Sentences with phrase «perform folk songs»

During the ceremony, Erich Collins Carey, one of the former governor's 25 grandchildren, performed a folk song he wrote titled «The Ballad of the Great Hugh Carey.»

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«Avengers» actor Mark Ruffalo, left, cheers as folk singer and activist Pete Seeger performs a song during a news conference calling on the state legislature to pass a moritorium on «fracking» Tuesday July 20, 2010, at the State Capitol in Albany.

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.

The (probably) most pessimistic signal is that in the re-telling of the evening we see that Llewyn is followed on stage by a young Bob Dylan — the artist who, arguably more than any other, swept away the classic folk tradition by writing and performing his own songs.

With that said, the soundtrack is just as good, featuring an infectious array of bluesy folk - pop songs performed by a surprisingly capable Keira Knightley.

The song Llewyn chooses to perform is «The Death of Queen Jane,» a gorgeous take on a traditional folk ballad about Queen Jane Seymour's (not the medicine woman) death during childbirth as she pleads for a cesarean section to ensure the safety of her as yet unborn child.

Hear Baxter perform songs from his debut album as part of the 2013 Newport Folk Festival.

August 1, 2011 • Hear the duo perform their sweet, harmony - rich folk - pop songs with loving chemistry at Newport.

Stories and folk songs performed by Wheeless, accompanied on guitar by her son include Southern, African - American, and English tales.

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.

The theme song Oh Death, performed by Amy Van Roekel (listen here), transforms an old folk song into something so perfectly chilling, it sets the atmosphere for the game right from the start.

The theme song for the game is titled «Suteki da ne», which was performed by Japanese folk singer Ritsuki Nakano, known as «RIKKI».

The research was then translated into a series of folk tales, objects and songs, which was performed back to the public by a community choir.

Two additional sequences followed: a choreographed cast of 500 performing in darkness filmed with infrared cameras and projected onto white screens; and Rauschenberg carrying a girl in a cloth sack while she sang a Tuscan folk song.

With Solo Romantika, Georgieva gives us her own rendition of emotive folk and pop solos, performing alone in a studio as she lip - syncs and records a cappella versions of sad Bulgarian songs.

Working solely with her own voice, and performing her own arrangements of both popular and folk songs, Philipsz imbues the spaces her work inhabits with introspection and personal experience.

Displayed on the wall are also two videos of Indonesians performing daily practices, one video is of people singing folk songs and another is of a Muslim girl covering her hair with a silk scarf.

Sam will perform this Sunday at MASS MoCA's weekend - long FreshGrass Festival and Lily - O, a new album of re-imagined folk songs will be released on Nonesuch on September 30th.

Together, they craft and perform «underdog folk» songs that champion the struggles of everyday people to find hope in the midst of hard times.

They and seven other musicians perform «songs to lift you up,» the first in a series of playlists from the Economist folks.

BC About Blog Lindsay May is a Canadian female singer - songwriter who tours internationally performing her original folk, roots and blues songs.

«The Songs Back Home» is a collection of Indigenous folk songs performed on Christian missions, settlements and native camps from 1900 - Songs Back Home» is a collection of Indigenous folk songs performed on Christian missions, settlements and native camps from 1900 - songs performed on Christian missions, settlements and native camps from 1900 - 1999.

National Folk Festival, April 2017 Rhythms magazine: «Stand - out artists of the Festival included National Folk Fellow Jessie Lloyd for her Mission Songs Project who, with a line - up of top Indigenous artists, presented a rare collection of early Australian Indigenous contemporary songs that were performed on missions and settlemSongs Project who, with a line - up of top Indigenous artists, presented a rare collection of early Australian Indigenous contemporary songs that were performed on missions and settlemsongs that were performed on missions and settlements.