Rik Tinory still going strong Nov 21, 2009
As a singer and/drummer, Tinory remembers working at such long-gone but not forgotten venues as Boston s The Hi-Hat, The Savoy and Storyville as well as being the house singer at New York's famed Copacabana and Grossingers Resort in the Catskill Mountains. While Tinory was appearing at The Americana Hotel in Miami, boxing champ Joe Louis invited him to be the first American performer to join him in Havana for the anniversary of the Cuban Revolution. (Cohasset Mariner, MA)
Summer NAMM: Soultone Cymbals Signs Legendary Drummer, Jonathan 'Sugarfoot' Moffett And Introduces Signature M-Series Cymbals Jul 18, 2009
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Band concert is Tuesday9:49 am | (No comments posted.) Jul 14, 2009
Bruce Reinhardt will be featured on the Hi-Hat cymbals ... Richard Saucedo; New York: 1927 - Warren Barker; Hi-Hat - Paul Yoder; The Music Man - Meredith Willson arr. (Watertown Public Opinion, SD)
Top 10 Beyonce songs Jul 7, 2009
Vu" (2006) Another Jay-Z team-up, this one kicks off with Beyonce calling out each instrument Sly and the Family Stone-style, from rubbery funk bass and hi-hat to her trusty 808 beat. Jay-Z's rap is just brilliant, but Beyonce more than holds her own, introduced by her man with "she about to steam, stand back. " And then, she steams, working one of the sexier disco hooks since Love to Love You Baby while producer Rodney Jerkins kicks it old-school with the horns. 10. "Upgrade U" (2006) Yes,... (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
About the bands Jun 25, 2009
" Marty Winkler, Michael C. Steele and M. Lee Davis (1:50 p.m. Sunday, Hull Street Stage) - Vocalist Marty Winkler sings a fusion of jazz and folk that will appeal to fans of the Indigo Girls. She will be joined by multi-instrumentalist Michael C. Steele and pianist M. Lee Davis. Matt Kurz One (11 p.m. Saturday, Cin;) - Matt Kurz One is a one-man music factory with his left foot on the bass guitar, right foot on the snare and bass drums, hands on the guitars, and specially rigged guitar-keyboard... (Athens Banner-Herald)
Nick Bertocci, jazz clarinet player, bandleader; at 90 Apr 10, 2009
At the end of the 1940s, the Bertoccis moved to Huntington Avenue in Boston and he formed a trio that played local clubs such as the Hi-Hat and the Mayfair. He also listened when friends suggested he go back to school and get his teaching credentials. (Boston Globe)
SCENE 13: Voodoo Panther CD Release at the Hummingbird Mar 13, 2009
Mississippi John Doude and Ernesto "Motor City" Gomez - better known as Voodoo Panther - will bring down the house at the Hummingbird this Saturday. With their brand new CD just completed, this performance will celebrate the release of the band's self-titled "Voodoo Panther. The guys recorded the CD in Mississippi John's garage over in Milledgeville. According to Voodoo's myspace page, it's "outlaw country meets juke-joint trance. (13WMAZ.com, GA)
Antony and the Johnsons concert proves otherworldly Feb 26, 2009
The same approach informed a cover of "Crazy in Love," with a simple hi-hat tap keeping time underneath shivering strings. That a Beyonce song prompted some of the evening's loudest applause raised some questions about what else is on the iPods of people into artsy transgender chamber-pop singers with otherworldly voices. (Boston Globe)
