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...glockenspiel and the tuba and low strings. An unusually quiet orchestra exquisitely realized the dissonance. (HRO is master of the loud; exuberant finales seemed continually to hit new heights of forte during the concert.) The dramatic dynamic shift was especially effective since the next movement, "Warrior," opened with a drum shot like a pistol crack and only became more intense after that. Every phrase in this movement seemed fraught with some deeper meaning, as ponderous strings led the orchestra to a profound conclusion and a transition to "Sleepy Bones," the last and perhaps loveliest of the movements. A lucid, delicate...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HRO and Sophomore Violinist Play to Perfection | 3/13/1998 | See Source »

Gleefully banging around on sitars, harmonicas, horns, Hammond B-3's and flutes, other band members Carl "Psycho" McCarthy, Danny Saber, Paul "Wags" Wagstaff, Ged Lynch and Martin Slattery reduce their basic guitar, drum and bass sounds into nothing more than a wooden easel on which to paint. Stupid, Stupid, Stupid opens its arms wide and embraces the world with a sarcastic life, claiming copyright by lyrical fiat...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: `Stupid' Album Anything But | 3/13/1998 | See Source »

...beat of just one drum...

Author: By Andrew K. Mandel, | Title: '80s Television: It's All In the Family | 2/26/1998 | See Source »

...addition to the standard guitar and drum ensemble, Caedmon's Call includes a string bass, a Hammond B-3 organ and a percussion set of bongos, congas and a djembe...

Author: By Konstantin P. Kakaes, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Caedmon's Call Plays To Sold-Out Sanders | 2/19/1998 | See Source »

...least Cohen's having more luck than his boss. President Clinton worked the telephones over the weekend in a bid to drum up some much-needed international support for a possible strike. But neither Australia nor the Netherlands would provide it; as for Canada, White House aides said, Jean Chrétien might soon indicate "an interest in supporting or participating." All in all, it's hardly a Gulf War-style coalition being built here. Meanwhile, Boris Yeltsin continues to rail against the United States' "unrealistic and dangerous" attempt to establish "world hegemony." And congressional leaders continue their own rhetorical...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Round of Gulf | 2/9/1998 | See Source »

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