percussion

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

But the big battle with the critics, percussion bombing away, remained playful rather than violent.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 3, 2026

After a brief opening prelude, the second track, “Prophecy at 1420 MHz,” has an ominous guitar riff, thudding percussion and a pitched-down voice talking about God and run through what could be a Vocoder.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 26, 2026

It took only seconds for a thunderous percussion of goatskin drums to join the singing, and instinctively Koffi's own heart attuned to their pounding cadence.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray

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

The percussions of a grain of shot shaken in a bottle are not swifter or more senseless.

From International Short Stories: French by A. Cheneviere