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The duo's music moves and warms us through its unique blend of the cello's sonority and the kora's harp-like ringing tones.
Warm Up to a Meeting of Two Classical Minds Jim Fusilli 2011
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I was exhausted, oppressed by the weight of my limbs, and in my stomach was a harp-like vibrating that extended to my throat and brain.
Chapter 3 2010
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Indeed, the lilt and lyricism of Malian music courses powerfully through even the Cuban songs on " AfroCubism, " due in part to the presence of griot singer Kasse Mady Diabat é , Toumani Diabat é — a virtuoso of the harp-like kora — and balafon player Lassan Diabat é .
A Harmonious Bridge Over the Atlantic Larry Blumenfeld 2010
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For the first time in centuries, the harp-like strings of the epigonion have been plucked — well, at least virtually.
Music From the Past — Bringing Back the Epigonion - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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For the first time in centuries, the harp-like strings of the epigonion have been plucked — well, at least virtually.
Music From the Past — Bringing Back the Epigonion - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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She also taught herself to play African instruments, such as the harp-like kora, the Udu pots and the birambau.
Hélène Muddiman in line to become first woman to win Ivor Novello award 2010
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At the Riley Galleries exhibit, the vibrantly colored, mandolin-like "Chitamarra" and "Springarpa" series are representational, if not literal, in shape, with the latter combining both mandolin and harp-like elements.
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(Insert here: clouds parting, sun shining, and harp-like sounds of delight and glee.)
How I Fell (Back) in Love with Email - Steve Rosenbaum - MediaBizBlogger 2009
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A look under the "hood" is daunting: More than 200 strings, attached to a harp-like plate, are struck by hammers.
For a Steinway, 2008
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(A kora is a 21-string harp-like instrument that creates a defining African sound.)
Showtime in the Sahara Freston, Tom 2007
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