oompah

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A ramshackle mix of soothing harmonies and part-oompah, part-chugging beat, it's first half is entirely the remote eastern Scottish dwelling from where this central figure hails.

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  • He plays a tuba - only oompah, oompah - in memory of a great-great-grandpa who, he says, in 1853 led the first ever national Brass Band Champions, that started the Victorians' brass-band fever. —  dummy 3
  • We're down to Fawnance playing oompah, his cloth cap out for coins. —  dummy 3
  • There are oompah tuba blasts and more sorrowful-sounding vocals, but not a song I want to hear again. —  RGJ.com - Latest News
  • Do pass the site Computertan. com on to that oompah-loompah looking girl in your office though, she might need a nudge to stop abusing the tanning bed. —  Adland
  • While nortena music booms from downtown stores, East L.A. has also produced artists such as Los Lobos, who have combined Mexican oompah sounds with American rock rhythms. —  CNSNews.com Headlines
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