instrumentalist

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Scotland's first edition was due to include London-based reggae vocalist and songwriter Hollie Cook, Pakistani instrumentalist Ustad Noor Bakhsh and Stornoway folk-rock trio Peat and Diesel.

From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026

Sometimes Robinson’s truth seeker is the man anchoring the beat, and sometimes he’s the instrumentalist testing the edges of what the audience can withstand.

From Salon • Oct. 13, 2025

The French composer and instrumentalist scored hundreds of films—including the bittersweet movie musical “The Umbrellas of Cherbourg.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 3, 2025

Along with being an instrumentalist and a producer, Niño, 47, has been a beatmaker, a D.J. on both terrestrial and online radio, a record collector and a venue programmer.

From New York Times • May 13, 2024

As it was passed from ragtime to early ‘Dixieland’ jazz bands, though, syncopation became more sophisticated: now, instead of the right hand cheating the left, one instrumentalist was playing against another.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall