This Thundering News Today

Continuing the exploration of how popular music is often wind-band music, this edition of Brass, Reeds, and Percussion features music of a big band called \“a thundering herd\” instead of an orchestra. Before being a musician or bandleader, Woody Herman was a vaudeville performer billed as \“The Boy Wonder.\” He began playing his clarinet in a band at age 13 and doubled on saxophones. In 1934, he joined the Isham Jones Orchestra and added singing to his musical activities. In 1936, he fo...

Afterjonathan bartley stood down, and sian berry chose not to seek re—election. red—hot lava from a volcano erupting on the spanish island of la palma has reached the sea, sending out vast clouds of steam and toxic gases. many homes and crops have been destroyed and thousands of people forced to flee, since the eruption began 11 days ago. 0ur correspondent danjohnson joins us from la palma. yes, the volcano just keeps on erupting. it keeps rumbling, this thundering, echoing sound around the ...