Sentences with phrase «folks tunes»

And by that he means a composer of folk tunes.

I think it depends on how many folks tuned in on Sunday.?

I could already hear the piano runs, the black and white spirituals, the gospel folk tunes from the hills, the glorious harmonies of the male quartets — it all welled up from my memories of hot, humid nights in the small, dimly lit churches of my youth.

Many folks tune in nightly to see what superhuman feats Deandre Ayton, Marvin Bagley, or Mo Bamba will do with their talents.

One minute, the up - and - coming officer is snapping crisp salutes; the next, she's smiling radiantly, casually playing an acoustic guitar and singing a traditional folk tune with the locals.

This year's entry, April, feels more autumnal than the spring title suggests, but the results are predictably stunning: alluring, moody folk tunes unconcerned with traditional song structures (or time limits).

When people set music to folk tunes as Luther did after the Reformation, they weren't primarily thinking of organ music.

Chinese Christians have treasured the gospel hymns brought to them by 19th - century missionaries, choosing them over songs using Chinese folk tunes or composed later by Chinese Christians and in a Chinese idiom.)

The themes we developed drew on the simple folk tunes of the time and are orchestrated to reflect the austere nature of the landscapes and lives of the characters.»

The dancers wear dozens of bells on each leg, wield sticks and / or handkerchiefs, and dance to lively folk tunes.

Just listen to this jaunty folk tune that follows you around the town; the dual guitars practically bounce off each other with small - town friendliness.

The music Philipsz selects — which has ranged from sixteenth century ballads and Irish folk tunes to David Bowie's Ziggy Stardust — responds specifically to the space in which the work is installed.

Tish Hinojosa is an Austin - based singer whose music is a reflection of her borderland background, combining the sounds of Texas country music with a love of traditional Mexican folk tunes, inviting comparisons to Linda Ronstadt and Townes Van Zandt.

Inspired by the famous folk tune, «This Land is Your Land» written by Woody Guthrie, Underwood's series affirms his standing as an environmentalist photographer and ecological advocate.

Consider A Brief History of Architecture in Guatemala (2010), in which three performers — wearing white foamboard costumes of a Mayan pyramid, a colonial church, and an International Style modernist bank — dance to a Guatemalan folk tune played on the marimba.

I've expressed my admiration for Carter Burwell's Mahleresque orchestrations of American hymns and folk tunes in his score for «True Grit» (2010).

Is it a folk tune?

Though a ubiquitous song was used to market it (Michael Franti and Spearhead's «Say Hey (I Love You)»), the film has a more obscure musical sensibility, opting for unfamiliar (and inexpensive) indie and folk tunes (including a few Willie Nelson tunes, appropriately enough) to complement onscreen action.

The Dolby 5.1 mix provides decent usage of the left and right channels with a few atmospherics (an unforgivable appearance of a freakin» howitzer early and late - film announces itself in the rear and the sub-woofer) to spice up the largely dialogue and folk tune - driven track.

From the stage, Darnielle mentioned that their 1993 album An English Ladymasswas a big inspiration for him — and when they sang together, first in the folk tunes «Wayfaring Stranger» and «Parting Friends,» the result was stunning from the very start.

Cut to the cover band whose set list included the Dick Dale surf classic «Miserlou,» folk tune «Cotton - Eyed Joe» (likely inspired by the Rednex version from the»90s) and Michael Jackson's «Wan na Be Startin» Somethin.»»

Having concluded their task - embrace, the pair lies down again and whistles a folk tune coda while miming the motions of one body in motion — as if swimming.

HARPER SIMON, who's critically lauded self - titled solo album Rolling stones called «a gorgeous collection of vintage - sounding country - folk tunes,» will be performing selections from his recent international tour that features a string and horn quartet.

And thus Fallon joins the pantheon of other great BP spill tunes that have already made their way out of the Gulf — like Drew Landry's folk tune, which he had the gall to perform in front of the government's Oil Spill Commission panel.

Some of my picks would be: Bob Marley's One Love; their very first effort, Pierre Minetti's Don't Worry (here Tula rocks), and a folk tune from Chennai, Chanda Mama.