percussion
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Barclay's hour-long spoken word performance draws on his upbringing in Huddersfield and his experience of the industrial landscape of northern England, against a soundtrack of live percussion and horn.
From BBC • Apr. 23, 2026
The 40-piece ensemble, complete with string, woodwind, brass, percussion and keyboard instrumentation, “can pretty much play anything,” Walden said.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2026
The percussion pounds like nobody’s business, opening the score up to all the implied emotion and glitter on an over-stuffed stage.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 5, 2026
The chord progression and clattery percussion on “Dead Women” evoke “Lay Lady Lay,” while Mitski’s song imagines someone pawing through her things after death, trying to uncover her secrets.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 24, 2026
The Zimbabwean game song “Sorida” contains a melody accompanied by body percussion and hand clapping in pairs of partners.
From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin
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