Two sources here are certain: the deeply masked vocals of Caroline Shaw, the Pulitzer - winning composer and singer in Roomful of Teeth, and those of Olga Bell, keyboardist / vocalist of the Brooklyn band Dirty Projectors. (npr.org)
The desire to understand one voice in roomful of chatter has been dubbed the «cocktail party problem.» (sciencedaily.com)
Entering a large roomful of works by Tony Cragg or Joseph Beuys, for example, one finds the works on view so absorbing in themselves that their curatorial purpose fades. (mysanantonio.com)