How to Use multi-instrumentalist in a Sentence

multi-instrumentalist

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  • The multi-instrumentalist, who plays the guitar and harp, is no stranger to the Arts District.
    Elizabeth Myong, Dallas News, 1 June 2023
  • But that’s what makes the band of songwriters, lead singers, and multi-instrumentalists such a breath of fresh air.
    Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 25 Mar. 2024
  • For Canty, a multi-instrumentalist who plays drums in this band, the process is a welcome challenge.
    Chris Kelly, Washington Post, 14 Mar. 2024
  • The multi-instrumentalist dazzled on the piano, while Del Rey sat atop it and sang.
    Skyler Caruso, Peoplemag, 13 Apr. 2024
  • The multi-instrumentalist, who mixes jazz, hip-hop, rock and more in his music, has released more than a dozen albums.
    Jim Harrington, The Mercury News, 20 Feb. 2024
  • Shahzad Ismaily, a multi-instrumentalist, is part of a successful jazz trio and has worked with artists ranging from Feist to Yoko Ono.
    Stephen Humphries, The Christian Science Monitor, 30 Mar. 2023
  • She’ll be backed by multi-instrumentalists Jack Petruzzelli and Will Bryant.
    Thor Christensen, Dallas News, 15 Mar. 2023
  • Jonathan Horstmann, singer and multi-instrumentalist of post-punk trio Urban Heat, wants his band to be a conduit for creativity.
    Marisa Whitaker, SPIN, 28 May 2024
  • Most of the music involved overdubs, with Batiste and fellow multi-instrumentalists Bellion and Tenroc handling most of the work.
    Bill Beuttler, BostonGlobe.com, 14 July 2023
  • Jonathan Horstmann, singer and multi-instrumentalist of Texas post-punk trio Urban Heat, has been sober for four years — a milestone that loosely coincided with the birth of his first daughter.
    Spin Staff, SPIN, 23 May 2023
  • Burns happens to be a multi-instrumentalist who plays the piano, standup bass, saxophone and tuba.
    Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 1 Apr. 2024
  • Well, Eric Carr, bless him, was one of the pure souls, never said anything bad about anybody, was a multi-instrumentalist, could play piano, keyboards, guitar.
    Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 15 Nov. 2023
  • Fans may have chuckled, but the multi-instrumentalist wasn’t kidding.
    Leena Tailor, Variety, 24 Apr. 2023
  • Saint Martin, a multi-instrumentalist in the Life, chuckles.
    Taran Dugal, Rolling Stone, 4 Sep. 2024
  • By that point, the multi-instrumentalist — who can handle anything from guitar, bass, and banjo to trumpet, french horn, and theremin — had been an integral part of Wilson’s studio and road band for six years.
    Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 19 Feb. 2024
  • The band was a trio for most of its existence but is now anchored by the multi-instrumentalist duo of Corrigan and Chad Urmston, with three other musicians filling out the sound on tour.
    Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 23 June 2024
  • The multi-instrumentalist Garth Hudson, eighty-six, is the lone surviving member.
    Howard Fishman, The New Yorker, 22 Aug. 2023
  • The singer and multi-instrumentalist, originally from Iowa, released her debut album, Whirlwind, in 2019 and hit the road with Ingrid Michaelson that same year.
    Ilana Frost, Peoplemag, 26 Feb. 2024
  • The multi-instrumentalist and singer had been being treated for the disease for several years, per a post on Luscious Jackson’s Instagram page.
    Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 7 Apr. 2023
  • The six vocalists and multi-instrumentalists are about to make history under as1one — the world’s first mixed Israeli Jewish and Palestinian Arab pop group.
    Jenna Wang, Peoplemag, 3 Sep. 2024
  • The latest album by multi-instrumentalist Jason Dungan has the gentle, unbothered pace of a week spent in nature: stirring with the sunrise, hiking in the forest, sleeping with the night air’s chill on your face.
    Pitchfork, 14 Dec. 2023
  • The ascending star of Icelandic music, singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist Laufey is straight out of a twinkling Nordic fairytale.
    Mosha Lundström Halbert, Vogue, 7 Sep. 2023
  • Their seven-piece group also features the couple’s 19-year-old son, Sandino, a multi-instrumentalist.
    George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Feb. 2024
  • Davina Michelle’s co-writer is boyfriend/producer/multi-instrumentalist Sebastiaan Brouwer; he can be found behind the drum kit on live dates as well.
    Bill Kopp, SPIN, 6 Aug. 2024
  • The 33-year-old Grammy-winning multi-instrumentalist has seen Pearl Jam live approximately 50 times, and is the first to admit that his life is inextricably linked to their music.
    Jonathan Cohen, SPIN, 15 Apr. 2024
  • With Isbell, Johnson will serve as a multi-instrumentalist.
    Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al, 9 June 2023
  • The group is led by virtuoso guitarist Fareed Haque and composer and multi-instrumentalist Wanees Zarour.
    Myrna Petlicki, Chicago Tribune, 15 Mar. 2023
  • The Radiohead multi-instrumentalist and composer was recognized in the same category last year for his soundtrack to Spencer.
    Paul Grein, Billboard, 26 Sep. 2023
  • Threadgill, a composer and multi-instrumentalist, is one of the most significant musical creators of the past 40 years.
    New York Times, 23 May 2024
  • Highly respected across Jamaica and the world as a multi-instrumentalist and vocalist, Lewis also served as a guiding light for his fellow castmates in terms of embodying their respective roles.
    Kyle Denis, Billboard, 17 Feb. 2024

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