A review is born, Caesarean style Oct 17, 2008
Critic 2: "Plus the female tambourine player.". Critic 1: " Madonna berates Guy Ritchie, screaming 'I want a divorce!". (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Mexican folk band Los Utrera visits Ames Oct 17, 2008
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Lip service to Karaoke craze Oct 16, 2008
Anyone can pick up a microphone, give it a jiggle, and then instantly join in singing a song in progress, or just shake it like a tambourine if too bashful to wail. Up to four other people can also join in the fun using regular joypads, pressing buttons to make percussion sounds like claps, maracas and cowbells in time with the music. (Sydney Morning Herald)
Senior musicians play a gig at Southbridge Mall Oct 15, 2008
2283805 Loretta Diehl plays the kazoo and a tambourine in the Cornerstone Kitchen Band ... Bells, maracas, tambourine and hand drum rounded out the ensemble ... We have fun, said Loretta Diehl, who played a tambourine on one knee while blowing a kazoo. (Mason City Globe-Gazette, IO)
Scoop: Simon's salary dwarfs Paula's Oct 14, 2008
Chappelle even got up on stage at one point and played tambourine. Grey Goose entertainment hosted an event to celebrate the fourth season of Iconoclasts on the Sundance Channel on Oct. 7 at Kiss & Fly in NYC. Sir Richard Branson, Clive Davis, Tony Hawk and Wyclef Jean, who are all highlighted as Iconoclasts on the show this season, were on hand, as was Cee-Lo of Gnarls Barkley, Rachael Ray, Damon Dash and Penn Badgley. (MSNBC -- Gossip)
OH NO, NOT A LOSER, BABY Oct 10, 2008
He opened with his ground 00004000 breaking 1994 folk/rap single "Loser" and then worked through fan-pleasers such as "Devil's Haircut," "Black Tambourine," "Where It's At," "Que Onda Guero" and "Nausea.". He was also selective and restrained covering the new material from this year's "Modern Guilt." Of those fresh melodies, "Gamma Ray," played during the encore, was tops. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
The Glory Of Gospel Oct 5, 2008
With only the beat of a tambourine augmenting their otherwise a cappella voices, they run through four possibilities during a Wednesday evening rehearsal at the temporary headquarters of their Independent Community Church in a former Mechanics Bank building on a stretch of largely abandoned storefronts in downtown Richmond ... Children in the congregation join in on tambourines ... "We was brought up with drums and tambourines and clapping our hands and patting out feet. We don't need no (other)... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Years of singing pay off Oct 3, 2008
I have to concentrate too hard on what I am doing and I'm so afraid of making a goof-up with the guitar, so I stick to just singing and playing the tambourine. " One of her favorite days in her life meeting a legend. "I met Kitty Wells many, many years ago when she came to the Nicholodeon Dance Club in Mechanic Falls. (Advertiser Democrat)
Relaxing in hookah lounge Sep 20, 2008
On Friday's, acoustic guitarists entertain clients while Choudhury occasionally picks up a tambourine to drums out to the rhythms of the stereo's Indian music. The Maharaja is divided into two client accessible rooms. (Pocatello Idaho State Journal, ID)
Get your Lips Sep 17, 2008
Screen Play also likes how anyone can pick up a microphone, give it a shake, and then instantly join in singing a song in progress, or use the mic like a tambourine if you are too bashful to sing. Up to four other people can join in the fun using regular 360 joypads, pressing buttons to make percussion sounds like claps, maraccas and cowbells in time with the music (or deviously try and break the concentration of the current singer) - another example of how Microsoft is committed to making Lips... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Technology)
Oasis May Cancel Tour Sep 17, 2008
"He finds that fascinating. He's all, 'But Noel darling, don't you believe in a higher existence?' and I'm like, 'Not dressed in a sheet banging a tambourine, you big Jessie.'". Although New York City residents didn't get an Oasis show on Sept. 12, they still had the opportunity to hear new tunes from Dig Out Your Soul, the band's new studio album that's out on Oct. 7. (ChartAttack)
Boone native's band to release new album later this month Sep 16, 2008
Davis said if he had to pick a favorite track or two from their new album, it would be the songs "Little Jars" or "Tambourine Girl." Davis said "Tambourine Girl" was inspired by a woman who attended their show and got up on the stage and played a tambourine. On Saturday, the band travels to Des Moines for the Johnny Cash Tribute at People's Bar and Grille, 216 Court Ave., starting at 9 p.m. Other featured acts at the event will be Randy Burk risoners and The Gougers. (Mid Iowa Enterprise, IA)
Children learn of 'The Melodic Life' Sep 15, 2008
Meghan Litchfield, 7, created a tambourine out of two paper plates stuck together. "My favorite part was when they played the instruments," she said. (Florida Today)
Gals: The Kransky Sisters Sep 10, 2008
The songs are a triumph of diversity over taste and, as all are played with some combination of tuba, guitar, ancient keyboard, tambourine, saw and toilet brush, they draw attention to previously unobserved similarities between Stayin' Alive and Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap, Try To Remember and Whip It, or Ca Plane Pour Moi and Born To Be Wild. Their commonality is that they make your ribs ache with laughter when sung by the saddest sisters on earth. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Rock, sex and purity rings at the VMAs Sep 10, 2008
Or "I Can Feel Your Heartbeat," by the Partridge Family, which had David Cassidy singing "I'll treat you like a woman, love you like a woman," while his stepmom Shirley Jones shook a tambourine behind him. DeRogatis even compares "BB Good" unfavorably to the Beatles' "Please Please Me" -- as if John Lennon's lyrics weren't all about pushing his girl toward third base. (Los Angeles Times)
Photo: First Act Announces Little First Act Discovery(TM) Sep 5, 2008
Stack and un-stack the rings to reveal a tambourine and maraca sized just right for baby. The maraca angles toward the baby for easy-to-reach play. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Jackson turns 50 Aug 30, 2008
Michael, the seventh of nine children, joins his brothers' pop group in 1964 - initially playing tambourine and bongos. He quickly becomes the centre of attention and takes on lead vocal duties as the band build up a reputation on the live circuit. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
Lykke Li, Live In New York, By Kurt Loder Aug 30, 2008
Every now and then she whacked a tambourine, smacked a cymbal and turned her boot heels into a very persuasive rhythm instrument. People were eating it up. (VHI.com -- Music News)
Goggin: A musical, family treat Aug 27, 2008
I've decided I need a tambourine so I can join the fun next time. This recipe comes from The Greens Restaurant in San Francisco and it's one of my husband's favorites. (Athens Banner-Herald)
Dayin the life of a delegate Aug 27, 2008
An Ebony magazine, a flier and a tambourine are laid out on each of the chairs. Andrietsch has already received two gift bags, and is adjusting to all the freebies being handed out. (Racine Journal Times, WI)
CD Review: Bruce Springsteen's Latest Tries To Rekindle Old E Street 'Magic' Aug 25, 2008
This explains why the E Street Band boasts four guitar players (including wife Patti Sciafa) and why a poor, saxophone-less Clarence Clemmons must sit on a stool and half-shake a tambourine for much of their concerts these days. The conflict between these two aspects of Bruce's personality is every bit the epic emotional slugfest that would play out in one of Springsteen's songs (think "Tunnel Of Love" or "Darkness On The Edge Of Town" instead of "Greetings From Asbury Park, N.J." or "Born In... (KSBW 8, CA)
Unified Body of Christ Aug 23, 2008
Children tap tambourines to the beat of music. What's everyone talking about. (Fresno Bee -- Lifestyle)
A picker and a rocker: This year's grandstand acts offer bluegrass classics and '80s rock Aug 23, 2008
The rock star, who rose to stardom back then, began his set with a song from his debut album, "Two Tickets to Paradise," then twirled his tambourine and tossed his sunglasses to the fans. Currently embarked on a multi-state "We'll Never Stop Tour," the rocker takes the main stage in Chatham at 8 p.m. Friday, August 29. (Hillsdale Independent, NY)
Totally Retro Aug 17, 2008
Jack Ashford, whose jangling tambourine accents were a key ingredient of the Motown sound, flew in from Memphis to play on the disc. Saadiq is unsure whether radio will embrace the radically different direction he's taken on the fourth full-length CD to be issued under his own name. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
The Phantasmagorias Aug 17, 2008
His wife, 21-year-old Beth Wight, holds down a bright red Roland synthesizer at stage left, with occasional assists on the tambourine. Their music is weird. (Gillette News-Record, WY)
Legendary producer Jerry Wexler dies at 91 Aug 17, 2008
Once, during a session with Charles, the tambourine player was off the beat. Wexler, in his award-winning autobiography, recalled grabbing the instrument and playing it himself. (CNN -- Showbiz)
San Juan squad something to see -- and hear Aug 13, 2008
KALAMAZOO -- When it comes to the Big League Softball World Series, the girls representing Latin America often march to the beat of their own drum -- or tambourine ... You can tell the way they start beating those tambourines, they really have fun here. (Kalamazoo Gazette, MI)
Kids Are Picking Up On Eco-Friendly Lifestyle Aug 11, 2008
"ADDING A HEALTHY twist to what kids enjoy," says Suzanne DeRosa as she helps her children, Hailey, 13, left, and Sarah, 5, create paper lanterns for a birthday party recently at The Little Green Tambourine on Albany Turnpike in Canton, an environmentally friendly playspace for children and teens set to open Sept. 15 ... They hope to teach dozens of kids each day about yoga, recycled art and organic cooking, among other activities at The Little Green Tambourine. (FOX61, CT)
Guest comentary: Her dog is the key to Central Square Aug 11, 2008
There s the annual Cambridge Citywide Dance Party, where last year I saw the then-mayor engaged in a heated dance-off with a group of teenagers in the middle of Mass Ave. And of course, there s the Cantab Lounge, where just last week I saw a man who was in no way affiliated with the band pull out his own cowbell and tambourine and start playing along ... And just when I thought I couldn t love it any more (how can you NOT love a place where everyone quite literally marches to the beat of his own... (Cambridge Chronicle, MA)
Gin Blossoms bloom on Palmers stage Aug 9, 2008
Now he hi-fives people, plays the tambourine a lot, and plays the cell phone game, where he grab someones cell and calls their mom, singing into the phone, Johnson said. The energys changed. (Wasilla Frontiersman, AK)
Mckeithan column Aug 8, 2008
Somebody throw me a tambourine and let s get this thing started ... Hands were raised, feet were stomped, tambourines were shaken and God was praised. (Washington Daily News, NC)
Feist makes a big splash Aug 7, 2008
Scandalously sexy legs cancanned on the screen behind the band, while four-part harmonies and steady tambourine hits built up to a crashing finale. Tossing her guitar to the side, Feist quivered along to Jesse Bairds pummelling tom-tom beats, shuffling her feet and whipping her long chestnut hair about before letting out some fiercely feral screams. (Georgia Straight)
Iggy & The Stooges Gear Robbed In Montreal Aug 6, 2008
Among the missing equipment is a red road case containing: a red Gibson 1963 EB-3 bass; a black road case containing a volcano black Reverend Flying V guitar; a black road case containing a Reverend orange guitar; two black road cases containing vintage amplifiers; several Marshall 4-by-12 cabinets; an orange Calzone road case containing guitar pedal board and pedals; a Gretsch silver sparkle Catalina drum kit and drum heads, a green clamshell suitcase containing Yamaha drum pedals and Zildjian... (Billboard.com)
Regeneration Tour's highs, lows Aug 3, 2008
Trim, friendly, dressed in black and shaking a tambourine, she opened her set with the utterly winning Leave a Light On before digging into the Go-Gos catalog with Vacation. Carlisle has lived in Europe for 10 years, but she still projects the image of the quintessential California girl both visually and musically through her breezy, melodic pop. She surprised with the Go-Gos Our Lips Are Sealed and captivated with her closing Heaven Is a Place on Earth. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
2nd cop fired over gun incident Aug 2, 2008
Surrounded by more than 50 children from the center's summer camp program, Tambourine and Fan, Smith railed about how varying standards are applied in New Orleans. He said different treatment is given to white and black citizens, as well as to police officers and civilians. (Nola.com -- Sports)
A one-man blues show that 'ain't never gonna quit' Jul 30, 2008
The sitting Log, who performs in Ottawa tonight and Montreal tomorrow, plays a taxing, ultra-determined sort of blues, scraping away at pawnshop prize of an acoustic guitar as he kicks at a small bass drum with his right leg and a floor-set cymbal and tambourine with his left. As well, a digital drum machine sets a mean pace. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
An ode to Joy Division, where Wordsworth met punk Jul 29, 2008
They are part tambourine, part rushing wings and part "the danger/ Always danger" of awful violence. As the Pistols rave on, now and always, about their political purpose in 1977, one is moved to consider that one of Joy Division's greatest accomplishments was to recreate the static chaos of punk (although their sound was their own, and mystical) while altering punk's essential impulse. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
Despite Stress, 'Kid Theodore' Finds Fun Jul 24, 2008
"A lot of instruments like the tambourine and shakers are missing now," McBride said, "but the meat and potatoes are still there.". The band's newest members include 19-year-old Gardner Stevenett, with only few months as Kid Theodore's drummer, and recently added Austin McBride as the band's keyboardist. (The Daily Universe, UT)
Music, movies, exhibits mark NBAF's 20th Jul 18, 2008
NBAF Children's Education Village: "Destination Afrika and Beyond." This interactive journey for kids takes place at the Woodruff Arts Center, and includes an opportunity to get on stage and shake your tambourine or bang a drum. Learn to draw Timon and Pumbaa from "The Lion King" in the Disney Animation Workshop, and meet a Zulu warrior. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
A harmonious evening from upstart Fleet Foxes Jul 17, 2008
Tillman, a recent addition to the band, was a commanding presence whether hunched over the drum set or striking a lone tambourine. Pecknold, however, was the real treat, leading his bandmates through triumphant, golden harmonies, all while shrouded behind his acoustic guitar. (Boston Globe)
E3 2008: Nintendo developer roundtable--LIVE! Jul 17, 2008
" [7:09] The song has six parts: a bass, lead melody, harmony, and chord arrangements for guitars, a drum kit, and a tambourine. Players will be able to arrange their own versions of the songs. [7:10] Miyamoto chooses to play the lead melody part and strums through a bit, playing it first as it was originally intended, then ad-libbing melody parts. [7:10] He then changes the instrument on the lead melody part instantly, and begins playing the song with a xylophone, steel drums, and then a... (GameSpot)
Beaches Unplugged shines spotlight on local performers Jul 16, 2008
Keith de Sousa performed The Girl From Ipanema, Dan Coady played Cat Stevens' Moonshadow and Bob Dylan's Tambourine Man. Shackelford, accompanied by Smith, closed the show with another Dylan tune, Like a Rolling Stone, and received a standing ovation. (Florida Times-Union)
Albinism in Culture: Human Exhibits Jul 15, 2008
On December 21st, we find those four Snow White Albino Negro Boys giving at the Minerva Rooms, 406 Broadway, a concert of songs, choruses, and melodies, and playing, besides, on the violin, the banjo, the tambourine, the triangle, and the castanetts --all for the moderate admission fee of 12 ; cents. 1. (Suite101.com)
Party time for Microsoft Jul 15, 2008
The game's microphones are wireless and also motion sensitive, which allows interactive elements like tambourine hits during a song. The game's track list will feature rock, hip hop, country and R, and features an interface that seems very similar to SingStar. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Technology)
Microsoft gets game face on for Xbox 360 Jul 15, 2008
When a player shakes the microphone, it produces effects such as the sound of a tambourine. Microsoft said it will demonstrate its ability to upgrade Xbox 360's software this fall. (San Diego Union-Tribune -- Business)
Meulaboh dancers make Jakarta debut Jul 8, 2008
"Originally the dance is performed by 12 men playing the rapai (a large kind of tambourine), with the singing and lyrics taken from oral literature," he said. For She Lagee, he takes the core of this form but combines it with other traditional forms found in Aceh, such as the popular seudati. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia)
Enter Kylie, left, right and centre Jul 6, 2008
She might rise up through a bank of mist for the encore but Kylie looks positively demure in a silvery top and black trousers, clutching a tambourine. No More Rain' is the only moment on X in which she makes reference to her illness, but what she expresses is resolutely optimistic, banishing all dark and fearful thoughts before the song segues into 'Love at First Sight' - and we're firmly back in good-time Kylie territory. (Guardian Unlimited)
Musical Genes Jul 2, 2008
A spy at the concert said Eve called Chris "a close friend and amazing artist," and followed by performing her smash "Tambourine" for guests. SHARE BOX Show your support. (New York Post -- Gossip)
'Idol' Chatter: Live from Idols Live tour Jul 2, 2008
Malakar, pounding his tambourine, offers up several exuberant na na na nas. The crowd joins in, and some of the senior audience members stand up to clap along. (USA Today -- Life)
Still going boldly Jun 29, 2008
Who would record a dramatic reading of Exodus backed by the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra knowing he would be heckled by guys who, 40 years later, are still maligning his version of Mr Tambourine Man. With these choices, Shatner has carved himself a unique place in the culture. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
For Those About to Rock, Wii Salute You Jun 28, 2008
Just tap the mic like you're playing a tambourine or cowbell. Playing lead or bass guitar is just like in "Guitar Hero." React to the scrolling notes by pressing the correct colored buttons while hitting the strum bar. (Fox News)
Band mixes punk, parades Jun 27, 2008
Euphonium, trombone, alto sax, tenor sax, bass and snare drums, cymbals, tambourine, a whistle ... The surest way to get people behind a cause, he says, is to tell them to bring a tambourine or a horn. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Is make-believe vital to kids? You better believe it Jun 26, 2008
Susan Linn plays the tambourine as granddaughter Isabella Craine, 2, dances, and Marley Craine, 5, plays the recorder at Linn's home in Brookline, Mass. PARENTING & KIDS' HEALTH NEWS: ONLY ON USA TODAY. (USA Today)
Feel The Rhythm Jun 25, 2008
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ABAD-Capoeira at Ethnic Dance Festival Jun 25, 2008
"You gotta feel the rhythm," she says in English, pacing her students' moves with the beat of a tambourine. The students attempt to mimic every move of their teacher, master capoeira artist Mrcia Treidler. (San Francisco Chronicle)
This year's Mainly Mozart festival goes over the top Jun 24, 2008
Adding to the enjoyment was the variety of instruments, which included piano, harp and tambourine. Even if the orchestra didn't have quite the unity of one that plays together all the time, it still excelled in Strauss, especially during the lilting, late-romantic outpourings featuring concertmaster William Preucil. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
History, learning, beauty reign over Oxford Jun 22, 2008
Gypsy bands with fiddle, flute, and tambourine perform on the steps of noble buildings, and students still clad in their gowns and black ties from balls the night before mingle with the crowds. Children with flowers in their hair and twined around their hats and necks, dance around the maypole, laughing as they try to master the intricate maneuvers for weaving the colored ribbons. (Boston Globe)
Stoneham Education Foundation announces spring grant awards Jun 20, 2008
This three-member group uses a variety of instruments, including the mandocello, bones, dumbek, guitar, banjo, jaw harp, tambourine, string bass, recorder, penny whistle, fiddle, Native American flute and spoons. They trace the story of immigrants who left the Old World to search for a better life in America. (Stoneham Sun, MA)
Purported New Guns N' Roses Tracks Hit The Web Jun 19, 2008
Six of the songs have already leaked in one unfinished form or another: "Better," "The Blues," the title track, "Madagascar," "IRS" and "There Was a Time." But these versions appear to be much further along on the path toward completion, and feature new touches like organ and tambourine on "IRS" and a beefed-up chorus with multi-tracked vocals on "Madagascar.". The three previously unheard songs are "Rhiad and the Bedouins," "If the World" and a track whose title is unknown. (Billboard.com)
Bill Cosby to get in some licks on drums at jazz festival Jun 14, 2008
This year Cosby plans to pay tribute to his fellow Philadelphian, Jimmy McGriff, who died last month, by opening his set with one of the jazz organist's biggest hits, "I've Got a Woman," which he describes as "a fast, popping, storefront church tambourine thing." And he has selected the fast tempo "Limehouse Blues" to honor his friend Roach, who died last year. On the Net. (Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier)
Garza, Navarro ready for start Jun 14, 2008
The first 10,000 fans will receive a Rays tambourine. Tickets. (MLB.com -- Tampa Bay Devil Rays)
Big Boi Gives Update On Recording Solo LP With Help From Andre 3000, Raekwon: 'We Almost Done' Jun 14, 2008
The World Is Too Big,' 'Royal Flush' with Dre and Raekwon, I got a song [with] Khujo Goodie called 'Tambourine Village. Crazy. (VHI.com -- Music News)
So much going on, so little revealed Jun 13, 2008
Rouse's score was often intense and dramatic - but it was hard to know what to make of his occasional replication, right down to the tambourine beat, of 1960s pop music. One of the numbers, Cindy, When You Comin' Out. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
A Spanish sojourn travels across time Jun 12, 2008
The opening "Symphonia para empezar" by the Neapolitan expat Domenico Scarlatti established the straightforward sound: three bowed strings (violinists Daniel Stepner and Kinloch Earle, cellist Guy Fishman), three plucked (Savino and Paul Shipper on guitar, Michael Beattie on harpsichord), and a brash timbre that became more pronounced with tambourine and castanets. "No se emender jamas," a short Spanish cantata composed by George Friedrich Handel on sojourn in Naples (sung here by soprano Ann... (Boston Globe)
Encounter Center plans Father's Day program Jun 12, 2008
Other explorers played harmonica, tambourine or the jaw harp. The Betty Strong Encounter Center is connected to the Sioux City Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center on the Missouri Riverfront. (Sioux City Journal, IO)
