Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Composer Daniel Blumberg, photographed in West Hollywood in November. (Ian Spanier / For The Times) If the Shakers have a lasting ...

Cocktail shakers can sometimes become nothing more than a pretty piece of decor on a bar that you've never really touched. Let's be honest -- you don't need one to throw together a rum and coke or ...

Anyone who’s ever stepped foot into a bar knows the unmistakable sound of a cocktail shaker. The percussive, locomotive-like sound signals that you’re just a few moments away from enjoying a ...

If the Shakers have a lasting cultural legacy, it is their music — most famously “Simple Gifts,” the uplifting spiritual Aaron Copland immortalized in his ballet “Appalachian Spring.” It stands to ...