Abigail Washburn's music is a visionary melange - Straight.com


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Abigail Washburn's music is a visionary melange
Straight.com
Backed by the Decemberists' Chris Funk, jazz-guitar innovator Bill Frisell, Mongolian throat singers Yiliqi and Batubagen, guzheng (Chinese zither) virtuoso Wu Fei, and a 15-piece choir, Washburn turned in an almost uncategorizable masterpiece—and one ...

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Secret Chiefs 3 at the Rickshaw - Straight.com

Secret Chiefs 3 at the Rickshaw
Straight.com
Most of us are lucky if we manage to stumble through “Louie Louie” on the guitar, even after carefully studying every page of Six-String for Dummies. Trey Spruance, formerly of Mr. Bungle, and now semifamous as the founder and guiding light of Secret ...

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Readers recommend: songs about fairgrounds – results - The Guardian


The Guardian
Readers recommend: songs about fairgrounds – results
The Guardian
A swing orchestra with a pedal steel guitar? Yes please. It was nominated by BeltwayBandit, who explains: "Alvino Rey was a true pioneer of the electrified guitar, pioneering the use of pick ups and microphones that would scramble voices together with ...

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Why Is It So Hard for New Musical Instruments to Catch On? - The Atlantic


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Why Is It So Hard for New Musical Instruments to Catch On?
The Atlantic
Have computers replaced the need for the next guitar? Composer and inventor Tod Machover poses with a Beatbug, a percussive instrument, in a 2003 AP photo. For the musically daring, it's hard to beat the Guthman Musical Instrument Competition, ...

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Jambinai come off a stellar 2011 with a new album - The Jeju Weekly

Jambinai come off a stellar 2011 with a new album
The Jeju Weekly
Seoul's Jambinai mix Korean traditional instruments like haegeum (a fiddle-like instrument), geomungo (zither), and piri (a double reed instrument) with guitar and glockenspiel to make haunting fusion compositions that contain elements of post-rock, ...

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Musical petting zoo comes to Cobourg - Northumberland News

Musical petting zoo comes to Cobourg
Northumberland News
COBOURG -- From an accordion to the zither, a hands-on, fully interactive open house featuring traditional folk music instruments from around the world is sure to delight both young and old alike. Todd Crowley's Musical Petting Zoo takes centre stage ...

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Triangle Folk Jam - The Independent Weekly

Triangle Folk Jam
The Independent Weekly
... old-time, country, country rock," they claim—there's bound to be a place in the jam for that dusty old zither. Or were you thinking of revisiting the harp? Maybe easing in with some straightforward guitar? Whatever your poison, admission is free.

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