Sentences with phrase «perform folk music»

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.

Lubber Run summer concert The Sweater Set performs folk music.

Not exact matches

They should and must be allowed to perform sacred as well as secular, pop, classical and folk music, just as they must be allowed to study the tene ts of various religions.

, «If I Had a Hammer,» and «Turn, Turn, Turn» (best performed, if I may say, by the Byrds), Seeger did as much as anyone to popularize the folk music renaissance of the late «50s and early «60s.

August 18: Electronic duo Sleeping Lion and psychedelic folk rock band iives will each perform a set of music at the ICA (Boston)

On Friday, DJ Scott (spinning Oktoberfest tunes), Alpine Thunder (German folk / pop) and OMT (rock to country) will take stage, while Jimmy's Bavarians (oompah favorites), Freeze Dried (polka), the Happy Wanderers (German - style music), The Polkaholics (polka and rock collision) and The Legends (classic rock) will perform.

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.

The film is scored with folk music performed by Sutcliffe employees, and voice - over narration is reduced to the necessary minimum.

On Friday March 12th, 2010 at UCBLA at 10 pm, Caprice and 139 other awesome folks from the world of comedy, music, sports, and entertainment were gathered by Ben Stiller to perform ONE tweet each, on stage, to a live audience (which is so much better than getting 140 people to perform in front of a dead audience) in the world's first «live tweet stream» hosted by Paul Scheer and Rob Huebel.

Connecting these moments is the razor - sharp writing by first - time screenwriter Diablo Cody and one hell of a catchy soundtrack consisting mostly of indie / folk music performed by Kimya Dawson.

Jones will perform music from this year's polished I Learned the Hard Way when she takes the Newport Folk Festival stage in Newport, R.I.

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Visitors from this year's partner country performed a medley of lively folk dances, songs and music, and offered visitors an insight into the many aspects of its culture.

While in Siem Reap, see the remarkable Phare troupe perform a lively show that blends circus arts with riveting theater, dance and music to tell uniquely Cambodian stories — historical, folk and modern.

One of the best places to watch this typically Andalusian folk music and dance performed live is at the Flamenco Museum in the historic heart of the city, Santa Cruz.

When not making strange noises and doing dialogue stuff, Matt writes music and performs with his folk - rock band and, in what time he has left, he plays as many games as humanly possible.

The Legendary Music Hall the Birchmere hosts the biggest names in country, folk and rock, while MetroStage performs top - quality productions in an intimate setting.

The Grammy - winning singer performs her renowned interpretations of jazz standards, as well as her original African - inspired folk, world and pop music.