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List Of Female Drummers
This is a list of notable female drummers. A * Valerie Agnew (7 Year Bitch) * Annette A. Aguilar (StringBeans) * Carla Azar (Autolux) B * Lori Barbero (Babes in Toyland (band), Babes in Toyland) * Christina Billotte (Bratmobile) * Cindy Blackman Santana, Cindy Blackman (Santana (band), Santana, Lenny Kravitz, Jack Bruce, Pharoah Sanders, Ron Carter) * Hannah Blilie (Gossip (band), Gossip, Shoplifting (band), Shoplifting) * Rachel Blumberg (The Decemberists, M.Ward, Bright Eyes (band), Bright Eyes, Mirah, Jolie Holland, Califone, Death Vessel) * Elaine Bradley (Neon Trees) * Lauren Brown (He's My Brother She's My Sister) * Nandi Bushell C * Rachel Carns (The Need) * Karen Carpenter (The Carpenters) * Terri Lyne Carrington (Dizzy Gillespie, Stan Getz, Herbie Hancock) * Neko Case (Maow) * Torry Castellano (The Donnas) * Régine Chassagne (Arcade Fire) * Gemma Clarke (The Suffrajets, Babyshambles) * Caroline Corr (The Corrs) D * Adrienne Davies (Earth (American ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valerie Agnew
Valerie Agnew is best known as the drummer of 7 Year Bitch. Agnew moved from Ohio to Seattle, Washington, where she met the musicians that would become her future bandmates: Selene Vigil (vocals), Elizabeth Davis (bass), and Stefanie Sargent (lead guitar). They formed 7 Year Bitch and signed with C/Z Records. They released their debut album '' Sick 'Em'' in 1992. While still living in Ohio, Agnew dated Steve Moriarty, the drummer for the American punk band the Gits. Additionally, Agnew was a very close friend of Mia Zapata, the band's frontwoman. In 1993, Zapata was brutally raped and murdered while walking home late at night. In response, Agnew and 7 Year Bitch released the album ''¡Viva Zapata!'', dedicated to Zapata. The album also featured songs about former guitarist Stefanie Sargent, who died due to a drug overdose on June 27, 1992. In 1995, the band signed with Atlantic Records, and a year later released their final studio album, ''Gato Negro''. With the recent departu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gossip (band)
Gossip (or The Gossip) was an American indie rock band formed in Searcy, Arkansas, originally active from 1999 until 2016. For most of their career, the band consisted of singer Beth Ditto, multi-instrumentalist Brace Paine, and drummer Hannah Blilie. After releasing several recordings, the band broke through with their 2006 studio album, ''Standing in the Way of Control''. A follow-up, '' Music for Men'', was released in 2009. The band played a mix of post-punk revival, indie rock, and dance-rock. Their last album, '' A Joyful Noise'', was released in May 2012. History Formation and early history Gossip was formed in 1999 in Olympia, Washington, by vocalist Beth Ditto, guitarist Nathan "Brace Paine" Howdeshell, and drummer Kathy Mendonça. All three were originally from Searcy, Arkansas; Mendonça moved to Olympia to attend Evergreen State College and Howdeshell and Ditto followed. Howdeshell and Mendonça had been in bands together in Arkansas. Gossip coalesced when the th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nandi Bushell
Nandi Lily Bushell (; born 28 April 2010) is a South African-born British musician, singer, songwriter, and social media personality. She became known for her drumming skill by posting cover versions of popular rock songs to her YouTube and Instagram accounts, and her online drum battle with Dave Grohl went viral internationally in 2020. By age ten, Bushell's videos had earned the attention of musicians including Grohl, Lenny Kravitz, Anderson .Paak, and Questlove, and led to numerous television appearances. Bushell was the youngest artist featured on the cover of ''Modern Drummer'' magazine and is the first-ever musician-in-residence at Cartoon Network. She has performed with Kravitz and in concert with Grohl's band Foo Fighters, and was a featured guest at the Platinum Jubilee of Elizabeth II in London. Bushell has been writing and recording her own music since age ten. Three of those songs, in which she performs all parts, were offered as singles ahead of her first EP, '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
He's My Brother She's My Sister
He's My Brother She's My Sister is a band formed in Los Angeles, California. This folk group has been influenced by a wide range of genres ranging from pop, country, and punk among others. Formed by actual brother-sister duo Robert and Rachel Kolar, the group now consists of five members. The band features a Tap Dancing Drummer, Lauren Brown, known for inventing her own unique style of full body percussion. *Rachel Kolar (Vocals & Percussion) * Rob Kolar (Vocals & Guitar) *Lauren Brown Lauren Brown is an American percussionist, known for her skill as a " tap dancing drummer." Biography Brown first learned to dance at a young age; she knows modern, tap, jazz and ballet dance styles. Brown is best known as an original member ... (Tap Dancing Drummer) *Oliver 'Oliwa' Newell (Upright Bass) *Ryan Richter (Slide Guitar) They have played over 150 shows and their first full-length album, ''Nobody Dances in This Town,'' was released on October 9, 2012. Band member Rob Kolar curr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lauren Brown
Lauren Brown is an American percussionist, known for her skill as a " tap dancing drummer." Biography Brown first learned to dance at a young age; she knows modern, tap, jazz and ballet dance styles. Brown is best known as an original member of the band He's My Brother She's My Sister, founded by her then-future husband Rob Kolar and his sister Rachel. To create her rhythm, Brown uses her feet as a replacement for the hi-hat, while simultaneously playing the snare drum, tom drum and bass drum with her arms. She is known for her invention of "tap dancing drumming" and considered its founder. ''The Huffington Post'' wrote that "Lauren Brown's bouncy moves atop a big bass drum ..will certainly get your attention." As a member of He's My Brother She's My Sister, Brown toured extensively throughout the US, including such festivals as Bonnaroo, Summerfest, Firefly, Secret Garden Party and Austin City Limits. She performed with the group on an April 2013 episode of ''The Late ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neon Trees
Neon Trees is an American rock band from Provo, Utah. The band received nationwide exposure in late 2008 when they opened several North American tour dates for the band The Killers. Not long after, the band was signed by Mercury Records. Their first single, "Animal", climbed to No. 13 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and No. 1 on the Alternative Songs chart. Since their formation, Neon Trees has released four studio albums: '' Habits'' (2010), '' Picture Show'' (2012), '' Pop Psychology'' (2014), and '' I Can Feel You Forgetting Me'' (2020). The band has also released three EPs and eighteen singles. History Formed initially by childhood friends Tyler Glenn ( vocals, keyboards) and Chris Allen (guitar, vocals) who both grew up in Murrieta, California, the band made its first home in Provo after Glenn and Allen moved there from Southern California, eventually adding Branden Campbell (bass guitar, vocals) and Elaine Bradley ( drums, percussion, vocals) to the lineu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elaine Bradley
Elaine Gabrielle Bradley (born October 19, 1984) is an American musician and songwriter, and the drummer for the American rock band Neon Trees. She has also hosted BYUtv's unscripted series ''Grace Notes'' since 2020. Early life Elaine Gabrielle Doty, the youngest of seven children, was born October 19, 1984 to Robert and Carolyn Doty. She is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and volunteered full-time as a missionary in Frankfurt, Germany for eighteen months. She later earned a B.S. in Public Health and a minor in German from Brigham Young University at the top of her class. Career Neon Trees formed in 2005 and Elaine Bradley joined in 2006. Neon Trees gained nationwide exposure in 2008 when their premier single "Animal" topped the Billboard Alternative Songs chart and reached #13 on the Billboard Hot 100, later winning a Billboard Music Award for Top Alternative Song (2011). They have since released four albums, earned two RIAA double-platinum sing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Death Vessel
Death Vessel is an American neo-traditional folk band from Rhode Island, signed to Sub Pop and ATP Recordings, and headed by Joel Thibodeau. Their first album, ''Stay Close'' was released on North East Indie Records in 2005 to critical acclaim. Biography Born in Berlin, Germany and raised in Kennebunkport, Maine, Thibodeau moved to Boston, Massachusetts as a teenager and later to Providence, Rhode Island. From Providence he moved to Brooklyn, New York where he lived until moving back to Rhode Island in 2007. While in Providence he founded the band String Builder with his brother Alec and by early 2003 was playing as part of a duo with Erik Carlson, of Area C (formerly of the Purple Ivy Shadows), who he had met while living in Boston. Thibodeau and Carlson worked closely on the songs that would make up the band's first album, and performed together frequently during this period. A friend from his hometown, Micah Blue Smaldone, formerly of the Pinkerton Thugs and Out Cold also pl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Califone
Califone is an experimental rock band from Chicago. The band is named after Califone International, an audio equipment manufacturer. Their work has been critically acclaimed. Roots & Crowns review AllMusic Califone has released an album and feature film, both of which are titled ''All My Friends Are Funeral Singers''. The album was released October 6, 2009 on Dead Oceans. The feature film was made available in 2010, and the band toured as a live soundtrack to the film. ''All My Friends Are Funeral Singers'' is the follow-up album to 2006's ''Roots & Crowns'', which ''The New York Times'' called "enthralling." In 2011, a feature-length tour documentary about Califone, called "Made a Machine by Describing the Landscape", was released by IndiePix. The film was directed by Solan Jensen and Joshua Marie Wilkinson, and presents an intimate portrait of the band on tour in Europe and the US after the release of "Heron King Blues". History After the breakup of his former band Red Red M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jolie Holland
Jolie Holland is an American singer and performer who combines elements of folk, traditional, country, rock, jazz, and blues. Career Growing up in Houston, Texas, Jolie left in 1994, moving to Austin, New Orleans, and San Francisco before ending up in Vancouver, Canada, where she was one of the founding members of The Be Good Tanyas. Holland left the band before the release of their debut album, '' Blue Horse'', on which she appears prominently. She returned to San Francisco, where she recorded her first album, 2002's '' Catalpa''. Originally self-released, the album was later picked up and re-released by ANTI-. In 2004 she released her first album for ANTI-, 2004's Escondida. ANTI- labelmates Tom Waits and Sage Francis are both outspoken fans of Holland's: Waits nominated her for the Shortlist music prize, while Francis has said that ''Escondida'' was his most listened to album of 2005. As well as releasing another four solo albums for ANTI- and touring globally, Ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mirah
Mirah (born Mirah Yom Tov Zeitlyn) is an American musician and songwriter based in Brooklyn, New York. After getting her start in the music scene of Olympia, Washington in the late 1990s, she released a number of well-received solo albums on K Records, including ''You Think It's Like This but Really It's Like This'' (2000) and ''Advisory Committee'' (2002). Her 2009 album '' (a)spera'' peaked on the ''Billboard'' Top Heatseekers chart at #46, while her 2011 collaborative album ''Thao + Mirah'' peaked at #7. She has released eleven full-length solo and collaborative recordings, numerous EP's and 7" vinyl records, and has contributed tracks to a wide variety of compilations. Mirah has collaborated with artists such as Phil Elvrum of The Microphones, Tune-Yards, Susie Ibarra, Jherek Bischoff and Thao Nguyen. Her style encompasses indie pop, acoustic, and experimental pop. According to ''The Rumpus'' in 2011, "Mirah's early records...are DIY mini-masterpieces that express a pun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bright Eyes (band)
Bright Eyes is an American indie rock band founded by singer-songwriter and guitarist Conor Oberst. It consists of Oberst, multi-instrumentalist and producer Mike Mogis, arranger, composer and trumpet and piano player Nate Walcott, and a rotating line-up of collaborators drawn primarily from Omaha's indie music scene. Between 1998 and 2011, the band's albums were released through Saddle Creek Records, a Nebraska-based label founded by Justin Oberst (Conor's brother) and Mogis. In January 2020, the band announced their return, having signed with Dead Oceans. History 1995–1998: ''A Collection of Songs Written and Recorded 1995–1997'' After being a founding member of Commander Venus – which disbanded in 1997 – guitarist/vocalist Conor Oberst turned to focus on his new project, Bright Eyes. In 1998, he released 20 of the songs he had been stockpiling as the first official Bright Eyes album, '' A Collection of Songs Written and Recorded 1995–1997.'' The album saw Obe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
