Sentences with phrase «after folk singer»

Only 14.7 % favored the Mario Cuomo option and 3.9 % wanted the bridge named after folk singer Pete Seeger.

Since Squadron began his push to rename the park, he has been joined by Assemblyman Charles Lavine, who introduced a bill in the state assembly, and by New York Congressman Sean Patrick Maloney, who circulated a petition to rename the park after folk singer Pete Seeger.

Not exact matches

The bridge has had other lawmakers introduce bills naming after Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt or the late folk singer Pete Seeger.

After years of supporting roles, the Juilliard - trained actor takes centerstage as the hard - luck folk singer at the center of Joel and Ethan Coen's new movie.

Remarkably, this part of the plot is based on a true story, as folk singer Steve Tilston received a letter from John Lennon, 34 years after Lennon wrote it in 1971.

Tumbledown Directed by Sean Mewshaw, written by Desi Van Til (USA)-- World Premiere, Narrative Years after the death of her folk - singer husband, Hannah (Rebecca Hall) has yet to fully accept her small - town life without him.

Years after the accidental death of her folk - singer husband, Hannah (Rebecca Hall) has yet to fully accept her small - town life without him.

Centering on the titular folk singer (Oscar Isaac), a slightly feckless drifter trying to carve out a solo career after the suicide of his double - act partner, it's perhaps closest in tone to «Barton Fink» and «A Serious Man,» but with the near - musical element of «O Brother Where Art Thou» and some typically sharp, borderline absurdist humor.

After Dawes» scene - stealing performance at last year's Newport Folk Festival, Dawes - adjacent bands dot this year's lineup: The L.A. band won't perform its own set of folk - pop, but singer Taylor Goldsmith is one of the stars of Middle Brother — the group he shares with Delta Spirit's Matthew Vasquez, which also plays Newport this year, and Deer Tick's John McCauFolk Festival, Dawes - adjacent bands dot this year's lineup: The L.A. band won't perform its own set of folk - pop, but singer Taylor Goldsmith is one of the stars of Middle Brother — the group he shares with Delta Spirit's Matthew Vasquez, which also plays Newport this year, and Deer Tick's John McCaufolk - pop, but singer Taylor Goldsmith is one of the stars of Middle Brother — the group he shares with Delta Spirit's Matthew Vasquez, which also plays Newport this year, and Deer Tick's John McCauley.

Folk singer Llewyn (Oscar Isaac, «Drive») is having a rough go of it on the hootenanny circuit: he's trying to break out as a solo act after minor success as half of a duo, and he favors dark material that doesn't make the espresso - swilling hipsters in his basement audiences sing along.

A folk singer from Boston named Vance Gilbert says that after he boarded a United Airlines flight on August 14th he took out a book about World War I aircraft and started reading.

HE had to apologise after saying in a Commons debate that «the idea of listening to three Somerset folk singers sounds like hell».

Canadian folk singer Gordon Lightfoot was inspired to write his well known song «The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald» after seeing the name of the ship misspelled in Newsweek magazine (and felt that the error dishonored the memory of the crew that perished).