great Persian poets both ancient (Hafez, Rumi) and contemporary (Forough Farrokhzad), as well as songs she’s gathered from Iran’s various ethnic groups, the project includes percussionist Nariman Assadi on tombak and daf.
    Andrew Gilbert, Mercury News, 13 May 2026
  • Niño remains a prolific, international percussionist-about-town, with recent full-length projects including his collaborative LP with Saul Williams and Carlos Niño & Friends’ Bubble Bath for Giants.
    Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 8 May 2026
Noun
  • The stadium organist, Dwayne Hilton, played accompanying music and got everyone involved.
    Warren Mayes, Chicago Tribune, 17 May 2026
  • The stadium organist, Dwayne Hilton, played accompanying music and got everyone involved.
    ABC News, ABC News, 16 May 2026
Noun
  • Her father was a jazz trombonist and her mother a pianist.
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 3 Apr. 2026
  • Wayne Henderson, trombonist for the Jazz Crusaders, had co-produced the debut album, 1984’s Centipede, for Michael’s sister Rebbie with Michael, Tito, and Randy Jackson.
    Greg Poole, Rolling Stone, 5 Mar. 2026

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