Cowbells, maracas, gongs, castanets – classic percussion parts demonstrated!

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The raw ingredients of this week’s news gently diced, simmered and served as a nutritious broth. And flavoured with the following …

… why Lily Allen’s divorce album doubled the value of her house

… how can you play real living people as fundamentally bad after Steve Coogan’s ‘Lost King’ court case?

… the cowbell on Honky Tonk Women, the guiro on Gimme Shelter, the tambourine on classic Motown: Richard Pite gives a percussion demo

… Kraftwerk, 10cc, Coolio, George McCrae – more records that sound unique

… music used in movies to say ‘we’re flying East!’

… You Have Selected Regicide, Kill Wealthy Dowager: Morrissey song or line from the Simpsons?

… Woodbines, potted herrings, Paris buns: things we expect to find in Van Morrison’s soon-to-open childhood home

... why it’s worth hearing Mishima by Philip Glass and John the Revelator by Son House

… the time Jack Ashford was flown across America just to add a tambourine

… people who found they had a famous father

… and Mick ‘Two Pairs of Maracas’ Jagger and what Eno predicted about I Feel Love.

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