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Did you know... that House of Waters repurposes the hammered dulcimer, an Appalachian folk music instrument, for international jazz fusion?
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... that the music of the band House of Waters has been variously described as world, prog rock, jazz, Afrobeat, pan-Asian, South American, classical, and psychedelic? Source: [1]
ALT1: ... that the band House of Waters repurposes the hammered dulcimer, known as an Appalachian folk music instrument, for international jazz fusion? Source: [2]
Interesting band, on plenty of sources, no copyvio obvious. I like ALT1 better than the original, as more specific to this group, but none of it is in the article yet, which would profit from a bit of expansion anyway. It's just technically long enough but uses many quotes which are not truly "new content". I'd also like more lead, saying a bit about their kind of music. I wonder which five instruments played in the first formation, - that's open. I'd also like to know the origin of their name. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:00, 20 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry about the delay; it's been a busy period off-wiki. I anticipate being able to address the comments in the next 48 hours. Cheers, {{u|Sdkb}}talk16:40, 31 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
@Gerda Arendt: Thanks again for your patience; I believe I've addressed your points now as best I can. I expanded the lead to better summarize all sections of the article and added a critic's interpretation of the name (I don't know of any explanation from the band itself). I unfortunately couldn't find any list identifying the missing two members of the original lineup — it seems to have quickly whittled down to its core three by the time it released its first albums in 2009. Please let me know if there's anything else I can do to improve the article for DYK! Cheers, {{u|Sdkb}}talk21:07, 5 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Neither of the hooks appear to be supported by WP:RS. Both of them are sourced to blogs. In addition, for ALT0, I can't see where the source even mentions some of the genres (prog rock, pan-asian, psychedelic, etc). -- RoySmith(talk)03:41, 7 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
@RoySmith: Thanks for checking in. Focusing on ALT1, since it's Gerda's preferred hook, the source provided is City Newspaper, a 50-year-old alternative weekly in Rochester that's a member of the Association of Alternative Newsmedia and by all other indications is a reliable regional source. The particular article cited is authored by the paper's news editor. It's categorized as a blog, but I'm not seeing any indications that it didn't go through the paper's normal editorial process or is otherwise compromised per WP:RSBLOG. Let me know if you have any remaining concerns. Best, {{u|Sdkb}}talk05:10, 7 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
OK, I see Kushner also writes for WXXI and HuffPost, so I guess this is acceptable for the uncontroversial facts is presents. I've struck ALT0, ALT1 is ok. -- RoySmith(talk)12:44, 7 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Interesting band, on plenty of sources, no copyvio obvious. I like ALT1 better than the original, as more specific to this group, but none of it is in the article yet, which would profit from a bit of expansion anyway. It's just technically long enough but uses many quotes which are not truly "new content". I'd also like more lead, saying a bit about their kind of music. I wonder which five instruments played in the first formation, - that's open. I'd also like to know the origin of their name. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:00, 20 October 2022 (UTC)
thank you, splendid it's like the house is inhabited now ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:27, 6 November 2022 (UTC)
