• Other instruments include the santur (a kind of zither), a hand-pumped harmonium, the chang (a plucked mouth harp), and a variety of drums beaten with the palm and fingers. (afghanistans.com)
  • Drawing on a wealth of accessible examples ranging from Beethoven to Chinese zither music, this Very Short Introduction considers the history of music and thinking about music, focussing on its social and cultural dimensions. (portersquarebooks.com)
  • In addition to the usual traditional folk music instrumentation with dulcimer, zither, harp, guitar, double bass, more exotic instruments from Africa and Asia are also heard. (bscmusic.com)
  • Thus the "pipa", which the young Chinese virtuoso Liu Fang plays with an surreal grace, … and the zither "guzheng', the other traditional instrument she plays, both emanate the same intangible sensations, and the same subtleness of evocation. (philmultic.com)
  • Music is represented chiefly by traditional folk songs, ballads, and dances. (afghanistans.com)
  • From May to September 2018 the tradition of folk dances with Karin Ensemble restart at the Cafesjian Center for the Arts. (cmf.am)
  • In his introductions, Mr. Ginosyan explains that, whether pagan or Christian, the Armenian people have always been striving for kindness and rejecting all kinds of evil, which is reflected in our folk dances. (cmf.am)
  • From dances to ceremonies that date to pre-Columbian times, Guanacaste cities are always likely to offer a traditional spectacle. (vacationscostarica.com)
  • Especially around national holidays like the Annexation of Guanacaste in July school kids and professional dancers put on shows that include traditional dances like the Punto Guanacasteco, Tambito and the Caballito Nicoyano. (vacationscostarica.com)
  • Cameron, dubbed the godfather of Celtic music in Canada, died in 2006, but continues to influence young musicians. (cbc.ca)
  • She didn't know it, but that woman was composer Ruth Crawford Seeger, wife of ethnomusicologist Charles Seeger, and mother to budding folk musicians Mike and Peggy, and stepson Pete- who was well on his way to stardom as a member of the Weavers. (wuga.org)
  • The Toronto-based 'Friends' boast six versatile musicians, four fine singers, three songwriters, a brilliant joke teller, the occasional fiery dragon, one Order of Canada, one Queen's Diamond Jubilee Medal and one of the longest track records in Canadian Folk Music. (ianrobb.com)
  • Support the musicians, buy their music. (sunnyboy66.com)
  • It's therefore fitting that their first album "Speed / Balkan / Boogie", released in 1995, was a live recording, from two concerts held at Molde International Jazz Festival the year before, where FARMERS MARKET were accompanied by two members the Grammy Award-winning Bulgarian female vocal group ANGELITE, and two Bulgarian folk musicians. (progarchives.com)
  • Ok so this is the official debut of my group The Travelers, a supergroup of some amazing musicians and arrangers (including the likes of Doug Perry, Mklachu, Jordan Chin, Ian Martyn, just to name a few) who play Euro-folk arrangements of game music. (ocremix.org)
  • Arrangement by Casey Ormond This time it's a mashup of the 'File Select' themes from the 2 greatest Nintendo 64 games - Super Mario 64 and Zelda: OoT For more 32-bit (generation 5) game music arrangements, recorded live in the studio by some great musicians please check out the album and other vids on the youtube channel! (ocremix.org)
  • The delegate bursaries are available to musicians, managers and agents working in Northern Ireland and are aimed at those artists and promoters who have a track record of touring internationally, have excellent promotional material available (CDs, website etc) and who would benefit from attending the event to promote their work at this particular music industry marketplace. (artscouncil-ni.org)
  • Every January, fans and musicians from around the world flock to Glasgow for the city's 18 day folk, roots, world and traditional music festival - Celtic Connections. (scottishpower.com)
  • I started looking for different types of traditional music, and met some really fine mountain musicians not too far from here, up in the Blue Ridge Mountains. (afropop.org)
  • Educated by some of the best folk musicians in Norway, she works as a freelance vocalist, componist and producer. (grappa.no)
  • It has a deep respect and appreciation for tradition (Bluegrass, Old Time, Celtic, Son) but it's by no means Traditional. (chapelarts.org)
  • The cut has a bouncing kind of Celtic rock meets folk vibe to it. (musicstreetjournal.com)
  • Deftly merging the more folk prog stylings with the traditional Celtic sounds, this is another classy cut. (musicstreetjournal.com)
  • Fans of traditional Irish music have championed the group for years, as have fans of harder-edged Celtic rock. (niacc.edu)
  • They have straddled the line between tradition and innovation infusing traditional Celtic rock with modern influences, and updating the genre for a new generation that has been raised on rock, country, and folk music. (niacc.edu)
  • The largest winter music festival of its kind and ranking amongst the finest folk festivals in the world, Celtic Connections comprises 300 concerts, ceilidhs, talks, workshops, free events and late night sessions taking place over 18 days in 18 venues across Glasgow. (scottishpower.com)
  • Renowned for its diverse and ambitious programme, Celtic Connections' fundamental aim is to make links through traditional music and culture. (scottishpower.com)
  • Every year the festival brings together a top line-up of 1500 artists from around the globe to celebrate the influence of Celtic music on cultures around the world. (scottishpower.com)
  • celtic medieval speed folk band new release! (thesession.org)
  • I hope this is the right place to share my excitement that PerKelt, a beloved, appreciated and phenomenal Celtic Medieval Speed Folk band just released a new album a few weeks ago: Dowry of a Troll Woman. (thesession.org)
  • Gam, please, it's *celtic* medieval speed folk. (thesession.org)
  • The Friends were recipients of the 2003 Estelle Klein Award, given by the Ontario Council of Folk Festivals for service to folk music in Ontario. (ianrobb.com)
  • He is a recipient of the Estelle Klein Award, from the Ontario Council of Folk Festivals, this individual award adding to his share in the previous honour given to the Friends. (ianrobb.com)
  • It hosts collaborative creative projects, three large art festivals, fringe music, and workshops, and provides a platform for people to make their own work. (fjallabyggd.is)
  • He's a blues researcher and organized some traditional music festivals in Atlanta in those years, the '70s. (afropop.org)
  • The Georgia Folklore Society was not a very highly structured organization, didn't have a journal or anything like some other state folklore societies, but mainly existed to have some events like these festivals in Atlanta, and to help with other people who are trying to have some kind of public interest in the sustaining of folk music and traditional music-and not only music, some material culture too, some traditions. (afropop.org)
  • Although it's tempting to spend your vacation lounging on the country's breathtaking beach or exploring the depths of the rainforests, be sure to make time for Costa Rica's many rich cultural offerings that should not be missed including art , music , museums , theaters , and festivals . (vacationscostarica.com)
  • When he moved to Arkansas, he fell in love with the folk music traditions he found flourishing there, incorporating them into his writing. (grammy.com)
  • Apart from instrumental music that forms a part of traditional music, especially dance music traditions, much traditional music is vocal music, since the instrument that makes such music is usually handy. (stockmusicsite.com)
  • That's what is fun about folk songs, and folk traditions of all kinds. (loc.gov)
  • Bruce Cockburn and Dave Gunning are leading the pack in the race for the Canadian Folk Music Awards. (cbc.ca)
  • In recent years he has been a major player in the development of Borealis Records into Canada's premier folk label, and in the emergence of the Canadian Folk Music Awards. (ianrobb.com)
  • He was awarded 'Best Singer - Traditional' at the 2003 Canadian Folk Music Awards. (ianrobb.com)
  • She said traditional folk songs and boogie woogie, a lively form of jazz that dates to the 1920s. (voanews.com)
  • In the best traditional singer category, Gunning is competing with Scottish ex-pat Enoch Kent, Edmonton's Lizzy Hoyt, Vancouver Island's Eileen McGann and Saskatchewan-born Joel Fafard. (cbc.ca)
  • Trawling through the messages left by fans on some of the websites dedicated to Prine, you get to build up a picture of his following: reassuringly normal folks, with reassuringly normal jobs, bound to the singer by an immense loyalty that seems to get stronger with age. (jpshrine.org)
  • Around 1970, a new genre of music emerged that was sometimes mistaken for folk, but which was actually an element of rock and roll and included the music of the singer-songwriters James Taylor, Carole King, Carly Simon, and Jackson Brown.1 Joni Mitchell would become the most important contributor to this genre, both because of the longevity of her career and aesthetic achievement. (jonimitchell.com)
  • While folk music generally made use only of acoustic instruments, these singer-songwriters were often backed by rock bands, including drum kits and electric guitars. (jonimitchell.com)
  • Most important, where folk had been public music that celebrated the people and their traditional forms, these singer- songwriters wrote about their private experiences. (jonimitchell.com)
  • All of these forms represent the increased importance of the self and its subjective perspective in the culture, and together with singer-songwriter music should be understood as a significant cultural movement. (jonimitchell.com)
  • Growing up in Kansas and Illinois, Carlisle was raised on folk and bluegrass music and his father's stories about his time as a musician. (grammy.com)
  • I grew up in a fairly musical family listening to old music - to folk music and bluegrass in particular. (grammy.com)
  • And that's totally cool, but there's a whole new current in music that's using a lot of the traditional instrumentation and structure of folk and bluegrass music, and, even better, most of it is pretty good. (destructoid.com)
  • So, hit the jump for a TON of my favorite bluegrass-tinged music. (destructoid.com)
  • The Avett Brothers are probably single-handedly responsible for getting me interested in new folk and bluegrass music. (destructoid.com)
  • Originally playing free jazz, the group soon added rock, bluegrass, classical and Bulgarian folk into their unique blend of music, performed in their own characteristic style, where humorous arrangements, virtuosity and (very) odd time signatures are important ingredients. (progarchives.com)
  • I combine Traditional Irish music with what most would call modern, contemporary Irish styles (kind of like you hear from Mumford and Sons). (ocremix.org)
  • Hear them play traditional songs such as 'Irish Rover', 'Whiskey in the Jar' and 'Galway Girl' for a wedding, party or celebration anywhere in the UK. (warble-entertainment.com)
  • In addition to Irish band hire , Warble Entertainment Agency supplies acts that also perform English, Scottish and Welsh folk music. (warble-entertainment.com)
  • Whether it's the luck of the Irish or just their love of music and a great time, booking an authentic Irish band means fun, laughter and foot-tapping sounds to delight everyone. (warble-entertainment.com)
  • An Irish band is also a fantastic visual celebration of music. (warble-entertainment.com)
  • With Irish people's long history of migration, the lyrics that make Irish music so special have been sung around the globe. (warble-entertainment.com)
  • Irish music translates to intimate pubs, rustic barns, village halls, function rooms and outdoor arenas. (warble-entertainment.com)
  • All you need to decide is exactly what kind of Irish function band you'd like to hire . (warble-entertainment.com)
  • Whether is a roaring Ceilidh wedding band or a traditional Irish duo, you can find a variety of wedding music bands to suit your event or wedding party. (warble-entertainment.com)
  • Are you after Irish folk music or more contemporary songs for your party? (warble-entertainment.com)
  • Figuring which kind of style you want your Irish band to perform will help you decide on the perfect act to suit your guests. (warble-entertainment.com)
  • Jigs and more traditional music arrangements will soon fill the dance floor, and we guarantee that Warble Entertainment's Irish acts are all superb at working a crowd. (warble-entertainment.com)
  • Irish folk bands are charming, funny, talented and great value for money. (warble-entertainment.com)
  • Keep them fed and watered (well, maybe the odd glass of stout) and you will have a night to remember when you book traditional Irish music that has been sourced by Warble Entertainment. (warble-entertainment.com)
  • St Patricks Ceilidh are a three-piece traditional Irish band based in Manchester. (warble-entertainment.com)
  • I'm currently on the way to Bristol, Tennessee from Atlanta, Georgia, to record a direct-to-vinyl session of a couple of folk songs on a very small pressing, just for fun. (grammy.com)
  • It can be played solo as in traditional Lao music or in combination with other musical instruments to accompany modern songs. (wikipedia.org)
  • This radio app is loaded with numerous Folk Radio stations playing the best Folk songs from all around the world. (getjar.com)
  • The " folk process ," a term coined by Charles Seeger, holds that performers can add something new to old songs (altered lyrics, different arrangements) that transforms them into distinct compositions. (wuga.org)
  • In central Greece many of folk songs referred to Rumeli. (eupedia.com)
  • In Epirus, folk songs are pentatonic and polyphonic,sung by both male and female singers. (eupedia.com)
  • He's also collaborated with artists from rock to dance music, yet his first love is the traditional folk songs of the islands. (farsidemusic.com)
  • Before artists like Bob Dylan, the Kingston Trio, and the Weavers popularized folk among hip young college kids, the music existed in many forms in the U.S.--rural old-time songs passed from family to family (and generation to generation), broadly political or satirical songs, children's tunes, minstrel songs. (stockmusicsite.com)
  • It was more the songs themselves, or the stories within the songs, that drew me to that type of music. (newsreview.com)
  • For that to happen, you have to have a lot of people enjoy your music and support you, and there can be a rub if you're appealing to corporate interests or placing your songs in TV. (newsreview.com)
  • These collections, which include extensive audiovisual documentation of traditional arts, cultural expressions, and oral histories, offer researchers access to the songs, stories, and other creative expressions of people from diverse communities. (loc.gov)
  • And among the things we did, we got connected with Frankie and Doug Quimby in Brunswick, Georgia, who were in the Georgia Sea Island Singers, the old group that had been going on for decades, doing coastal traditional singing, including the shanties and spirituals and ring plays and shout songs. (afropop.org)
  • Liu Fang of Montreal delivered an emotionally intense, stunning performance last weekend at Norway's leading folk festival. (philmultic.com)
  • Norway's Gangar brings a fresh take on Nordic roots music. (grappa.no)
  • The young, five-piece ensemble digs deep into Norway's extensive folk music archives to come up with rare traditional tunes. (grappa.no)
  • Inspired by such artists as Hoven Droven, Meshuggah, and AC/DC, Gangar's Gangar's sound is driven by the unique sound of Norway's Hardanger fiddle, and their mission is to bring traditional Norwegian melodies to a wider audience. (grappa.no)
  • 1970 -1980) could give insight on the impact Western music has had on lyric writing in Japan, while providing new quantitative data. (lu.se)
  • Greek folk music includes a variety of Greek styles played by ethnic Greeks in Greece, Cyprus, Australia, the United States and elsewhere. (eupedia.com)
  • This will be the ninth occasion of the Arts Council of Northern Ireland's attendance at WOMEX which has fast become the most important international professional market for world music of every kind including folk, roots, ethnic and traditional music. (artscouncil-ni.org)
  • After a sabbatical, they returned in 2008 with "Surfin' USSR", where they took their characteristic humor-filled style to new heights, before turning a bit more serious, although no less playful, on their latest release, "Slav to the Rhythm" (2012), which is more traditional prog fusion, but still with a healthy dose of their trademark Balkan inspired sound in the mix. (progarchives.com)
  • Leningrad Cowboys Go America is a movie where everyone seems to know they are being weird, and it kind of falls flat as a result. (dvdtalk.com)
  • He] began writing a kind of visionary nonsense verse, in which the rough, ribald, lawless America of the country's traditional folk music collided with a surreal ensemble of characters from history, literature, legend, the Bible, and many other places besides. (nonprofitquarterly.org)
  • and give them new, modern arrangements influenced by rock, folk-metal, and jazz improvisation. (grappa.no)
  • Around age 18, he discovered the Harry Smith Anthology , a seminal compilation of folk music, which launched him on a mission to learn about as many parts of the genre as possible. (grammy.com)
  • Even if it's progressive traditional seminal purist post-modern psychobilly, it's damn good playing and a damn good sound. (thesession.org)
  • The title of the show, taken from Greil Marcus' book on Bob Dylan's Basement Tapes and his exploration and adaptation of traditional American folk music of the late 1920s and early 1930s, gives us a clue to the kind of appropriation going on in the works gathered here. (glasstire.com)
  • This mixture of influences left some wondering what kind of artist - especially one with a co-sign from Pharrell - Rogers would become in the current musical landscape. (wskg.org)
  • Tell me about how being raised in London influences your sensibility, your music. (vocalo.org)
  • Costa Rican music is as varied as the cultural influences from which it sprang. (vacationscostarica.com)
  • Music in the Caribbean tends to include more African beats and show reggae influences. (vacationscostarica.com)
  • The folk veteran has been performing since the 1960s and had huge hits such as If I Had A Rocket Launcher and Wonderin' Where the Lions Are . (cbc.ca)
  • The purpose of this thesis is to add further knowledge regarding the mixing of languages (code-switching) in Japanese popular music from the 1970s and 1980s. (lu.se)
  • An increasing amount of transnational Lao (alternative) rock, pop and hip hop created a new 'oeuvre' next to the traditional Lao music like morlam. (wikipedia.org)
  • In the United States, rock bands Sarky Mekmorakoth, SDN, Chitpanya and Black Flame found a growing fan base for their music. (wikipedia.org)
  • I knew about Sister Rosetta Tharpe and other kind of more rock and roll or electric players and singers and I loved them too, but just seeing an acoustic guitarist was amazing. (wuga.org)
  • The world teems with different kinds of music--traditional, folk, classical, jazz, rock, pop--and each type of music tends to come with its own way of thinking. (portersquarebooks.com)
  • And, since the music was less raucous and softer than what had been typical of rock, the mistake is understandable. (jonimitchell.com)
  • During the late 80s, Costa Rican bands began to try out different genres like rock and electronic music. (vacationscostarica.com)
  • Some of the most popular bands in the country essentially mix traditional folk music with jazz and rock. (vacationscostarica.com)
  • Folk music incorporates both conventional music and the kind that developed from it throughout the twentieth century people recovery. (getjar.com)
  • This coinage later became the norm when mentioning `made in Japan music' that incorporates elements from Western music culture. (lu.se)
  • Most of the music I chose as a kid was classics, or it was pop country in private. (grammy.com)
  • Birdie is quickly on the rise as she balances between mainstream and traditional country Lao music. (wikipedia.org)
  • I'm from a part of the country that isn't necessarily known for its folk and traditional music. (loc.gov)
  • The company's investment is particularly key in funding the festival's education programme, which provides children across the country with the valuable opportunity to learn about Scotland's cultural heritage and enjoy Scottish traditional music. (scottishpower.com)
  • Even though few Costa Rican acts have achieved international fame, the country now offers venues and scenes for all kinds of music lovers. (vacationscostarica.com)
  • Customary people music has been characterized in a few routes: as music transmitted by mouth, as music of the more level classes, and as music with obscure arrangers. (getjar.com)
  • Though the royalty terms were never made public, at the time it was customary for music publishers to take a 50% cut, likely leaving Cotten with only a fraction of the song's true worth. (wuga.org)
  • Cummings, Utah Phillips, and square dance and folk music gatherings in the Ozarks. (grammy.com)
  • Rogers' music melds traditional folk with nuanced pop and dance. (wskg.org)
  • A feast of folk music and dance events of all kinds to more than 40 venues, including an outdoor ceili with more than 10. (dochara.com)
  • The professional dancers from Karin dressed in traditional attire spread out among the public, make circles and teach people the dance elements. (cmf.am)
  • Karin derives from the name of the region in Western Armenia, presently known as Erzrum, and is specialized in reviving the tradition of pure Armenian folk dance, particularly, the elements common for Western Armenia. (cmf.am)
  • The leader of the Ensemble, Gagik Ginosyan, starts each session at the Cafesjian Sculpture Garden with an introduction of a theme of a particular dance, its meaning, purpose, as well as the traditional elements involved. (cmf.am)
  • So, each dollar donated provides about $2.50 worth of services to support Baltimore area traditional music and dance. (bfms.org)
  • The kind you choose may depend on what is available in your area and your own taste in dance or music. (medlineplus.gov)
  • If traditional dance does not appeal to you, there are other ways to get moving to rhythm and music. (medlineplus.gov)
  • Or, just turn up the music at home and dance in your living room. (medlineplus.gov)
  • His music History:in 1989 Vichai had formed a live Band/Lukthung Neerankalวงดนตรี ลูกทุ่งนิรันดร์กาล (wikipedia.org)
  • his book The Schenker Project: Culture, Race, and Music Theory in Fin-de-siecle Vienna (2007) won the SMT's Wallace Berry Award, while his most recent book is Music as Creative Practice (2018). (portersquarebooks.com)
  • Ian is a member of the much lauded harmony vocal trio Finest Kind, and has recorded about a dozen albums over the years with various band, and as a solo. (ianrobb.com)
  • It's just like, yeah, it's nice to be involved in an event like this, man, and just kind of tap into this vibe, you know? (vocalo.org)
  • Some of the experiences I had then set me up to think about folk and experimental music, and the aesthetic politics of each and both-in a specific way that has come to organize my music activities (and, more generally, my sense of how to retain an ethics within the lifeworld of capitalist stupidity). (soundamerican.org)
  • Can you give me the overview of where you grew up, and your first interest in music, and then how you got interested in people like Utah Phillips and Ramblin' Jack Elliott? (grammy.com)
  • And is also sometimes just as much about the people getting together as it is about the music itself. (grammy.com)
  • And you've said you see protest music as rooted in love rather than anger, which is a concept that, particularly in the moment we're at right now, might be hard for a lot of people to grasp. (grammy.com)
  • A national proverb says that "a person living under a stilted house, eating sticky rice, listening to any music related to Lam (Lao: ລຳ) or Morlam, and playing the Khene is likely to be Lao or associated with Lao people. (wikipedia.org)
  • Some ethnomusicologists believe the ancient art music of the Khmer people has been best preserved in Laos-along with diverse forms of folk music related to the oldest types of Indian music-music that has largely disappeared in India itself. (wikipedia.org)
  • A few sorts of people music are additionally called world music. (getjar.com)
  • If you were to ask people about folk music, they'd probably look at you funny. (destructoid.com)
  • It is never dark or angst ridden, and always full of hope - but not in the 'Up With People' kind of way. (chapelarts.org)
  • It has a tendency to connect people and means a lot to many folks the world over, and for that we are very grateful. (chapelarts.org)
  • In particular we were delighted with the success of the ScottishPower Powerful Performance competition, which is aimed at encouraging young people to get involved in celebrating traditional music. (scottishpower.com)
  • We didn't encounter the ring shout, but we met what's now called the Gullah Geechee folks-you know some people came out of the tradition who are on Sapelo Island, and did some singing and storytelling. (afropop.org)
  • On July 29, Dayes sat down with Vocalo's Ayana Contreras backstage at the Blue Note Jazz Festival Napa (clad in a custom lilac colored tracksuit) to discuss his new record, his beginnings and inspirations, the philosophy behind the title Black Classical Music and where he picks up his green bananas. (vocalo.org)
  • But I think the term jazz is used kind of loosely here. (vocalo.org)
  • Based out of San Antonio,Texas, Bob Ram & the Rams play a variety of music from Jazz to traditional Mexican folk. (sanantoniomag.com)
  • I love the original tune and I really think its one of the most memorable pieces in video game music history. (ocremix.org)
  • Some favorites: "Darling Nellie Gray," "Aura Lee," "When Love is Kind," "A-Roving," "Stodole Pumpa," "Al Olivo," "Has Sorrow Thy Young Days Shaded," "A Ballynure Ballad" and "To Ladies' Eyes. (singers.com)
  • I think everybody on the label would love to play music for a living. (newsreview.com)
  • WOMEX World Music Expo will take place in Galicia, Spain, from 25th to 29th October 2023. (artscouncil-ni.org)
  • The funding from ScottishPower will enable festival organisers to continue to bring the highest calibre of leading names in the music world to Glasgow. (scottishpower.com)
  • The pieces come along unexcited and balanced, acoustic delicacies of a special kind - listen and enjoy! (bscmusic.com)
  • Toru Yonaha has been a staple of the Okinawan traditional and classical music scenes for over two decades. (farsidemusic.com)
  • Often, in a low key, behind the scenes kind of way, producing other artists and playing on numerous.albums. (farsidemusic.com)
  • This is Ireland's premier traditional music summer school, held annually in memory of the late, great piper Willie Clancy. (dochara.com)
  • Mike O'Sullivan reports that some who knew the Broadway great gathered in Hollywood to celebrate his music. (voanews.com)
  • What's so great about folk music? (newsreview.com)
  • James Sauer, from Mason City, is thrilled Gaelic Storm is returning this year "Great music. (niacc.edu)
  • With Liu Fang, a great ambassadress of Chinese music has come. (philmultic.com)
  • Listening to Willi Carlisle 's sophomore album, Peculiar, Missouri , is like speeding through a folk music history exhibit curated to critique contemporary culture. (grammy.com)
  • Folk music and punk music both have a long history of protest. (grammy.com)
  • Director of the AHRC Research Centre for the History and Analysis of Music (CHARM) from 2004-9, he was elected Fellow of the British Academy in 2001 and holds a Doctorate of Humane Letters from the University of Chicago. (portersquarebooks.com)
  • Or, as the New York Times described Dylan's literary legacy, "dazzling lyrics and an oblique songwriting style that made him a source of fascination for artists and critics" with "one of the most densely analyzed bodies of work in the history of pop music. (nonprofitquarterly.org)
  • Previous research on the field of code-switching in Japanese popular music has been rather limited, with the most inclusive being Moody & Matsumoto's 2003 study on language blending within lyrics of two J-pop artists and Moody's 2006 study concerning English in Japanese popular culture. (lu.se)
  • Dylan, 75, rarely gives interviews and offered no comment on the award when he performed Thursday evening in Las Vegas, before heading back to Indio, California, to take the stage Friday evening during the second weekend of the Desert Trip music festival. (nonprofitquarterly.org)
  • Dylan grew increasingly frustrated with what he came to regard as the pious sloganeering and doctrinaire leftist politics of the folk milieu. (nonprofitquarterly.org)
  • The Yahoo News report also noted that, "Many music fans already quote Dylan as if he were Shakespeare, and judges work Dylan quotes into their legal opinions all the time, such as 'The times they are a-changing' and 'You don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows. (nonprofitquarterly.org)
  • The trio, who blend their voices into beautiful harmony, mix pop and traditional folk in their fresh sound. (cbc.ca)
  • Former artistic director of London's Home County Folk Festival and a high school teacher in previous life, Alistair has three solo recordings on his own Prospect label. (ianrobb.com)
  • I challenge folks to not tap their feet when they play. (niacc.edu)
  • Playing these days with Martin along with Ryan Driver and Janet Macpherson in the fried-British-Isles psych-folk group Mermaids. (soundamerican.org)
  • Gjermund has forged a new path as a composer, and the Swedish folk music group Nordic, who are featured as guest artists, contribute their own distinctive sound to the music. (grappa.no)
  • Grown Folks Music had the pleasure of speaking with Tamela Mann about her new number one gospel album, One Way , working with a variety of producers, including Timbaland, to create a diverse album that could reach a wide range of listeners, and her much talked about style. (grownfolksmusic.com)
  • It also means that we value some kind of community that's based around something other than sheer money or popularity, against the music industry's - or just general people's ideas - that music should be pretty and make us feel good. (grammy.com)
  • Their extended pompadours and pointy shoes make them look like characters out of a Grimm fairy tale, some kind of Rumpelstiltskin in pimp clothes. (dvdtalk.com)
  • Shen Wei's early work is influenced by multiple disciplines within traditional Chinese and Western art. (wikipedia.org)
  • I was really into new jack swing, R&B/pop music in the late '80s and early '90s. (newsreview.com)
  • While there's quite a lot that falls or fails under that amorphous category 'Keltik', and a fair share that I've listened to and played and like, and so-called 'early music' that I've also enjoyed ~ various forays, interpretations, reconstructions, cross-overs, blends and time warps ~ this ain't for me. (thesession.org)
  • J-pop or "Japanese pop" is a form of popularized modern music with roots from Japanese traditional music (Ryuukooka, Enka ) , dating back to the early 1900s. (lu.se)
  • That's kind of why we stretched ourselves to just give some variety on the album. (grownfolksmusic.com)
  • The museums of Costa Rica offer a variety of permanent and featured exhibitions that will impress all kinds of public. (vacationscostarica.com)
  • Most popular Lao pop music in the US is made by three female singers: Phone Phoummithone the young pop princess Birdie and Ketsana Vilaylack. (wikipedia.org)
  • it bore the influence of numerous kinds of popular music, and often, as was the case with both Taylor and Mitchell, involved significant musical innovations. (jonimitchell.com)
  • Afro-Caribbean music like calypso, reggae and rumba are popular in coastal regions. (vacationscostarica.com)
  • Another important element of Costa Rican music is the marimba, which might as well be the most popular instrument in Central American folk music. (vacationscostarica.com)
  • This is done with the hope of contributing new information in the field of code-switching within Japanese popular music. (lu.se)
  • Much of the research have centered around the popular music in present Japan with the J-pop genre constituting the prime example. (lu.se)
  • While recognition continues to elude her in Toronto, she drew explosive applause at the Forde Folk Music Festival's opening gala, in the celebrated fjord-studded region of the country's west coast. (philmultic.com)
  • Their music begins as traditional European folk, complete with accordion and brass, but morphs into rockabilly and punk as they travel the U.S. It's not hard to imagine a young Eugene Hutz seeing this movie and getting the inspiration for Gogol Bordello. (dvdtalk.com)
  • Although the basis of the sound is characteristically secular-Byzantine, the relative isolation of the islands allowed the separate development of island-specific Greek music. (eupedia.com)
  • It is founded upon the conviction that music is first and foremost sound, and that a paper diagram is a very imperfect medium for its transmission. (singers.com)
  • It's still quite traditional in sound and delivery. (musicstreetjournal.com)
  • I was just starting to figure things out as a musician (and as a person), and these afternoons with Martin lit up in me all kinds of new desires to explore sound, as did the concerts Martin presented at the Music Gallery, Mercer Union, or the Array Space. (soundamerican.org)