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...When the band performs at an abandoned fishery, strobe lights and roaring guitars bring spirit to the lifeless locale. Elsewhere, playful anthem “Hoppípolla” soars as children run down the beach and kites fill a cloudless sky. Towards the end of the film, percussionist Orri Páll Dýrason, after looking unsure of himself for the majority of the film, finally attacks his drums with full confidence during “Popplagið.”The greatest part of “Heima” is, of course, the music...
...show were about five feet long and made of various woods.More than just combining zithers from three different geographical locations, the ensemble aims to set itself apart from popular conceptions of traditional Asian music. “We’re a very special group,” says percussionist and music director Il-Ryun Chung. “There is no existing repertoire, so we are playing mostly brand new songs. For Asian instruments, it’s one of the first attempts to try this.”PLAYING A RUBBER BAND“Each...
...dreams are dreamed by artists.” This quote from L. Ron Hubbard has both inspired and been realized by Harvard senior Jimmy Collins ’07, big dreamer, Visual and Environmental Studies (VES) concentrator, and Renaissance man of the arts. Collins is not only an advanced percussionist, but also a talented filmmaker, photographer, and leader. His creative education began at age five when his father, who had always wanted to play the drums, bought him a drum set. “We had a drum set set up in the living room. And I used to play...
Brian Viglione, percussionist for The Dresden Dolls, made it a point to prove in a recent workshop that he is anything but a “Coin-Operated Boy,” the title of one of the group’s biggest hits. At the event, held Monday night in Hilles Library, Viglione emphasized the importance of individuality and focusing on the present—both in art and in life. The workshop was sponsored by the Office of the Arts at Harvard (OFA) and the Harvard College Alliance for Rock and Roll (HCARAR), and it drew a crowd...
...driving, hard-edged drumming for the Rolling Stones has made him rock's premier percussionist, but it may surprise some fans to learn that Charlie Watts was stomping at the Savoy long before he ever got his ya-yas out. Watts, 45, who grew up in England listening to the gospel-tinged music of Cannonball Adderley and Art Blakey, had always dreamed of organizing an old-style jazz orchestra, but it was not until last year that the idea came together in a big 34-piece way. Last March in London, the soft-spoken stickman and his new group (including...