Word: lutes
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...very classy quartet takes on one of Bollywood composer R.D. Burman's trashiest melodies, and the musicians are wise enough to keep the meticulousness of their playing from overwhelming the main attraction--the exuberant juxtaposition of Indian tabla, Chinese lute and rock rhythm...
They first performed together in the 1946 production of Lute Song. Critics praised Mary Martin but took little note of a young actress named Nancy Davis. Last week Nancy D. Reagan returned to the Broadway stage to pay tribute, along with Robert Preston, Lillian Gish, Carol Channing and Helen Hayes, to Martin, and the response this time was thunderous applause. The First Lady instantly won over the capacity audience by announcing, "I'm a little out of my element. I really don't go around the White House singing." Then, her clear alto voice quavering a bit, she began...
Frank encountered all the coaching legends—Hall of Famers Boeheim, Temple coach John Chaney, Arizona coach Lute Olsen—but was one of only a couple of players on the team who didn’t get a look. He drew interest from Susquehanna and Slippery Rock, he says, and Haverford and Swarthmore, “but I just decided I’d rather come here...
...some commercial success, Taha's mix of traditional and electronic instrumentation and beats, and his habit of singing in Arabic, has often led critics to classify his records as fusion or world music, a label that confounds him. Taha makes lavish use of traditional Arab instruments like the oud lute, and string and wind sections, driven forward by electric bass and guitars, rock backbeats, and even the odd hip-hop influence. "When the Beatles or Led Zep used Eastern influences or instruments, it was said to add ambiance or texture," he muses. "But when an Arab does that...
...hidden in the base. Hook it up to a CD player, stereo or TV, and the Ka-on relays the sound up the plants' stems. According to the company, gerberas and sunflowers perform well, and they'd suit the gentle strum of a samisen (a kind of Japanese lute). But can they handle heavy metal? Despite the assertion of people like Britain's Prince Charles that plants respond to the human voice, research has so far shown that flora are deaf to sound waves?your Ka-on creations will probably withstand whatever you pump through them...