Rosalie Washington, known as "Lady Tambourine"

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Saturday Morning Car Tunes: The Tambourine

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Whoop and holler! At the heart of gospel music lies the rhythmic joy of the tambourine. Just in time for Martin Luther King Jr. Day, we’ll dive into the timbre of the tambourine as it juggles genres jingling jubilee.

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Saturday Morning Car Tunes: The Tambourine

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