drummer
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Journey drummer Deen Castronovo suffered an onstage medical emergency during a show this week.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026
According to Tulsa World, Journey keyboardist Jonathan Cain told the crowd to hang tight while the medical team checked on the drummer.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026
With drummer Johnathan Blake and bassist Robert Hurst, the jazz pianist uses a traditional trio setting to craft a distinctive, surprising style.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
Pianists Sylvie Courvoisier, Sullivan Fortner, Matt Mitchell, Angelica Sanchez and Micah Thomas also currently head such outfits, and even a few nonpianists, such as bassist Kim Cass and drummer Tyshawn Sorey, now do so.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
“Bono hath informed me,” said Dr. Trefusis, “that you met with a young drummer of Oyo. I trust the discourse was fruitful?”
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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"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
A large Loch Ness Monster representation then emerged, before, backed by bagpipers and drummers, a rousing rendition of Flower of Scotland followed.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
On “An Eraser and a Maze,” which features a rotating cast of drummers, including touring percussionist Damon Cox and Janet Weiss of Quasi and Sleater-Kinney, the pendulum swings in the opposite direction.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 9, 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
For instance during the summer when she heard the subtie but compelling rhythms of the Bahaman drummers, she’d walk over and watch the dances.
From "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston
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