Word: accompanimental
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Barry Lopez's Arctic Dreams was the surprise winner of the 1986 American Book Award for nonfiction. This collection of short pieces about the American Southwest, Alaska, endangered wildlife and forgotten cultures is in the same vein. Much of the ground covered is by now well trodden, though Lopez has...
Brother Blue followed with his traditional invocation, a characteristically enchanting melange of narrative poetry and scat with saxophone accompaniment by Don Braden, who backed up many of the singers in this show.
The H Band's funky accompaniment complemented perfectly the frenetic dancing of the moppets of Citystep, launching them into a frenzy of break-dancing, skipping, and otherwise irresistably cute dance steps. The young dancers--Allysha Collins, Cynthia Germain, Ricardo Ellyse, Lorenzy Lescano, Kristin Matthews, and Trieu Tran--earned a standing...
Asian or African in origin, the marimba generally is played with one or two mallets in each hand, which are raised and then brought down sharply on the keys, called bars. Stevens has revolutionized the playing of the instrument, pioneering a complex four-mallet technique with a finger grip that...
Parker has some concerns about the future of his beloved beverage. He worries about a neoprohibitionist movement in the U.S. that equates wine -- "which should be drunk in moderation, as a socializing accompaniment to food" -- with hard liquor as an enemy of sobriety. Since wine's variety is its glory...