percussion
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Lisa-Kaindé is the bleeding heart who whispers divinity into her lyrics, and Naomi grounds them with the beating pulse of her percussion.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
On Wilkins’ program, Valerie Coleman’s dark “Fanfare for Uncommon Times” brought a listener inside brass and percussion.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 16, 2026
Having already picked up percussion, she was eventually able to sit in and play with them alongside her father and uncles.
From Salon ● Jun. 18, 2026
"There was no instrument in the room. He used a wooden table as a percussion instrument and sang. But the producer was impressed," says Amaran.
From BBC ● Jun. 6, 2026
She was hiding behind a bass drum in the percussion section.
From "The Battle of the Labyrinth" by Rick Riordan
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Whereas on tracks like “Dime” and “Flores,” there are distinct orchestral peaks, in which subtle percussions give way to grander, more cathartic releases.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 2, 2025
Jeremiah Green’s buoyant percussions — that frequently lift and propel Modest Mouse songs in unorthodox ways — bounced the sold-out crowd like a tattered basketball on the Showbox’s famously springy floor.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 1, 2023
Its percussions pull listeners in, too, with a surprise gong that bangs, or a triangle-like sound that shimmers in the background.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 21, 2022
After the meeting, I just went to a studio and started recording for three weeks, and it’s all these jams, all these percussions and flutes.
From Slate ● Aug. 30, 2021
They had another remarkable instrument made up of a double octave of small drums which gave forth percussions remarkably disturbing to the emotional centres.
From The Moon Pool by Merritt, Abraham
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