Sentences with phrase «like folk music»

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The folk music associated with Communist cabaret singers like Pete Seeger was a political invention intended to merge the Communist agenda with a sense of belonging to America.

Regular folks like you & me are going nuts with these things — renting a traveling petting zoo, reserving private time at a water park, a block party complete with a DJ spinning kids» music — and these fandangos are costing hundreds of dollars or more!

I just don't need a lot of bells and whistles (and music on my phone) like some folks do.

It's a subject that he seems to be more comfortable talking about than his music — partly because he's like a traveler who has seen remote habitats so unbelievable to us town folk that he feels personally charged with the task of sharing the sights he's seen.

For some unknown reason, it seems like a lot of people like to work out with the sound of folk music or some swingy tunes, or all kinds of music that doesn't go well with heavy lifting, for example.

Familiar songs tend to work well, as do «easy listening» picks like classical, jazz, and folk music.

We write about folk, country and roots music — and anything else that we happen to like.

Kyle and I continue his tradition but also like to go out and listen to Irish folk music and have a few pints of Irish brews!

I like music of all kinds, especially rock, celtic, bluegrass, and folk.

Thank you that read my text I live in Austria and my nationality is iran and studied in law and 6 year in iran worked also lawyer like nature and folk music

I like Rock n roll music, also blues, blue grass, folk and classical guitar.

Like music of the 50's & 60 «s, Soul, Dance, Folk, and Big Band.

Folks, if you like music and appreciate its power / magic, this is a film that you can't help but enjoy.

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.

In the third grade, I had a German music teacher who taught us a few German folk songs like O Tannenbaum.

«Folks like this use comedy and music and are fun, but in the midst of their humor, they have really good substance,» said Fred Morton, superintendent of the Henrico County Public Schools in Richmond, Virginia, who has used Wavelength in his current and former district.

I could see where this could potentially generate additional service calls, but for someone like me (and plenty of other folks I am sure) who just likes to sit in their vehicle and listen to their music on that excellent sound system this is a huge issue and unacceptable.

It's almost like these folks have sat back and watched what happened with the music industry and the newspaper industry and learned nothing.

I do like his music, and his impact on folk rock history is solidified.

We write about folk, country and roots music — and anything else that we happen to like.

The primary focus of their presentation were titles like Wii Music, Animal Crossing: City Folk and Wii Sports Resort.

Joni van der Leeuw emphasized a folk - like quality to the music of the game to help create the musical backdrop.

For example, just tell me his theme from Mario Strikers Charged doesn't sound like German folk music:

NORTH ADAMS, MASSACHUSETTS — Mavis Staples is one of the great alchemists of American music, crossing genre lines like no musician since perhaps Ray Charles and weaving her voice into the very fabric of gospel, soul, folk, pop, R&B, blues, rock, and hip - hop.

However, in time it has come to describe and influence many other forms, like Gagaku music — both Shinto ritual and folk music, as well as the tea ceremony and martial arts.

To the strains of energetic folk music, she pulls a red scarf out of her bosom and dances like a woman possessed.

Given my involvement as a geometric abstract painter over the years, I have indelibly respected and admired Ortman's block - like paintings, each built in a hybrid manner related to a kind of folk constructivism — a way of working that recalls some strains of classical music, such as Bartók and Dvorak, and to a lesser extent, the folk - style sculpture of H. C. Westermann and the faux - systemic paintings of Alfred Jensen recently shown at Pace.

The songs were sparse and often dark, not unlike the strain of British folk music that would influence heavy metal bands like Iron Maiden decades later.

By the end of Christmas Day I had, Alice - like, fallen down the rabbit hole into the wonder of folk music, as she was then known.

Doesn't such music almost become like a collective folk song

A lot of folks these days have transferred to some sort of music streaming service like Pandora, Spotify, Google Play Music, or Apple Mmusic streaming service like Pandora, Spotify, Google Play Music, or Apple MMusic, or Apple MusicMusic.

Folks who like to play music from their smartphone without needing a Bluetooth speaker or headphones might appreciate the $ 79.99 JBL SoundBoost Moto mod.

Songza, a music streaming service that specializes in finding the right music to fit your mood — kind of like Beats» Sentence feature — announced that is has been scooped up by the folks at Google.

What else is out there for folks that like to maintain a local music library?

We write about folk, country and roots music — and anything else that we happen to like.