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Tuatara (band)
Tuatara is an American, Seattle-based instrumental music group, featuring members of R.E.M., The Minus 5, Critters Buggin, The Chills and the Screaming Trees. History The band was formed in 1996 by R.E.M.'s Peter Buck (guitar), Barrett Martin of the Screaming Trees (drums and percussion), Justin Harwood of Luna and The Chills (bass guitar, double bass), and Skerik of Critters Buggin (saxophones). The band was named, at Harwood's suggestion, after a reptile from his native New Zealand. Originally a project to get musician friends some soundtrack work, the project evolved into an active band, doing occasional live shows, and recording their first album ''Breaking the Ethers'', encompassing a sound influenced by various styles of music, from Lebanese and Asian music to more traditional Western folk music. The band expanded in 1998, adding guitarist Scott McCaughey on guitar, Steve Berlin on saxophone and flute, Craig Flory on clarinets and saxophones, Elizabeth Pupo-Walker on conga ...
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Instrumental
An instrumental is a recording normally without any vocals, although it might include some inarticulate vocals, such as shouted backup vocals in a big band setting. Through semantic widening, a broader sense of the word song may refer to instrumentals. The music is primarily or exclusively produced using musical instruments. An instrumental can exist in music notation, after it is written by a composer; in the mind of the composer (especially in cases where the composer themselves will perform the piece, as in the case of a blues solo guitarist or a folk music fiddle player); as a piece that is performed live by a single instrumentalist or a musical ensemble, which could range in components from a duo or trio to a large big band, concert band or orchestra. In a song that is otherwise sung, a section that is not sung but which is played by instruments can be called an instrumental interlude, or, if it occurs at the beginning of the song, before the singer starts to sing ...
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Conga
The conga, also known as tumbadora, is a tall, narrow, single-headed drum from Cuba. Congas are staved like barrels and classified into three types: quinto (lead drum, highest), tres dos or tres golpes (middle), and tumba or salidor (lowest). Congas were originally used in Afro-Cuban music genres such as conga (hence their name) and rumba, where each drummer would play a single drum. Following numerous innovations in conga drumming and construction during the mid-20th century, as well as its internationalization, it became increasingly common for drummers to play two or three drums. Congas have become a popular instrument in many forms of Latin music such as son (when played by conjuntos), descarga, Afro-Cuban jazz, salsa, songo, merengue and Latin rock. Although the exact origins of the conga drum are unknown, researchers agree that it was developed by Cuban people of African descent during the late 19th century or early 20th century. Its direct ancestors are thought to be ...
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American Instrumental Musical Groups
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UCLA
The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a public land-grant research university in Los Angeles, California. UCLA's academic roots were established in 1881 as a teachers college then known as the southern branch of the California State Normal School (now San José State University). This school was absorbed with the official founding of UCLA as the Southern Branch of the University of California in 1919, making it the second-oldest of the 10-campus University of California system (after UC Berkeley). UCLA offers 337 undergraduate and graduate degree programs in a wide range of disciplines, enrolling about 31,600 undergraduate and 14,300 graduate and professional students. UCLA received 174,914 undergraduate applications for Fall 2022, including transfers, making the school the most applied-to university in the United States. The university is organized into the College of Letters and Science and 12 professional schools. Six of the schools offer undergraduate degre ...
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Coleman Barks
Coleman Barks (born April 23, 1937) is an American poet, and former literature faculty at the University of Georgia. Although he neither speaks nor reads Persian, he is a popular interpreter of Rumi, rewriting the poems based on other English translations. Early life and education Barks is a native of Chattanooga, Tennessee. He attended the Baylor School as a teenager, then studied collegiately at the University of North Carolina and the University of California, Berkeley. Barks was a student of the Sufi Shaykh Bawa Muhaiyaddeen. Career Barks taught literature at the University of Georgia for three decades. Barks makes frequent international appearances and is well known throughout the Middle East. Barks' work has contributed to an extremely strong following of Rumi in the English-speaking world. Due to his work, the ideas of Sufism have crossed many cultural boundaries over the past few decades. Barks received an honorary doctorate from University of Tehran in 2006. He has ...
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West Of The Moon
West of the Moon is a studio album by the alternative rock band Tuatara (band), Tuatara. It was released in 2007, after ''East of the Sun (Tuatara album), East of the Sun''. Track listing # Bird's Eye View # Los Angeles # Wrong Turn # Are You Feeling Me # When The Love Is Gone # The Old Carving Knife # God's Meditation # Playing and Being Played # So Fine # Never Look Back # Bang Bang # An Invisible Bee # The Shifting Sands # Kali Rides Tuatara members

*Peter Buck – Acoustic guitar, acoustic and Electric guitar, electric guitars, banjo, Appalachian dulcimer *Dave Carter – trumpet *Jessy Greene – violin, cello *Kevin Hudson – electric bass, electric and upright bass *Barrett Martin – Drum kit, drums, vibraphone, piano, Organ (music), organ, Arabic drums, Percussion instrument, percussion, Backing vocalist, backing Singing, vocals *Scott McCaughey – acoustic and electric guitars, piano, organ, harmonica, backing vocals *Elizabeth Pupo-Wa ...
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East Of The Sun (Tuatara Album)
''East of the Sun'' is the fifth album from collaborative group Tuatara, and part of a double album release with ''West of the Moon''. It is the first Tuatara album with lyrics, sung by a variety of guest vocalists. Track listing #"Waterhole" (Peter Buck, Barrett Martin, and Scott McCaughey) – 3:56 (vocals by McCaughey) #"The Spaniard" (Buck, Gary Louris, Martin, and McCaughey) – 4:08 (vocals by Louris) #"Bones, Blood and Skin" (Buck, Jessy Greene, Martin, and McCaughey) – 4:43 (vocals by Greene) #"Silo Spring Violets" (Coleman Barks, Buck, Martin, and McCaughey) – 3:29 (vocals by Barks) #"Trouble Rides In" (Buck, Martin, McCaughey, and Dean Wareham) – 3:26 (vocals by Wareham) #"Missionary Death Song" (Buck, Martin, McCaughey) – 2:51 (vocals by McCaughey) #"A Spark in the Wind" (Buck, Mark Eitzel, Martin, and McCaughey) – 2:56 (vocals by Eitzel) #"Madrigal" (Buck, Louris, Martin, and McCaughey) – 4:14 (vocals by Louris) #"All t ...
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The Loading Program
''The Loading Program'' is the fourth release by collaborative group Tuatara Tuatara (''Sphenodon punctatus'') are reptiles endemic to New Zealand. Despite their close resemblance to lizards, they are part of a distinct lineage, the order Rhynchocephalia. The name ''tuatara'' is derived from the Māori language and m .... The release mainly consists of remixes of songs from their first three albums. Track listing Tuatara (band) albums 2003 remix albums {{World-album-stub ...
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Cinemathique
''Cinemathique'' is the third album by collaborative band Tuatara. The band expanded to eleven members on this album, and it was their first album for Barrett Martin's record label, Fast Horse Recordings. Track listing Musicians *Peter Buck - guitar, bass guitar *Joe Cripps - percussion *Craig Flory - saxophones, flute *Barrett Martin - drum kit, vibraphone, marimba, keyboards, guitar, bass *Scott McCaughey - guitar, keyboards, harmonica *Elizabeth Pupo-Walker - congas, other percussion *Skerik - saxophone *Chris Littlefield - trumpet, flugelhorn *Eric Richards - accordion *Alex Veley - piano, organ *Justin Harwood Justin Harwood is a New Zealand bass guitarist, notable for his work with several indie rock bands of the 1980s and 1990s, The Chills, Luna, and Tuatara. He worked alongside New Zealand's Martin Phillipps (The Chills), Dean Wareham (Galaxie 500 ... - bass, keyboards References 2001 albums Tuatara (band) albums {{world-album-stub ...
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Trading With The Enemy
Trading with the enemy is a legal term of English origin that is used with a number of related meanings. It refers to: #An offence at common law and under statute #A ground for condemnation of ships in prize proceedings #A ground for illegality and nullity in contractMcNair, Sir Arnold Duncan. Legal Effects of War. Second Edition. Cambridge University Press. 1944. Chapter 7. United Kingdom The statutory offence is now created by section 1 of the Trading with the Enemy Act 1939. See also *Trading with the Enemy Act Trading with the Enemy Act is a stock short title used for legislation in the United Kingdom and the United States relating to trading with the enemy. ''Trading with the Enemy Acts'' is also a generic name for a class of legislation generally pas ... References {{law-term-stub Law of war ...
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Epic Records
Epic Records is an American record label owned by Sony Music Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America Sony Corporation of America (SONAM, also known as SCA), is the American arm of the Japanese conglomerate Sony Group Corporation SONAM, headquartered in New York City, manages the company's US-based businesses. Sony's principal U.S. business ..., the North American division of Japanese Conglomerate (company), conglomerate Sony. The label was founded predominantly as a jazz and classical music label in 1953, but later expanded its scope to include a more diverse range of genres, including pop music, pop, Rhythm and blues, R&B, rock music, rock, and hip hop music, hip hop. History Beginnings Epic Records was launched in 1953 by the Columbia Records unit of CBS, for the purpose of marketing jazz, pop music, pop, and European classical music, classical music that did not fit the theme of its more mainstream Columbia Records label. Initial classical music r ...
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Breaking The Ethers
''Breaking the Ethers'' is the debut album from collaborative group Tuatara. Released on Epic Records, it was an attempt by members of Luna, the Screaming Trees and R.E.M. to try their hand at experimental, multi-ethnic music. It was produced by Barrett Martin and Justin Harwood. Track listing and Personnel # "Breaking the Ethers/Serengeti" - (Justin Harwood, Barrett Martin, Skerik) - 6:25 #* Skerik - saxophone, didgeridoo, steel drums, temple gong, bombard, percussion #* Justin Harwood - double bass #* Barrett Martin - drums, percussion, marimba, tabla, congas, Tibetan horns, bullroarer, Taos thunder drum, steel drums, acoustic guitar #* Elliot Haas - bullroarer # "Dark State of Mind" - (Harwood, Martin, Skerik) - 4:02 #* Skerik - saxophone #* Justin Harwood - acoustic guitar, bowed bass, double bass #* Barrett Martin - drums, percussion, vibraphone, marimba, cello # "Saturday Night Church" - (Harwood, Martin) - 4:26 #* Skerik - saxophone #* Steve Berlin - bass penny whistle #* J ...
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