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drummer

[druhm-er] / ˈdrʌm ər /


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Dating a drummer, she switched allegiance from Whitney Houston to Tom Waits and Tori Amos, but the urge to sing remained.

From BBC Sep. 6, 2026

This past June, Mr. Threadgill stood center stage flanked by pianist Vijay Iyer and drummer Dafnis Prieto at Manhattan’s Jazz Gallery, where these three first played as a trio 15 years ago.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 2, 2026

It also brings stellar guitar work, a new drummer and features Dulli’s vocals in a way you haven’t heard them previously.

From Salon Aug. 25, 2026

Last week, ZZ Top canceled its Hollywood Bowl show due to health issues with longtime drummer Frank Beard.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 18, 2026

My classmate David Uosikkinen, who would become the drummer for the rock band the Hooters, wore platform shoes; I apparently believed I could pull off the same look.

From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove

"Today, Elwood and I lost a great friend and collaborator, and the world lost one of the most naturally innovative drummers and a great and true son of Texas," Gibbons said.

From BBC Aug. 18, 2026

"Not a single blow is random," he explains as a trio of craftsmen land expert strikes that create the darker more complex tones so prized by jazz drummers.

From Barron's Aug. 6, 2026

Pipers and drummers, including in the upper decks of the arena, delivered a rousing rendition of Flower of Scotland.

From BBC Jul. 23, 2026

I’ve played with drummers where you do a fill and then they do all this fast stuff, which I don’t do.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 30, 2026

There drummers who sounded the advance and retreat across the battlefields thumped upon the skins of their raucous instruments, judging the quality of the attack.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson




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