Sentences with phrase «for pop music»

One February, I picked up concert tickets for a pop music group that my wife was particularly fond of at the time.

Yet the County Executive and the County Legislature think it's a dandy idea to put your tax money into another pavilion for pop music without any consultation with the arts community, or the community at large, as to how cultural investment dollars should be spent.

The debacle was a black mark for the magazine, founded in 1967 and best known for its pop music coverage.

Not exact matches

Stanley alluded to a new tour on ABC Radio on the red carpet for the ASCAP Pop Music Awards in Los Angeles on Monday.

Fusing classical music with pop hits, The Piano Guys have risen to fame for viral videos filmed amidst eye - popping scenery.

This is where the city's designer - clad professionals and art collectors fl ock for handcrafted jalapeño juleps and tamarind margaritas amid blasting pop music.

However, Trump Jr. later had to amend the statement after it emerged that he took the meeting after he was offered kompromat on Clinton as part of «Russia and its government's support for Mr. Trump,» according to emails between himself and Rob Goldstone, the British music publicist who represented a Russian pop star who initially sought to arrange the meeting.

When the staff would work weekends and nights to prep for earnings reports, for example, Porat would blast pop music and sing along.

Clearly, music as well as sonic cues have been used in marketing for decades, from the snap - crackle - pop of Rice Krispies and the fizz of Coca - Cola to the jungle - like rainfall heard before produce is misted at the grocery store.

When asked to «play some music I like,» Alexa can deliver, say, country music for one person and pop for another.

Yesterday, music legend Prince died suddenly at the age of 57, and for the last 24 hours, celebrities and fans have been reflecting on their own interactions with the infamously unique pop icon.

However, if anything has been going against that trend for the past century, it's been pop music.

So I was speaking of the wonderful pop music of Boz Scaggs, let me throw another song from the»70s just for the sake (similar to Boz Scaggs) and to show a thumotic defense against the devolution in terms of the trashiness of pop music, i.e..

And how is that wm and I know that, however bad pop music might be for you and our society, it isn't as bad as TV?

My Songbook, for example, is about to grapple with what the ubiquity of love song in pop music, going back many many decades, has gradually done to us.

I do agree with «wm» that such a case seems more damning for typical TV (and I would add internet) use, than it would for typical pop music use.

Then it's time for a «hymn» — or whatever one calls religious music that is not a dirge, not a joyous folk song, but a pop ditty whose beat and back - up would fit it to the format of any middle - of - the - road radio station, were it not for the lyrics (try «I Am the Righteousness of God in Christ» to the tune of «Up, Up and Away»).

Others have written eloquently of the way in which Andraé Crouch's own musical compositions have had a broader impact on American culture, through his cross over into pop music and his musical arrangements for movies like The Color Purple and The Lion King.

The pop / rock band took home Artist of the Year for the second year in a row and Best Pop - Rock Band at the American Music Awards last nigpop / rock band took home Artist of the Year for the second year in a row and Best Pop - Rock Band at the American Music Awards last nigPop - Rock Band at the American Music Awards last night.

A marriage of rock and Las Vegas lounge music (Ralph Carmichael, one of the genre's early leaders, was an arranger for Bing Crosby, Peggy Lee, and Nat King Cole), C — Pop was originally intended as a tool for the evangelization of white suburban youth.

This and the next will be the last songbook posts on pop - music movies for a while.

posts on ALMOST FAMOUS, two on the SCHOOL OF ROCK, and an epic one on THE DOORS, I do think that among my list of pop - music films, THE LAST DAYS OF DISCO is the standout in terms of sheer cinematic achievement, with only AMERICAN GRAFFITI giving it a run for the money.

Anyone familiar with the more intellectual forms of pop criticism (whether of music or film) will recognize it as a parody of the Rolling Stone critic — a parody so good that, for a moment, one is almost convinced the piece is the real thing:

18) The fact that there is a later punk - driven attempt to democratize rock fame (and not in the fatuous way that Andy Warhol's «15 - minutes of fame» comment suggested) or that pop / disco artists like Michael Jackson and Madonna will pick up on Bowie's fame - playing and image - emphatic example, in Madonna's case overtly subordinating the music to the prerogatives of notoriety, do not alter what ALMOST FAMOUS is showing us, that rock can be thought of as a social phenomenon / scene that one might belong to («you're too sweet for rock and roll» is said not by a musician to a musician, but by a groupie to a rock writer), that is as fame - focused as it is music - focused.

Making pop music about boys loving boys and girls loving girls went lower onto the agenda and we got involved with setting up the London Lighthouse, which was the first dedicated centre for people with AIDS and HIV.

I like all the «Beach Goth Noise - Pop» music I linked to last time, and have a real fondness for a number of the bands.

The record is a major departure for the pop superstar, but one that shows the complexity of one music's biggest names.

As a book on pop - music, Simon Reynolds» Retromania: Pop Culture's Addiction to Its Own Past earns a high B, but does not rate among my very favorites, being too beholden to Rock attitudes, and too long - winded for its own gopop - music, Simon Reynolds» Retromania: Pop Culture's Addiction to Its Own Past earns a high B, but does not rate among my very favorites, being too beholden to Rock attitudes, and too long - winded for its own goPop Culture's Addiction to Its Own Past earns a high B, but does not rate among my very favorites, being too beholden to Rock attitudes, and too long - winded for its own good.

Our basic a) Rock v. b) Black Music v. c) Country divide is not good for us, and it is below my pay grade to know if mainstream pop is now shaped by American Idol Principles in a way significant enough to help us see past that divide.

Personally I don't care for most «pop» music whether it be secular or religious.

Easum predicts, for example, the quick death of all symphony orchestras that do not soon begin to feature a significant amount of pop and rock music.

And Easum is probably correct that much of the soft rock or pop music that he advocates for worship has become a kind of generic musical product, with no set of specifically worldly associations that would prevent its use in worship.

You can suggest as many songs as you want — keep in mind that I'm looking for upbeat music to keep my spirits up after I inevitably hit a wall Current pop music is typically my choice of poison, but I'm happy to try most anything.

It's hard for me to describe my music as being of one specific genre as it contains Indie, Pop, Rock and R&B influences, while drawing a lot of inspiration from artists such as Carole King, The Beatles, Lana Del Rey, Amy Winehouse, The 1975 and Katy Perry.

Over the course of the eight exhilarating episodes, the bakers vie for the chance to showcase their eye - popping cakes at big events, with special themed episodes for The Simpsons, DC Comics, Nintendo's Mario Maker, Hello Kitty, LEGO ®, Girl Scouts, The Knot Dream Wedding, and the 50th anniversary of The Sound of Music.

(CHICAGO, IL) June 30, 2015 — VH1 Save The Music Foundation has set its sights on Chicago for the second pop - up dinner in its new event series, «Musically Mastered Menu» on Saturday, August 1 during Lollapalooza weekend.

«Star Marketing» with K - pop music stars has also been responsible for expanding the youth market's interest in South Korean products.

The 2015 Brit Awards take place this evening, with pop music royalty from all over the world cramming into London's O2 Arena for a spectacular ceremony.

Lady GaGa has been nominated for Album of the Year (for her album Fame Monster), Best Pop Collaboration, Best Pop Vocal Album, Best Dance Recording, Best Female Pop Vocal Performance and Best Short Form Music Video.

If you're a pop music junkie queen extraordinaire like me, first, I'd like to challenge for the title.

This is not an ode to pop music or these three ladies for that matter!

Pop into this gift shop for items for a baby shower, including organic cotton toys, organic cotton newborn gift sets, kids» music CDs by Putamayo and various Curious George items.

Eric Apler, founder of Name Your Tune, a company that produces custom music CDs for children using the children's own names in the songs, shares that once popular celebrities have babies, those celebrity baby names pop up more often.

It's time for the full, tawdry history of pop music's flirtation with politics

Highly Spiritual Music pop singer / songwriter Adolf Tagoe is sharing his concerns over failed relationships that result in young ladies becoming single mothers with the release of his new music video for his latest single, «419 Lover&raMusic pop singer / songwriter Adolf Tagoe is sharing his concerns over failed relationships that result in young ladies becoming single mothers with the release of his new music video for his latest single, «419 Lover&ramusic video for his latest single, «419 Lover».

Introduced by her own mother, the 35 - year - old pop singer, who recently announced that she is expecting twins, sang two slower cuts from last year's album «Lemonade,» and took home awards for best urban contemporary album and best music video.

His protegee and future wife went on to become one of pop's music's best - known voices, winning five Grammy awards including for the «Titanic» theme song «My Heart Will Go On,» and collaborating with stars from Stevie Wonder to Barbra Streisand.

«New York has great rooms for opera, classical, and jazz, but for the aging rock and roller or pop fan, there really isn't a room with the amenities that people would like» — amenities like good food, wine served in glasses (not plastic cups), and of course, great music in a 900 - seat venue.

According to Momentum, the festival will feature more than 160 hours of workshops, debates, live music, art exhibitions, children's activities, plays, and parties, including a «political games corner», interactive art exhibitions, pop up think tanks run by various groups including «Mums for Corbyn», a four day Hackathon tasked with building the tools needed to win the next election, workshops on how to make a viral video, a play telling the stories of striking miners and live streams of the Labour Party Conference.

McCaughey defended her distaste for Beyoncé's music by lumping the pop artist's acclaimed work in with the majority of hip - hop.