Sentences with phrase «folk singer from»

Several recent cases brought by celebrities have effectively created a new privacy law in the U.K. And recently, the House of Lords upheld a landmark ruling barring the friend of a well - known folk singer from publishing certain passages of a tell - all book about the celebrity.»

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.

Like the eponymous folk singer from the Coen brothers movie, Gloria's out of step with time (she's a technophobe), and her life gets turned upside down personally and professionally.

Not exact matches

We tracked down some of our favorite covers by everyone from pop stars and country crooners, to folk singers and rock stars.

She was, as The Canadian Press put it, «a singer - songwriter from small - town Canada whose powerful voice explored genres from country, to folk, to gospel.»

The two men share a last name but otherwise come from different worlds: Raju Pariyar, a popular folk singer known as «the Justin Bieber of Nepal,» and Bishnu Pariyar, a Christian pastor who runs a children's ministry and orphanage in the tourist city of Bharatpur in the Himalayan country.

Other Earth Day activities at Spring Brook Nature Center include sidewalk chalk drawing sessions for children and entertainment by folk singer Mark Dvorak from 12:30 until 2 p.m. Visitors are invited to bring picnic lunches and eat on the grounds of the center, which is operated by the Village of Itasca in cooperation with the Itasca School District and Itasca Park District.

• Darla — Inspired by American fashion model Darla Baker • Joni — Inspired by folk singer Joni Mitchell or Joni from Happy Days • Lavinia - Of Latin origin Lavinia was the daughter of King Latinus and the wife of Trojan hero Aeneas, who named the city Lavinium in her honour.

In her free time, Harriet relaxes with the Austin Balkan Singers, a group of women that perform folk music from such places as Bulgaria, Macedonia, and Croatia.

The famed folk singer / songwriter / poet began practicing za - zen buddhism in the 1990s, using it to find peace from a depression he had felt since adolescence.

The author is Cary Fridley, Appalachian folk singer and roots musician from Asheville, NC.

About Site - Santa Fe folk singer Al Acuff shares his thoughts on subjects ranging from acoustic guitar amplification to songwriting and performing.

We cover a broad area of musical styles, ranging from rock to electronica to folk to singer songwriter and even to punk.

In the only moment where The Post attempts to conjure this milestone era, Graham enters the Plaza Hotel across the street from a gathering of war protesters, panning across a small chanting mob, a group of hippie folk singers, and a man with a bullhorn standing next to a veteran in a wheelchair.

The most prominent characters include Haven Hamilton (Henry Gibson), a socially conservative, arrogant country music star; Linnea Reese (Lily Tomlin), a gospel singer and mother of two deaf children; Del Reese (Ned Beatty), her lawyer husband and Hamilton's legal representative, who works as the local political organizer for the Tea Party - like Hal Philip Walker Presidential campaign; Opal (Geraldine Chaplin), an insufferably garrulous and pretentious BBC Radio reporter on assignment in Nashville, or so she claims; talented but self - involved sex - addict Tom Frank (Keith Carradine), one - third of a moderately successful folk trio who's anxious to launch a solo career; John Triplette (Michael Murphy), the duplicitous campaign consultant who condescendingly tries to secure top Nashville stars to perform at a nationally - syndicated campaign rally; Barbara Jean (Ronee Blakley), the emotionally - fragile, beloved Loretta Lynn - like country star recovering from a burn accident; Barnett (Allen Garfield), Barbara Jean's overwhelmed manager - husband; Mr. Green (Keenan Wynn), whose never - seen ailing wife is on the same hospital ward as Barbara Jean; groupie Martha (Shelley Duvall), Green's niece, ostensibly there to visit her ailing aunt but so personally irresponsible that she instead spends all her time picking up men; Pfc. Glenn Kelly (Scott Glenn), who claims his mother saved Barbara Jean's life but who mostly seems obsessed with the country music star; Sueleen Gay (Gwen Welles), a waitress longing for country music fame, despite her vacuous talent; Bill and Mary (Allan F. Nicholls and Cristina Raines), the other two - thirds of Tom's folk act, whose ambition overrides constant personal rancor; Winifred (Barbara Harris), another would - be singer - songwriter, fleeing to Nashville from her working - class husband, Star (Bert Remsen); Kenny Frasier (David Hayward), a loner who rents a room from Mr. Green and carries around a violin case; Bud Hamilton (Dave Peel), the gentle, loyal son of the abrasive Hamilton; Connie White (Karen Black), a glamorous country star who is a last - minute substitute for Barbara Jean at the Grand Old Opry; Wade Cooley (Robert DoQui), a cook at the airport restaurant where Sueleen works as a waitress and who tries unsuccessfully to convince her that she has no talent; and the eccentric Tricycle Man (Jeff Goldblum), who rides around in a three - wheel motorcycle, occasionally interacting with the other characters, showing off his amateur magic tricks, but who has no dialogue.

April 30, 2018 • Bedouine is Azniv Korkejian, a singer and guitarist who echoes sounds from the 1960's North American folk songwriters, but with vocal inflections closer to Leonard Cohen than to Joni Mitchell.

Early in the ceremony, the London singer and pianist Benjamin Clementine performed the song Fare Thee Well from Inside Llewyn Davis, the Coens» folk drama which took the Grand Prix at Cannes in 2013.

Like much of their work, the latest from Coen brothers Joel and Ethan is a comedy of errors with darker, deeper undertones, this time grounded in an 1960s folk singer with talent to spare but burdened with unrealised opportunities.

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.

March 6, 2017 • In the lead single from her new, self - titled album, the folk singer addresses another person while turning inward.

Essentially, he was Keith Richards to Bowie's Mick Jagger, an essential player onstage and especially in the studio as the former David Jones transformed from an artful folk singer to a glam - rock superstar.

Miller and Savin frame «CBGB» as a similar underdog tale, centered on the ne'er - do - well Kristal (Alan Rickman) and his unlikely ascent from failed folk singer to punk impresario.

Q: With «The Wedding Singer,» then «50 First Dates,» and now this, we see a progression of your characters from young folks to single parents.

NEW YORK — A single song bookends «Inside Llewyn Davis,» the forthcoming film from Joel and Ethan Coen about a week in the life of a struggling singer in the New York folk scene of the early 1960s.

Following some solid supporting work in Drive, and surviving the unfathomable catastrophe that is Zack Snyder «s Sucker Punch, in 2011, 2013 brought him into the spotlight with his emotionally wrecked, exquisitely melancholic performance as the titular folk singer in the Coen brothers» Inside Llewyn Davis, followed by an excellent turn in J.C. Chandor «s A Most Violent Year, a better - than - average Sidney Lumet riff from 2014.

From the opening scene we learn that he is a gifted folk singer and musician struggling to make an impression in 1960's New York.

July 31, 2011 • The young singer explores the sounds of gospel and stark folk music in a concert from Newport.

Two segments feature song contributions from Irish - folk singer Damien Rice and Glen Hansard (Once).

Oscar Isaac (Drive) plays Davis, a folk singer who can't catch a break, professional or otherwise: Bouncing from one couch to another, Llewyn looks for work while shuffling a friend's cat back and forth through the streets of New York's Greenwich Village.

, and quite shrewdly the Coens have chosen to move on from that soulfully sad rumination of a folk singer on the brink by providing what could be their zaniest film this side of

So, it makes sense that the film, which stars Oscar Isaac as the titular folk singer, who is going through a bit of an existential crisis in the film, would be the first film by the Coen brothers to get a proper Blu - ray release from the venerable Criterion Collection.

, has a lot to live up to as the follow - up to 2013's masterful Inside Llewyn Davis, and quite shrewdly the Coens have chosen to move on from that soulfully sad rumination of a folk singer on the brink by providing what could be their zaniest film this side of The Ladykillers, a screwball romp through the backlots of Hollywood at the height of its power and influence.

- Folk singer / songwriter Tyler Stenson moved from Portland, Oregon to Nashville, Tennesee, and successfully funded his folk EP «Long Before the Wheel» on KickstarFolk singer / songwriter Tyler Stenson moved from Portland, Oregon to Nashville, Tennesee, and successfully funded his folk EP «Long Before the Wheel» on Kickstarfolk EP «Long Before the Wheel» on Kickstarter.

We are pleased to announce Tate's acquisition from England & Co of Cecilia Vicuña's 1973 painting of the Chilean folk singer, poet, artist and social activist, Violeta Parra.

Co-curated by musician and painter Scott Avett, lead singer of the folk - rock band The Avett Brothers, and David Kratz, president of the New York Academy of Art, ABOUT FACE, which will feature sculpture, paintings, and photographs, brings celebrated artists, many from the East End, together with emerging artists to examine the diverse ways human beings are presented in portraiture today.

Performance: Kazuki Tomokawa at Greene Naftali Blank Forms presents the first - ever United States performance from the legendary Japanese singer - songwriter Kazuki Tomokawa, who has been practicing an intense brand of experimental folk music for more than 40 years.

Seemingly a found object, Gate is a meticulous recreation of a pair of churchyard gates from the English village of Tanworth - in - Arden, the burial place of folk singer Nick Drake (1948 - 74).

Also just announced are award - winning folk singer Sam Lee; counter-cultural writer Stewart Home, experimental composer and saxophonist John Butcher; theatre director, choreographer and designer Simon Vincenzi; artist, writer and artistic director of cult experimental theatre company Forced Entertainment Tim Etchells, text, song, sculpture, film and performance - maker Hilary Koob - Sassen and live documentation from LuckyPDF.

A series of comments from her father, a folk singer and former hippy, infuriated her father - in - law, a Republican strategist, and a heated discussion ensued.

We cover a broad area of musical styles, ranging from rock to electronica to folk to singer songwriter and even to punk.