| 单词 | strum |
| 例句 | "Do. You. Play. The geetar?" she asked again, this time strumming the closed umbrella. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z Of course, we don’t know what the music played on this lyre sounded like, even though we can strum its strings and admire its craftsmanship. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z At night die high singing of women’s voices and light laughter floated out of the upper windows and the sweet strumming of lutes struck delicately by the hands of girls. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z First there’s guitar music strumming fast and passionate, then flute music trilling and waving and rising and falling like the moun- tains and rivers. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The sounds of lilting speech reached them, along with the gentle strumming of a harp. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z He strums a chord and takes a long swig of beer. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z Musicians strum ouds and lyres, guided by the jubilant beat of drums. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z “Sure, it works for the Amity. But what happens when not everyone wants to strum banjos and grow crops? What happens when someone does something terrible and talking about it can’t solve the problem?” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z He could almost feel the vibrations of the grunts that thumped and strummed like a bass. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z “This sound okay, Sparrow?” she asks as she strums a chord. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z He strummed the same chords over and over, then moved up the frets and strummed something different. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z His brother begins to strum the guitar with what looks like skill but sounds to Cullen like nothing but silence. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z I smiled, strummed my imaginary guitar, and sang, “I’ll be a fool for Christ, not just once, but twice.” Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z They rolled down the homestretch for the first time, and Pollard felt the rightness of Seabiscuit’s stride, the smooth strumming under him. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z We all sat around a semicircle of stone steps, singing halfheartedly and watching the bonfire blaze while the Apollo guys strummed their guitars and picked their lyres. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z It may also include a piano and/or other keyboard players, more percussionists, and one or more guitar players or other strummed or plucked strings. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z And then we stopped talking for a while as Adam strummed an unfamiliar melody. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z And now the girl was standing, slinging her bag over one shoulder and marching among the tables, strumming and singing and strutting and twirling. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z My uncle sat in the small chair at the foot of my bed and started strumming his guitar. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z They all stand in place, still focused on Gabriel, who remains normal, still strumming, still singing. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z None of us is talking; we’re all just trying on a bass, holding it, strumming it. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z Each plantation hath thus strummed and beat out its own peculiar suites, its own lively airs, its customs negotiated through use. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z And I was carrying the ukulele, strumming nonsense. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z He strummed the guitar and started to sing a song about stardust. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z Your banqueting young lords are here in force, I gather, from the fumes of mutton roasting and strum of harping—harping, which the gods appoint sweet friend of feasts!” The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z I recognize one of Mustafa’s friends playing the alto saxophone and a boy from his basketball team strumming the bass guitar. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z My father expected me to attend an Ivy League university, where I'd make straight A's, play football, and spend my off-hours strumming guitar with the student jazz combo. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z He grabs the guitar and strums out a tune and, just like that, starts singing. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z I strummed a minor chord that sounded even less appealing. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Soon an acoustic guitar strum fills the room, followed by a woman's voice. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z “You may bring your ukulele and strum to us while we eat chicken sandwiches. Is Doctor Montague here?” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z The management, sensing a good moment, gave her a spotlight, and the guitarist came forward, strumming a popular American tune with a Spanish flair. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Yet the tune Apollo strummed was so melancholy it broke Leo’s feels. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z When Cap wasn’t in the lotus position in front of his locker, he was usually in the music room, strumming a guitar and singing to himself. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z The fingers curved around her neck, strumming the delicate cords there. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z I shake my cleats off my hands and strum the front console with my sock-covered fingers. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z It included brass and wind instruments, percussion, and a whole gallimau&y of types of strings: plucked, stroked, strummed, keyed and bowed. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z The guitarist came on and strummed a summoning tune. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z They strummed as a captured fly tried to wiggle free. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z In fact, nearly every inn, tavern, and boarding house had some manner of musician strumming, singing, or piping in the background. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z They beat the drums and strum the mandolins while their feet tap the ground. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He blew into the harmonica, strummed the guitar, thumped the great drum, and clashed the brass cymbals. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z A girl wearing a fedora hat is singing “Skinny Love” and strumming her guitar in the dining room. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z When Pythagoras strummed a string, the string sounded a clear note, the tone known as the fundamental. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z I slide my arms around his back and hold him, strumming the knots of his spine and the blade of his shoulder, weighing the events that have made us both who we are now. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z Dill stopped strumming his guitar, leaned forward, and wrote in the dollar-store composition book open on the floor in front of him. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z Otis laughed and strummed his guitar, and the flavor of the Littmus Lozenge opened in my mouth like a flower blooming, all sweet and sad. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z And even though he bought a used acoustic guitar last year, it’s more for decoration and to act cool while strumming a chord than anything else. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z He strums her hair with the back of his hand until she smiles again. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z I watched the guy opposite strumming his washboard, watched him blowing his horn. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z I made a simple chord and strummed it. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I could picture him singing his heart out, strumming the guitar, with Mr. Bowles rocking out behind him on the keyboards. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z He leans back in his chair and strums. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Leaning against a wall of the colmado, he strums the stock with eyes shut, singing songs to himself under his breath. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Using magic was like playing a gusli: anyone could pick up the instrument and strum the strings, but only a talented or trained bard could make real music with it. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z He looks up at Gabriel, still strumming, still singing, and he sees resting on his shoulder a two-foot-tall Lazarus woodpecker. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z She continued to strum her ukulele and sing “Happy Birthday” to people. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z A few kids strummed on guitars or used their log as a drum set. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z He’s still strumming the guitar, still smiling, but his voice has gone serious. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z The strumming of the guitar grows louder as I approach. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Her dad starts to strum away at his guitar and I hum along before my brain even consciously registers what they’re singing. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z She starts to strum it as Robert hoists himself inside, and the truck starts forward, carrying the banjo sounds and her warbling voice away from us. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z A chorus of ukuleles strummed in the lunchroom. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z Then he takes a sip of beer and does a few experimental strums, his shoulders finally relaxing. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z He strummed chords across the top of my chest, which tickled and made me laugh. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z A couple of Muses sat on a bench strumming flaming lyres, but their hearts didn’t seem to be in it. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z It’s only a few notes, but mixed with the soft rush of the wind and the smoke upon it, I hear...the strum of a distant guitar, and laughter. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z She didn’t speak directly to Jesse, but she gave him a look with those blue eyes of hers that made him zing like one of the strings she was strumming. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z A singer accompanied by a guitar picking or strumming chords. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z The old woman advanced through the field, hands up and strumming the threads of magic in the air. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z She strummed a couple of chords, then raised her face. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z On the track “Rhapsody,” you can hear Hemphill’s alertness on soprano saxophone, as Wadud switches between thick, strummed playing and lyrical bowing. ‘Mastery and Transgression’ in Music That Bridges Genres 2021-02-05T05:00:00Z Lindsey Deaton cues members of the chorus with rhythmic strums of her guitar as she leads them through an elaborate passion play. Finding their true voices in the Trans Chorus 2017-04-20T04:00:00Z Years before, Richards had dared to strum Berry’s guitar—the big Gibson ES-355—when Berry was out of the room. Remembering Chuck Berry, Who Died at Ninety 2017-03-18T04:00:00Z She strummed her guitar in subway stations and coffee houses before returning home to raise her son, Tony, who's now a toddler. 'Idol' finalist connects with struggling hometown 2010-05-26T15:54:00Z There’s an acoustic guitar, briskly strummed, and an electric guitar, all humid twang. On Top, Unafraid to Step Back 2011-05-26T23:16:38Z Think Sundance in the Shire, with drinks in front of the Hamlet Hut, a dusty brook and musicians strumming acoustic guitars under giant oak trees. Hounded out of Hollywood: Topanga film festival and the legacy of Will Geer 2012-08-08T16:42:38Z And as Hawaii grappled with American annexation, it became a point of pride to strum this plucky little instrument made of wood found only in Hawaii. Hawaii considers making it official with ukulele 2014-02-13T03:48:19Z It backs Jenny Hollingworth’s voice with, mostly, two chords from a calmly strummed electric guitar, along with underlying tones; Velvet Underground songs like “Pale Blue Eyes” are predecessors. Taylor Swift and Phoebe Bridgers’s ‘Red’ Duet, and 14 More New Songs 2021-11-12T05:00:00Z But when the distorted strumming starts, the explosive breakup is inevitable. Paramore Steps Into a New Era, and 8 More New Songs 2022-09-30T04:00:00Z Wilford is a good singer who even strums guitar from time to time, but the acidity of his Judas prods him to roughly roar too many vocal lines. Review | Signature’s ‘Jesus Christ Superstar’ looks hip and sounds vintage 2017-05-18T04:00:00Z Music connected us — afternoons strumming a cheap guitar as we tried to harmonize. The Best of Tiny Love Stories 2021-08-20T04:00:00Z The New Zealand native grew up as a flower child nursed on classic rock and protest songs; Filler strums her guitar and says, “Remember this one?” as she leads brief singalongs. Review | Deb Filler’s modest solo show at MetroStage tells true tales of Leonards 2018-04-17T04:00:00Z If, for some reason, you grew weary of sitting and listening, you could manically strum or beat along with Bang on a Can pieces in the video game Rock Band 2 in the social-media lounge. Music Review: Bang on a Can Marathon at Winter Garden 2010-06-28T22:19:00Z In King’s earliest conscious memory, he’s around 4 years old, home alone, strumming his father’s Epiphone El Dorado, which he described as “one of the more off-limits guitars” in the house. Marcus King, a Bluesy Rocker Who Stared Down His Own Crossroads 2022-09-01T04:00:00Z Local strumming societies emerged around the country, aided by the Internet. Ukulele Crazy 2011-04-17T00:31:06Z When they play instruments, it involves dexterity — Rosita strumming her guitar takes four hands, three of them fur-clad — and imagination. How ‘Sesame Street’ Started a Musical Revolution 2019-08-22T04:00:00Z The light, carefree strum that has become the instrument’s sonic stereotype invokes innocence, sincerity and childlike wonder, as well as nostalgia for a pre-rock ’n’ roll era. Ukulele Crazy 2011-04-17T00:31:06Z When the In Memoriam segment began, it was accompanied by Tori Kelly’s gentle acoustic guitar strumming as she started its first verse: “Well, I heard there was a secret chord.” How Pop Culture Wore Out Leonard Cohen’s ‘Hallelujah’ 2016-09-19T04:00:00Z The range of responses to the source material was illuminating: Ms. Saariaho summoned ghostly whispers; Mr. Lindberg, crackling energy; Mr. Tan, antic strumming and ritualistic vocal shouts. Music Review: Two by a Finnish Composer, and Variations Inspired by a Birthday 2011-05-11T21:41:23Z As key phrases arise, Ms. Magic will begin strumming and humming, weaving those lines of dialogue into a lilting melody. Tech Elites Recreate Burning Man Inside Their Living Rooms 2018-06-29T04:00:00Z Amid strumming guitars and a stolid backbeat, they sing about how “we got through it somehow,” and how a holiday can offer at least a temporary reconciliation. 12 New Christmas Songs for a Vast Array of Holiday Moods 2022-12-23T05:00:00Z Entering to the strains of Rachel Platten’s “Fight Song,” she began by striking a unifying tone, a counterpoint to the ominous strings strummed a week earlier by Donald Trump. The Democratic convention has been a slick production — and that’s a compliment 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z “I’m nothing like any of my characters. I’m this guy. What I like to do the most is be around my family, sit on the couch, strum the guitar,” Murphy says. Eddie Murphy, off the couch, is rejuvenated by ‘Dolemite’ 2019-10-01T04:00:00Z As he describes his Illinois upbringing, he breathes and pops into the microphone, occasionally strumming a ukulele, then looping the sounds into a backing track for his rhymes, somewhat in the style of Reggie Watts. When Life’s a Crazy Mess, Try Going Onstage 2016-09-20T04:00:00Z Featuring fewer new wave synths than the group’s debut, “Real Nighttime” is rife with undistorted strum, the kind that the Feelies were perfecting on the other side of America. Throwbacks: Vinyl and digital reissues of note for winter-spring 2015 2015-02-13T05:00:00Z “Oh my God, think it’s the greatest day of my life,” Chance sings over the fragile strum of an acoustic guitar. Review | Did Chance the Rapper get boring? Or did we just get bored? 2019-07-30T04:00:00Z A minute later, grunge-style, tremolo turns to distorted strum and the beat kicks harder. The Playlist: Harry Styles and Beth Ditto Take the Plunge and Go Solo 2017-04-07T04:00:00Z As Earle and Colvin strummed the chords, he talked about struggling to get a break in Nashville, writing that hit, becoming a star, then descending into heroin addiction. Colvin & Earle connect at the Neptune Theatre 2016-08-21T04:00:00Z You can just about hear a kitchen sink being strummed for good measure. New music: Kanye West and Jay-Z ? H.A.M. 2011-01-11T11:13:57Z Get To Know Me is such a flawless acoustic strum, it surely can't be long before daytime radio is all over this. February's best music from across the MAP 2011-02-15T11:40:25Z Garbus looped her voice using pedals and machines, looped her drums, looped her percussive violin strumming. SXSW 2011 post #5: Shabazz Palaces, Tune-Yards, James Blake 2011-03-18T18:32:06Z But the show passes the “Falling Slowly” test twice, acing that simmering, Oscar-winning song — and the rest of the score — with the lush strumming and fiddling that easily make the night worthwhile. Review | The musical ‘Once’ sounds fit as a fiddle at Olney Theatre 2019-02-12T05:00:00Z And they’re upbeat, at least on the surface, with hearty guitar strums, sinewy cellos, pumping horns and even some whistling. Critics? Choice: New CDs by the New Pornographers and the Hold Steady 2010-05-02T20:55:00Z What most stands out about the fight is that it shatters a quiet, peaceful moment, with Carl Rodd sitting outside, strumming a guitar, singing “Red River Valley.” ‘Twin Peaks’ Season 3, Episode 10: Candy-Colored 2017-07-16T04:00:00Z He sang Prince's "Raspberry Beret" while strumming the guitar, and freestyled new lyrics about why Rihanna was late, which earned laughs and applause from the crowd. Rihanna, Kendrick, Metallica play at Global Citizen fest 2016-09-25T04:00:00Z A little over a decade later, he rode the acoustic guitar strums and liquefied, popeton beat of “Despacito” into vexing, international ubiquity. Daddy Yankee, Reggaeton’s First Global Star, Steps Aside 2022-03-29T04:00:00Z Their rapport was amazingly close, as Mr. Muñoz’s feet precisely matched the strumming of Mr. Peña’s fingers or one answered the other in quick conversation. Review: Paco Peña‘s Troupe Flaunts Its Inventive Flamenco Style at Town Hall 2015-11-22T05:00:00Z Bless Saint Christopher, because I discovered an alternate route and arrived well before the musicians strummed the opening chords to “Althea.” In the Bay Area, the Grateful Dead will live — and twirl — forever 2015-07-23T04:00:00Z I had another olfactory moment that transported me back to second grade — patchouli, incense, smoke and, again, eucalyptus wafting from an encampment of young men and women lounging on blankets in the grass, strumming guitars. Riding the Rails to the Summer of Love 2016-09-06T04:00:00Z The sound this book makes is of casual strumming, not of purposeful music making. Review: Chrissie Hynde’s ‘Reckless’ Details a Rocker’s Life 2015-09-01T04:00:00Z But it’s when he follows her home and listens to her strum “Evergreen” on a guitar that she’s devastating. Why we keep gazing at ‘A Star Is Born’: From Gaynor to Gaga 2018-10-04T04:00:00Z Even with a substantial pause between the 17th and 18th variations, Rondeau maintained a sinuous connection between the tension of the harmonic wanderings in the first and the strumming release of the second. Review: Dimming the Lights for Sensuously Flowing Bach 2022-10-28T04:00:00Z He finger-picks delicate passages with the dexterity of an accomplished folkie; other times he strums and bashes with the abandon of a bona fide punk rocker to generate raw fury. Shakey Graves uses all the colors at dynamic El Rey show 2014-11-11T05:00:00Z We live in a multimedia, multiplatform age, but still it's quite a thrill to see the Greenwood boys standing in a dimlit room, against flocked wallpaper no less, singing and strumming their dolorous requiems. New band of the day ? No 986: Low Duo 2011-03-15T17:00:27Z She gives her guitar a steady, placid strum, with soothing piano and strings and oohing backup vocals, but the city lights she sings about are indifferent. The Playlist: Nicki Minaj Strikes Back, and Fleet Foxes Return With a Folky Epic 2017-03-10T05:00:00Z Peppering in tracks from from Buffalo Springfield, Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere, Harvest, and The Beach, Young showcased his already extensive catalogue through poignant, purposive vocals and ardent acoustic strumming. Neil Young Live Album Reveals Singer-Songwriter’s Emotions 2013-11-27T13:00:02Z Deacon Frey sang and strummed an acoustic guitar. Don Henley says the Eagles are done. It was always Glenn Frey’s band. 2016-11-28T05:00:00Z Codeine played its old songs virtually note for note, with their tempos still inexorable, their spaces still gaping and their moodiness precisely measured, from the barest guitar strum to a hard-won full-band eruption. Music Review: Codeine, With Stephen Immerwahr, at Bell House 2012-07-01T22:06:02Z It's heavy on the strings and strums, Wilson sounding bewildered by what he's seen – which, at 38, you imagine would be plenty. New band of the day ? No 1,056: Jonathan Wilson 2011-07-06T16:39:11Z A poem over a steady beat and light acoustic strumming. Wilco has a stark message for fearful white America 2017-08-19T04:00:00Z A mid-tempo rock tune well furnished with strumming and chiming guitars, it recalls mid-70s exemplars of Swedish pop, with lyrics that lean into tranquil mysticism: The Playlist: Danny Brown and the Weeknd Serve Up Twists and Turns 2016-09-30T04:00:00Z The guitar parts that twinkle through Fleetwood Mac’s albums — patterns of picking and strumming that meld folk styles with classical guitar detail — come into the foreground onstage. Christine McVie Rejoins Fleetwood Mac at the Garden 2014-10-07T04:00:00Z He wears white face paint, a straw hat and a harmonica rack, and strums an acoustic guitar. Pitchfork Day 2: Sleigh Bells, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Wild Flag 2012-07-15T06:26:00Z Because his right hand was severely impaired from polio, he picked up a butter knife with his right hand to fret the strings while strumming with his left. 'Last Man Standing' finds CeDell Davis growling his finest Delta blues 2015-01-13T05:00:00Z Behind the vase, a rosy-cheeked woman in peasant dress looks down in concentration as she strums. German Artists Who Blazed a Path Cut Short by War 2018-10-24T04:00:00Z As Mr. Snider strummed his guitar, played harmonica and told stories of his adventures, a scuffling live-by-your-wits world of brawling in country-music bars, crash pads and substance abuse came alive. Music Review | Todd Snider: A Bit Wry and Rough at the Edges 2010-03-08T06:37:00Z A violinist strummed hers while sitting forward, gripped with attention. L.A. Philharmonic breathes fire into Saariaho world premiere 2015-05-15T04:00:00Z The sound in general was what you’d call “organic”—you could basically hear the guitars being strummed, the drums occasionally snapped, the almost-resigned naturalness of the lead singer’s voice, the plaintiveness of the melodies. An Obsessive Listen to a Twenty-Five-Year-Old Album 2016-02-04T05:00:00Z The narrative is as propulsive and anxious as the feverishly strummed guitar theme. ‘Run’ Review: A Rail Romance Turns Train Wreck 2020-04-09T04:00:00Z I do remember at the end of one of the songs, it might be “I’m In Line,” he said, “Oh, the last strum of this chord, you should use a quarter instead of a pick.” Beatlemania and the Bangles: Susanna Hoffs explains how “our obsession with the Beatles” brought the iconic ’80s group together 2016-06-15T04:00:00Z It starts off all gentle and acoustic, then the guitar strums become more percussive as the bass and keyboards enter the mix. New band of the day: Empress (No 1,317) 2012-07-26T16:25:50Z His voice is honeyed and mournful, and many of the tracks leave it bravely exposed: just a lightly strummed guitar, brushes on the drums, perhaps a distant piano or a harmony vocal. New Music: Nathaniel Rateliff and Regina Carter Release Albums 2014-03-31T22:07:29Z Nuite sits in the back of the vessel, strumming a mandolin. On a Maine windjammer, feasts of food, scenery and conversation The song is brilliantly jazzy with a catchy riff strummed on an electric guitar and it sounds like Wainwright is really enjoying the song. Review: Wainwright goes pop with help of Ronson 2012-05-02T20:21:11Z They play mostly acoustic instruments, with plenty of guitar strumming and banjo picking. 2010-02-15T01:32:00Z Organized by the guitarist and composer Joel Harrison, the weekend-long festival within a festival features guitarists who don’t just pluck and strum. Music Review: Fred Frith and Nels Cline Create New Soundscapes 2014-01-19T22:12:56Z As nightfall appears to drop permanently on the film, lovely guitar strumming on the soundtrack is replaced by rumbling drum rolls. ‘Story of My Death,’ a Tale of Casanova and Dracula 2014-11-19T05:00:00Z Torrence, who strummed his ukulele with the group, still didn't sing. Dean Torrence of Jan and Dean gets people strumming ukuleles 2014-07-05T04:00:00Z It was a friendlier Madonna who encouraged a singalong as she strummed a ukulele through “True Blue.” Madonna Returns to the Garden, Unapologetic and Playful 2015-09-17T04:00:00Z Remember the outcry on social media last year over Melania Trump’s official White House portrait, which was so fuzzy and soft-focus it looked as though angels were about to start strumming? Airbrushing Meets the #MeToo Movement. Guess Who Wins. 2018-01-15T05:00:00Z Thile is particularly amazing to watch and to hear, strumming and tapping and scratching his mandolin, then exploding into impossibly fast fingerwork as challenging as any violin concerto. Premiere of ‘Inland Seas’ generates buzz at Seattle Chamber Music Society’s summer festival 2016-07-12T04:00:00Z If you use yours regularly, by strumming guitar strings, for instance, or typing on a keyboard, the skin will harden to protect them. Design: Freeing Form From Function 2010-11-21T17:00:00Z The customers who were trying out a guitar were not pleasantly strumming chords. The Vanished Music Stores of New York City’s Forty-Eighth Street 2018-07-20T04:00:00Z “A white blank page and a swelling rage,” he sings in the accusatory “White Blank Page,” as the band strums a surging crescendo for each line, then quiets and starts again in the next. 2010-02-15T01:32:00Z He is constantly present in the film, taking on a kind of minstrel’s or bard’s role that’s emphasized by shots of him strumming a banjo in the woods near his Pennsylvania home. Television Review: Josh Fox’s ‘Gasland Part II’ Is to Be Shown on HBO 2013-07-05T21:36:12Z A degenerative disease, similar to Parkinson’s, has stolen her voice, along with her abilities to ride and run and strum a guitar. Linda Ronstadt never stopped singing 2019-12-02T05:00:00Z On the opener and lead single, “Courage,” he strums an acoustic guitar with a country lilt that calls Neil Young’s “Harvest” to mind. Review: ‘Darling Arithmetic,’ a Confessional Album From Villagers 2015-04-13T04:00:00Z Mr. Kapaya’s harsh strumming sends reverberations throughout the atrium’s soaring ceiling while Mr. Linyekula, wearing a red shirt and black pants, runs circles around the stage. Dance Review: Faustin Linyekula and Dean Moss at MoMA 2012-10-27T07:20:07Z Sparhawk sometimes barely strummed his guitar, even as he occasionally bore a passing sonic resemblance to the aforementioned Young. The songs remain the same: striking and beautiful 2011-04-22T13:40:00Z “I feel like a movie,” Callahan announced at the outset of his performance, strumming brittle chords on a small acoustic guitar. Review | Bill Callahan found domestic bliss. Then he wrote the great apocalypse ballad of 2019. 2019-07-15T04:00:00Z In my memory, Monique was an average if moody teenager given to holing up in her bedroom to strum an acoustic guitar. Annabelle Gurwitch on family — the one you're born with, and the one on your book cover 2017-04-12T04:00:00Z He still plays an inexpensive Takamine guitar, a busker’s tool, with holes worn in the body where his picking hand strums. Pop: Glen Hansard, Touring Behind His ‘Rhythm and Repose’ 2012-06-22T16:00:01Z He first strummed a guitar at 9 and played in a series of rock, blues and fusion bands modeled on popular British bands of the 1970s, using the music to help him learn English. Gustavo Cerati, Latin American rocker, dies He says he uses his guitar to create rhythm rather than strumming chords, with animation rather than complexity his watchwords, and insists there is a connection to his percussive work with the hang. Mercury Prize 2014: The nominees 2014-09-10T04:00:00Z Though Cat Power’s original interpretation was stripped down to just the singer Chan Marshall’s voice and strums on an autoharp, Woolen had a composer overlay swelling strings as the drama became more fraught. Movie Trailers Keep Tweaking Well-Known Songs. The Tactic Is Working. 2023-01-06T05:00:00Z The annual Uke Fest is led by top musicians, but enthusiasts also are invited to bring their own instruments and strum along before the show. Ukulele fans, unite! 2015-08-13T04:00:00Z “Reaching high but not getting nowhere,” he sings on “Getting Nowhere,” his trademark propulsive riffing replaced with understated strumming. The Meters’ Leo Nocentelli Gets a Solo Career, 50 Years Late 2021-11-18T05:00:00Z But Mr. Joseph re-emerged in a flowered shirt, ukulele in hand, furiously strumming the Violent Femmes-like “We Don’t Believe What’s on TV.” Review: For Twenty One Pilots, Time to Shine on a Stage of Dreams 2016-08-11T04:00:00Z The only one left standing, he is still strumming his guitar. Design: The Man Who Broke the Record on 'Let It Bleed' 2011-12-11T14:01:00Z In “Dream Dream Away,” it takes nearly three minutes of contemplative, slowly strummed guitar and abstract reverberation before Mr. McNew muses, in choirlike vocal harmonies, “Why cry? Why try? It’s all the same.” Music Is a Sanctuary From Chaos on Yo La Tengo’s ‘There’s a Riot Going On’ 2018-03-14T04:00:00Z They sounded lyrically overwritten and musically unfinished, more like essays set to piano battery — or worse, ukulele strumming. Amanda Palmer is an expert storyteller who’s less skilled at singing 2015-04-05T04:00:00Z Even alone, Mr. Young played all his songs at their regular, unnervingly slouchy tempos, with his bizarre articulation of picking and strumming. Music Review: Strumming Solo, With the Reverb of a Full Band 2011-04-25T21:59:38Z At the back, a glamorous marathon runner juggles drum duties with bashing trashcans and carillon bells and, up front, a woman resembling Britney Spears's mum strums a furious Charleston on the banjo. Katzenjammer – review 2012-05-24T16:48:22Z Benjamin Scheuer is a mesmerizing guitarist, and he tells his story strumming in his solo show “The Lion.” Singer-guitarist Benjamin Scheuer purrs his life and times in ‘The Lion’ 2016-03-04T05:00:00Z And when she’s alone at a piano, or strumming away on a guitar, the tone of the song changes. See Emily Play: New Band Up North #31 2013-06-17T11:48:00Z Memorial Day utterly fails to strum any mystic chords of memory, and Labor Day is simply the end of summer. Thanksgiving celebrates all that our country holds dear: gluttony, sloth and avarice 2015-11-19T05:00:00Z With its loud and proud acoustic guitar strumming, “Tried to Understand” provides one of the album’s breeziest moments. Sasami Wanted to Appropriate White, Male Music. She Landed on Metal. 2022-02-21T05:00:00Z Its stepwise melody and fervent strumming was accompanied by the instrumentalists stomping their feet to the beat. Review: Joyce DiDonato’s ‘Eden’ Takes Root at Carnegie Hall 2022-04-24T04:00:00Z I asked him about picking vs. strumming, tuning my instrument and starter songs appropriate for a beginner. Travel: Mountain View, Ark., Folk Music Capital of the World Its drummer, Bryan Devendorf, favors martial beats, and the guitarists regularly strum the kind of shimmering tremolos and open intervals U2 uses. Music Review: The National at Radio City Music Hall 2010-06-17T22:16:00Z Listening to the opening of Bartók’s Second Violin Concerto, with its strumming harp and plucked strings preparing the solo violin’s entrance, I’m always reminded of the iconic scene in Cecil B. DeMille’s 1934 “Cleopatra.” CD reviews: Two lyrical recordings of classic 20th-century scores 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z I pressed my fingers on the corresponding strings and frets, and with my other hand, strummed. Travel: Mountain View, Ark., Folk Music Capital of the World She doesn’t want a rupture; as the production ascends from a modest folk-rock strum to a big harmony chorus, she only hopes honesty will clear the air, so “I can love you better.” A Lost (and Found) John Coltrane Recording, and 9 More New Songs 2023-06-02T04:00:00Z Ms. Swift, in a billowing pink and yellow J. Mendel princess gown, closed the evening, strumming a pink guitar. Taylor Swift, Nancy Pelosi and Jared Kushner at the Time 100 Gala 2019-04-24T04:00:00Z "They act so normal and just join right in with the class. I'm sitting here going, 'I hope he's not listening to me, because I'm not strumming so well.'" Dean Torrence of Jan and Dean gets people strumming ukuleles 2014-07-05T04:00:00Z The music arrives in dusty, amorphous gusts of sound — sometimes revealing a strummed acoustic guitar, sometimes swelling with tremolo strings, sometimes surrounding Monkman with high, delayed vocals — that make every perception sound fragile and precious. U.S. Girls’ Luxuriously Absurd Disco, and 9 More New Songs 2023-02-24T05:00:00Z The show’s other music ranges from a lighthearted call and response to a rocking-out number that has the singers on their feet, moving and strumming air guitars. ‘The Events’ Uses Local Choirs for Vocals, Minus a Script 2015-03-06T05:00:00Z When you travel, you see them everywhere: a guitarist strumming and crooning in the Paris Métro, a juggler in an Italian piazza, a human statue on a New York City corner. Q&A With Johnnie Mac, Street Performer 2010-03-31T03:02:00Z Carsick Cars, from Beijing, reclaimed a different era: the alternative rock of the late 1980’s and early ’90’s, with the sound of frenetically strummed guitar radiating a nervy, consonant euphoria. Critic?s Notebook: Springsteen Gives Keynote at SXSW Festival 2012-03-18T22:27:10Z As a 3-year-old she sang to house guests while her mother strummed a guitar. Galina Vishnevskaya, Soprano and Dissident, Dies at 86 2012-12-11T21:14:19Z Instead of strumming his guitar, he’s busy pumping fists and fluttering fingers, as if singing “The Beaches of Cheyenne” is just something one has to do while waving to the good people of Section 327. When Garth Brooks sings, America still sings along 2016-01-31T05:00:00Z What makes the song is what surrounds the strum: a smooth yet constantly changing backdrop of instruments and voices, with a neo-psychedelic lead guitar or a folksy harmonica sometimes floating to the surface. The Playlist: The War on Drugs and Lana Del Rey Deliver Two Kinds of Reveries 2017-04-21T04:00:00Z He strummed the opening chords to “The Way You Look Tonight,” a song that appeared on her 1993 album, “Close as Pages in a Book,” a collection of songs by Dorothy Fields. In Barbara Cook’s Final Days, Her Friends Came to Sing at Her Bedside 2017-08-11T04:00:00Z Armed with a sense of adventure and determination, McKenzie tracked down - by any means necessary - his musical heroes, talking a little shop and even strumming a few chords in their presence. Book details author's 'crazy guitar hero quest' 2012-08-28T18:04:10Z A few years ago, as a one-off concert gag, Ms. Palmer strummed a uke as she sang Radiohead’s “Creep,” accompanying herself on a $19 model she had bought the day before. Ukulele Crazy 2011-04-17T00:31:06Z Rhythm speaks more to me than a guy strumming a guitar.” Patrick Stump finds life beyond Fall Out Boy 2011-11-09T05:47:00Z A pedal steel guitar hums, an acoustic guitar strums. Essential tracks: Joey Badass' 'Teach Me' is catchy and simple 2015-01-17T05:00:00Z His latest recording, "Music for Wood & Strings," is a piece for So Percussion that imagines percussion instruments as being a big strummed guitar. L.A. Phil explores Minimalism to maximal effect at Disney Hall 2015-05-29T04:00:00Z Dreamlike fare such as "Two Angels" took on newfound degrees of beauty and urgency, with storytelling narratives floating atop the warm contrasts of Louris' sonorous electric playing and Olson's cozy acoustic strumming. Reunited Jayhawks soar at Vic 2011-01-28T15:02:19Z Be Nice is another one that nods equally to Neu! and Nuggets, the focus on the strumming and the drumming. New band of the day - Charlie Boyer and the Voyeurs (No 1,407) 2012-11-30T14:12:00Z No workrooms at her publisher’s office were set up for keyboards; it was suggested that she learn to strum an acoustic, “like everyone else.” Ingrid Andress, a Nashville Outsider Who Paved Her Own Path In 2022-08-25T04:00:00Z But wait: there's an undercover cop on her trail, himself posing as a musician – he's in the orchestra, strumming fiercely on a guitar, an instrument that may surprise Handel scholars. Requiem for a Killer – review 2012-06-14T21:10:01Z The singer, songwriter and actor Vladimir Vysotsky, who joined the theater shortly after it was established, shocked traditionalists by strumming a guitar while playing Hamlet. Yuri Lyubimov, Experimental Stage Director, Dies at 97 2014-10-05T04:00:00Z Midway through, she’s still bouncing syllables off guitar strums, but the sound of the song comes into focus and Lorde realizes, “We both might have done some growing up.” Post Malone and the Weeknd’s Emo Synth-Pop, and 12 More New Songs 2021-11-05T04:00:00Z The guitarist Charles Fuqua strums as all four honeyed voices croon their hits, like “If I Didn’t Care” and “In a Shanty in Old Shanty Town.” Antiques: Do-It-Yourself Comes to Collector Publishing 2010-02-19T06:03:00Z So I sat with him and we reversed our roles of years before, as I showed him the chord shapes and strumming to Noel Gallagher's everyman anthem. Family life 2012-12-01T00:05:33Z By day, greater St. Pauli is reassuringly hung over, a place where artists daub and songwriters strum. T Magazine: Twist and Stout 2011-03-25T14:00:14Z It’s a corona of reverb or distortion, or perhaps a sustained keyboard chord or a looped noise, or an unwavering one-chord strum. New Music: New Music From Caveman, Los Campesinos! and the Fall 2011-11-14T22:59:39Z “You never noticed,” she sings on the track over the vigorous guitar strumming that breaks in between mournful riffs. Let’s Eat Grandma’s Electro Pop Is Glittery. Its Subjects Are Weighty. 2022-04-20T04:00:00Z Across the square, a Berber band strummed and fiddled strange instruments, conjuring cosmic rhythms. Morocco, From Coast to Desert 2015-02-06T05:00:00Z Only the upbeat psychedelic pop of Never Run Away ups the tempo from wonderfully hazy, psychedelic strums. Kurt Vile: Wakin' on a Pretty Daze – review 2013-04-04T21:03:01Z Gangly picked lines and strummed chords tangled and jostled in unruly webs, linking briefly into stair-stepping unisons before falling apart again. Music Review: New Kids: One Behaved, One, Eh 2011-05-27T20:51:08Z Never mind his valiant singing — as soon as Joaquin Phoenix strums a guitar in “Walk the Line,” he’s no longer Johnny Cash. Perspective | Here’s the problem with ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ (and every musical biopic ever made) 2019-02-20T05:00:00Z She's a singer, songwriter and musician, although obviously not in the sense of someone who picks up a guitar and strums a tune. New band of the day – Dena (No 1,335) 2012-08-21T16:01:51Z Meanwhile, the opening title track steps back from the hysterical sonic overload of its predecessor into infinitely more subtle territory: a sing-song melody, over Neil Young-ish piano and lazily strummed acoustic guitar. Arcade Fire: The Suburbs 2010-07-29T14:30:00Z A dapper man in a light blue suit began strumming a mandolin. In Ethiopia’s Capital, a Resurgent Jazz Scene 2014-11-13T05:00:00Z “Trouble Is As Trouble Does” was similarly intense: fierce acoustic strumming over a stomping hootenanny beat. Striking Matches lights a real-world fire at the Mint 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z “Nothing says amen quite like the sound of Pops strumming a deep, tremolo-heavy open chord,” Guitar World observed a few years ago. Pops Staples’s Belated Finale 2015-01-13T05:00:00Z “Nearly one half of all Americans are torsos,” he declares in one segment, strumming a guitar but not really singing. How Much Watching Time Do You Have This Weekend? 2018-08-09T04:00:00Z While technicians worked on the video, one actor playing Mailer strummed a ukulele; another chatted with Ms. Tierney, who plays Ms. Greer. ‘The Town Hall Affair’ Recreates a Feminist Firestorm 2017-02-06T05:00:00Z From the new album he played pieces that revolved around urgent strumming and Celtic drones, along with a lovely Bach-like invention, “Pianoforte 2010,” that was a bit too delicate for the din of the room. Music Review: A Carefully Honed Image as a Master of the Ukulele 2011-01-22T00:26:37Z And “Danny Boy,” strummed and picked with his thumb, with constantly moving harmony, played quietly but with crushing force, was remarkable: the heaviest moment of a pretty light concert. Music Review: George Benson Tours With ?Guitar Man? at Town Hall - Review 2011-10-23T21:40:26Z A sense of drama pervades the Andalusian capital, from its Moorish royal palaces and extravagant Catholic festivals to the way the strum of a guitar tends to send a whole room into syncopated clapping. 36 Hours in Seville, Spain 2014-04-10T14:19:24Z They map out arrangements but leave room within them to egg each other on, often revving toward peaks of fiercely strummed tremolo. Music Review: Chris Thile & Michael Daves at the Allen Room - Review 2012-01-14T00:30:25Z While his peers hit the beach or sleep in, Nick spends four hours a week quietly strumming his guitar in the cancer center’s lobby for free. Teen volunteers with guitar at cancer center 2014-06-29T04:00:00Z And while the Mallard’s stuffed ducks and wood paneling suggest stuffiness, the clomp of little ski boots and the guy strumming Fleetwood Mac keep the atmosphere friendly and lodgelike. 36 Hours in Whistler, British Columbia 2014-12-10T05:00:00Z During another song, the poet recalls a sweet serenade, as orchestral rippling evokes a strummed guitar, until the final darkly poignant vocal phrases, suffused with weeping regret. Riccardo Muti, Indulging a Passion for Overlooked Italian Composers 2016-10-02T04:00:00Z On our visit, Swiss NGO workers unwound next to Hanoi's leading rap group while Aussie kids strummed bluegrass. Hanoi's Tadioto: Good Evening, Vietnam 2011-01-27T14:25:00Z The pastel pastiche is easy on the eyes, and so is the pin-up girl tracing twirls as a guitar strums the city’s hymn: “The Girl from Ipanema.” ‘Girl from Ipanema:’ Re-imagining a classic for today’s Rio 2021-06-02T04:00:00Z Gentle strums of guitar at the start quickly expose rhythms that don’t quite fit together; the drums can evoke a heart beating a little too fast. Review: The Prettiest, Most Progressive Campfire Music Ever 2019-02-28T05:00:00Z At the studio, backed by the Dixie Chicks’ sidemen, they meticulously tweaked arrangements between run-throughs, specifying, for instance, exactly what kind of strum to use on the rhythm guitar. Two Dixie Chicks Form Court Yard Hounds 2010-04-24T02:45:00Z It aims for grand statements, but it largely just kind of strums along. Grammy Awards: Fun. takes song of the year; Frank Ocean, Adele win 2013-02-11T03:02:00Z The violins strummed like guitars during a reading about cowboys in Kansas. Music Review: ‘Gabriel’s Guide to the 48 States,’ at Carnegie Hall 2013-04-28T21:06:11Z The song “Spooks” has its roots in an as-yet-unreleased Radiohead track, but the most winning feature for guitar here is “Amethyst” — a piece that combines folky strumming and droning background chords to ultimately joyous effect. Jonny Greenwood: First Radiohead, Now Orchestras and Film 2022-01-12T05:00:00Z He replied "I am not an egotist!" and started strumming. Jack Vance dies aged 96: master of bold and bizarre science fiction 2013-05-29T23:13:06Z Ms. Harvey’s vocals rise out of a kind of bleary skiffle, with the strumming of Autoharp or distorted electric guitar above rudimentary drumbeats. Critics? Choice: New CDs 2011-02-14T23:38:13Z On a Thursday night, the Danish balladeer MC Hansen, fresh off a United States tour, strummed old-school folk rhythms on an acoustic guitar. Next Stop: A Dutch Town That Nurtures Its Quirks 2010-02-19T16:28:00Z “This book will teach me how to tune the heirloom guitar and introduce me to the rudiments of strumming chords and reading music. I’m in heaven,” Sting recalled in his book. Sting, the tireless troubadour The sound of guitar strumming, running footsteps, arguments and the grunting of one of the boys lifting weights is hard to ignore and not conducive to relaxation, or anything else. I know too much about my children’s sex lives 2017-07-15T04:00:00Z "At first glance you might not take it seriously," said ZZ Top guitarist Billy Gibbons, "until you pick one up and start strumming it." Cigar box guitar on a smoking hot roll 2011-04-02T01:32:41Z It begins with a soft strum, a simple synthetic beat and Blunt in hushed monotone singing a minor-chord song about a breakup and what may or may not be the murder of her new man. Friday essential tracks from Captain Beefheart, Lorde, more 2014-11-14T05:00:00Z Then Huertas would note it down somewhere in the stack of papers in front of him and take up his strumming again. Peek behind the scenes as some Seattle performing arts groups prepare for fall 2021 — their first in-person shows in over a year 2021-09-13T04:00:00Z She was strumming her guitar and in the middle of a sportive preamble to the first surprise song of the show. Taylor Swift’s invisible merchandise: The era of surprise song collectibles 2023-10-13T04:00:00Z Mr. Lowery strums the chords of this ballad with skill and sincerity. Movie Review: ‘Ain’t Them Bodies Saints’ Examines Honor and Sacrifice 2013-08-15T21:57:24Z The music started with crisp patterns and strummed its way into overpowering squalls of tremolo. Music Review: Growing Older With Less Empathy 2010-10-15T22:59:00Z I started strumming and put on the stiffest, whitest, most boring performance of that song ever. Kyle Mooney: The First Time I Was Upstaged at a Talent Show 2017-07-18T04:00:00Z Some works, like the image of a corn cob strumming a guitar by a campfire, are innocent enough. Art in Review: AMELIE VON WULFFEN: ?This Is How It Happened? 2011-06-09T22:12:56Z He took a chair, strummed his guitar and sang plaintive songs in Spanish in a high, nasal voice. On Mexico’s Sea of Cortez, a voyage of discovery 2020-10-01T04:00:00Z When Dan Manning strums a guitar as Earl, that one extra instrument is enough to add interest. New holiday musical ‘Silver Belles’ could use a shine 2016-11-29T05:00:00Z A western woman in a scarlet frock sits on the riverbank strumming a sitar. A river ride to Rishikesh: India's new adventure capital 2019-01-16T05:00:00Z This is Singer/Songwriter Day, which of course brings to mind a performer strumming a guitar while laying a soul bare. Sink your teeth into a better Taste 2011-06-23T11:42:00Z “It’s all part of the act,” he joked while tweaking tones across the dozen strings for a few minutes, ringing each note until, with an angel-heralding strum, they hummed in sweet harmony. Ryley Walker explores a pastoral past with mesmerizing folk set at the Echo 2015-06-03T04:00:00Z With the rise of jazz, the banjo briefly gained employment: when strummed with a pick, it could compete with a trumpet and drum kit. | Westchester: The New York Banjo Summit Is at Tarrytown Music Hall This Week 2013-01-12T02:55:29Z Roaming musicians strummed Dylan and Woody Guthrie tracks and staff encouraged passengers to drink eyewateringly strong cocktails. How to hike the Grand Canyon 2017-07-04T04:00:00Z "Try it boys," he said, growing impatient after a few minutes of tentative strumming, tooting and drumming. Springsteen challenges his band with request orgy 2013-07-08T15:55:14Z Ms. Pureka works the folk circuit, and the measured strumming and stark picking of her acoustic guitar are at the center of most songs, flanked by Appalachian-tinged fiddle and a snare drum played with brushes. Playlist: Vintage Rock and Midlife Heartaches 2010-05-20T22:21:00Z Often the music is just a rippling piano pattern and a modestly strummed guitar or two, each note precious. Taylor Swift Illuminates ‘Folklore’ in a Stripped-Down Studio Concert 2020-11-26T05:00:00Z In “Pirates,” Matt Kahler zips through the famously rapid lyrics of “Modern Major General” while strumming a guitar. Gilbert and Sullivan with guitars and beach balls 2016-07-18T04:00:00Z As he strummed through a simmering rendition of Johnny Cash's "Ring of Fire," Yoakam turned to face his drummer. Five notes on Eric Church/Dwight Yoakam sets at Staples Center 2015-01-24T05:00:00Z Generally the zither is a flat, wooden structure with multiple strings you pluck or strum while either holding it on your lap or in front of you. In Switzerland, a musician searches for the ‘Holy Grail’ of instruments 2015-03-16T04:00:00Z But it keeps the sound of a guy holed up with his instruments, concocting hooks and strumming retaliation for every slight. Playlist: Falling in Love, Longing and Leering 2011-01-30T02:30:03Z He recounted just stepping out of the shower of his home when he heard Ms. Wadge strumming the chords, and he remembered thinking: “We need to do something with that.” Ed Sheeran Defends Himself in Court, With His Guitar 2023-04-27T04:00:00Z An assortment of fascinating sounds, including simultaneous strummed pizzicati with both hands and double-stops that mimicked sea gull cries, the piece never quite materialized into a compelling narrative. Review | Young Concert Artists presents local debut of a rising duo at the Kennedy Center 2018-01-24T05:00:00Z The hills of Olympus have never been more than a few strums of the lyre away from the stages of the theater, but lately the mist of mythology has seemed particularly thick. Perspective | New opera by Esperanza Spalding and Wayne Shorter remakes myth without sacrificing music 2021-12-02T05:00:00Z She sang a plaintive melody over lightly strummed guitar chords, folk-song-like. A Brilliant Return for a Talking Heads Album 2017-05-13T04:00:00Z But right at the beginning, the Hot Band was just me and Rodney, sitting late into the night, singing harmony and strumming guitars. Emmylou Harris: 'I looked down on country' 2013-03-04T18:22:38Z But for the time being, he'd be advised to stick to the strumming. Cannes 2012: Confession of a Child of the Century ? review 2012-05-21T15:24:07Z The songs are waltzes and hymns and marches, centered on piano or guitar, strummed or fingerpicked. Aimee Mann Traces Elegant Despair on ‘Mental Illness’ 2017-03-29T04:00:00Z So when Santiago-Hudson pauses to take a sip of water, Mack summons him back with a few low strums. ‘Lackawanna Blues’ Review: A Soulful Master Class in Storytelling 2021-10-07T04:00:00Z This is irreverently staged in rough theatre fashion, with the cast strumming through Heather Fenoughty's folksy score and improvising with whatever bits and pieces come to hand. The Count of Monte Cristo 2010-04-23T20:30:00Z His trademark sweetness and tightly strummed chords are in full effect. Album review: Benjamin Gibbard's 'Former Lives' 2012-10-15T13:26:05Z Today, the area is a tangled-yet-inviting grab bag of grand squares, schoolyards, Art Nouveau storefronts, musty junk shops, classy antique shops, and street musicians strumming Catalan folk songs. Tourist-crowded Barcelona is vibrant and spirited 2016-08-09T04:00:00Z What is it in the echo of that strum that refuses to go away? David Bowie in the Movies 2016-01-13T05:00:00Z His is a black-and-white style of playing that alternates between self-assured snappish strumming and crisp melodic phrasing. Balsom, Karadaglic a cool match at Hollywood Bowl 2014-08-06T04:00:00Z Then he strummed a chord and took a pause. Free to Rock, and Rightly So 2016-09-27T04:00:00Z Guitars strummed steadily and microchips peeped incessantly in a 25-minute arc from clean tone to distortion. Music Review: New Kids: One Behaved, One, Eh 2011-05-27T20:51:08Z Kate Carr, a 38-year-old Australian now living in London, has released records featuring the sounds of rural Thailand and Icelandic fishing villages, with an occasional guitar strum as the only musical accompaniment. London, as You’ve Never Heard It Before 2016-08-05T04:00:00Z Even up on his spire, strumming his acoustic, he seemed to bounce off the walls. Music Review: Foo Fighters at the Izod Center - Review 2011-09-27T22:00:18Z Sitting at tables or castoff blocks of Roman marble, soldiers stare into space as musicians strum lutes or beat tambourines. ‘Valentin de Boulogne,’ Bright Star in Caravaggio’s Orbit 2016-10-06T04:00:00Z From the opening, chopped, acoustic guitar strums to the heavy beat, from the backup singers' succinct vocal to Adele's fluid verses, which come spiraling outward — it's just a great song. Classic status: Adele's "Rolling in the Deep" 2011-08-11T02:01:07Z A Singer Finds Her Voice, and It Can Silence All Others Angel Olsen sang 10 songs at the Glasslands Gallery on Monday night, strumming an electric guitar with her thumb, occasionally picking a simple pattern. Music Review: Angel Olsen at the Glasslands Gallery 2012-11-13T23:41:46Z Amid the guitar strumming, they stay unsentimental; there’s far more banter than romance. Critics? Choice: New CDs 2010-08-29T21:53:00Z She recalled how “Charles lifted the head of the piano and started strumming the strings with a guitar pick,” while working on “If You Don’t Believe,” from her 1976 debut. 46 Years After His Death, the Producer Charles Stepney Shines Again 2022-09-14T04:00:00Z They found community with other sailors; nights moored in pristine bays were accompanied by the strum of ukuleles and passed bottles of Jack Daniels. Love Sets Sail, Come Rain or Come Shine 2016-11-11T05:00:00Z In “Heads,” Jimi Hendrix, who has appeared elsewhere in Allen’s fiction, spends late nights with the painter Francis Bacon, the two talking about art-making and life while Jimi occasionally strums his guitar. Black Experience, Past and Present, Made Haunting and Surreal 2023-06-18T04:00:00Z And one of his first initiatives in office was to start exorcising the gently strummed guitar from its place of prominence in contemporary Roman Catholic liturgy. Henschel Quartet Offers Solace for Pope Benedict 2010-03-26T16:30:00Z The strumming of a sitar, the pounding of tablas, the plucking of a violin — these were coming from the hospital, now the makeshift home of the Afghanistan National Institute of Music. Far From Kabul, Building a New Life, With Music and Hope 2022-07-13T04:00:00Z His songs, at least from the Neutral Milk Hotel records, are charismatically surreal and naïve, pressing forward in earnest yelps; he sat and strummed their dirt-simple accompaniment with nervous precision. Critic?s Notebook: All Tomorrow?s Parties Festival at Asbury Park, N.J. 2011-10-03T22:40:06Z The stands rocked violently as he strummed the first chords to “Golden,” the dreamy opening song to “Fine Line,” on his blonde semi-hollow body guitar. Review: Harry Styles brings fans to emotional highs and lows at Tacoma Dome stop of Love on Tour 2021-11-08T05:00:00Z “The thing that distinguishes Jabrille from all the other guitar players is his right-hand technique, his strumming hand.” 1 remarkable guitarist powers 2 of Seattle’s hottest bands 2021-08-04T04:00:00Z Beam Me Up, to be issued by German label Hazelwood, offers a preview of this sound: Johnston's singular voice over skronks, strums and pretty strings. Daniel Johnston gets a jazz makeover 2010-03-25T15:43:00Z She made up for her lack of dexterity by strumming the instrument with an intensity that bordered on the destructive; early in the set she broke a guitar string. Music Review: Alice Ripley at the Metropolitan Room 2012-07-23T21:48:46Z Helmut Lachenmann's solo, "Pression," played with rapt percussive presence by Michael Kaufman, explores sounds the cello isn't supposed to make, be they ethereal scraping of the strings or industrial level strumming and banging. Music ensembles Hocket and Sakura bathe Monk Space in an acoustical glow 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z Who needs to tilt their head to read words like “Far strum of foghorns / Fog-insulated noises Midnight among distant chiming buoys adrift”? The place knows itself. America’s forgotten poet 2012-10-04T20:02:00Z “Can I please stay in the clouds forever?” she sings on “Stay in the Clouds,” backed by only the strum of her ukulele. New Albums from Pistol Annies and Barbra Streisand 2011-08-22T22:39:07Z Before I knew it, a guitar was being strummed and multiple emotions were happening to me. A year in my parents’ basement 2013-12-30T01:00:00Z “She Makes Me Happy” starts the album with a briskly strummed mandolin to stir memories of Mr. Stewart’s early-1970s heyday and hits like “Maggie May.” New Music: New Music by Rod Stewart (‘Time’) and the Uncluded 2013-05-06T21:55:51Z Well, Pete gets up at the memorial, his beautiful voice long since shot, and strums his powerful fingers over his 12-string guitar, ringing out a simple chord, which all by itself sounded simply stirring. ‘Loud, Strong, Committed, and Always in Search of America’ 2014-01-29T23:32:51Z Deckhand Sean Sullivan pulls out his guitar and starts to strum — not an encouraging sign. Discovery Channel looks to regain its bite with its favorite franchise 2015-06-15T04:00:00Z Olivia Tremor Control races to complete "The Holiday 1,2,3," the members strumming every available stringed instrument in a fantastic flurry. Pitchfork Day 1 wrap-up: Feist, Japandroids, Big K.R.I.T., rain 2012-07-14T05:09:00Z That kept the music straightforward — a handful of chords, a steady strum, a folky melody — to carry Mr. Mangum’s avalanches of imagery. Music Review: Jeff Mangum of Neutral Milk Hotel at BAM - Review 2012-01-20T23:56:50Z At first the guitars played mellow, alluring music, all slowly strummed, lingering tones and gently lapping riffs. Review: The Composer Tristan Perich’s Proudly Lo-Fi Electronic Sounds 2017-03-19T04:00:00Z Awards in Nashville, strumming a six-string and harmonizing with Vince Gill in front of the industry's elite and a live TV audience. Gwyneth Paltrow: Wild in the 'Country' 2010-12-23T06:00:00Z Later passages of plucking and strumming inside the piano yielded deep, bronzed shimmers. Music Review: Gilles Vonsattel Performs at Bargemusic 2014-04-20T21:33:19Z They opened a door and I was inside theWit, instantly warmer but taken aback by the man perched on a tiny balcony high above my head, strumming a guitar like a folk-rock angel. Single in Chicago 2012-07-06T18:26:33Z McCartney’s ceaseless touring and generously loaded re-issues helped rehab his image but that doesn’t change the fact that this lazily strummed pastoral ditty is still his biggest solo hit. 13 monster hits that suck by artists you love: “This is a jam for Guy Fieri-catered deck parties” 2016-02-23T05:00:00Z Whereas when you watch somebody, the way a person strums a single chord — that can be an incredibly powerful thing. Hugh Laurie loosens up in continued visit to house of American music 2014-05-31T04:00:00Z He's been touring with Glen Hansard of Swell Season, but we'll see if anyone from the hometown crowd shows up to strum and sing along. Eddie Vedder plays solo at Benaroya Hall 2011-07-14T19:42:03Z When all the other kids went to play with their toys, Guy wanted to strum that guitar. Hoffman, Letterman among Kennedy Center honorees 2012-09-12T16:37:08Z Adam Granduciel sings about dreams, journeys and love over a steady, leisurely strum through two and later three chords. The Playlist: The War on Drugs and Lana Del Rey Deliver Two Kinds of Reveries 2017-04-21T04:00:00Z It’s a waltz that builds from modest ukulele strumming and glimmering electronics to full cinematic orchestration. The Playlist: Alessia Cara Grows Up, and 12 More New Songs 2018-06-15T04:00:00Z Out pour her issues, all over the movie, as Stewart strums an electric guitar somewhere else in the shot. 'The Runaways': Story of a rock 'n' roll breakdown 2010-03-18T21:59:00Z On one level she’s the picture of angularity, lurching fast across the stage, her strumming hand visible only as a blur: a dust devil in a platinum bob. Music Review: The Joy Formidable at Terminal 5 2012-04-01T18:50:59Z At one point, a merger of muted, slowly strummed acoustic guitar and pitched percussion felt like the announcement of a new level of craft. For a Composer, the Final Minutes Are Critical 2021-06-17T04:00:00Z “Found the through line for all humankind,” he declares over a strummed acoustic guitar at the beginning of the swaying dirge “Just Once in the World.” Bright Eyes’ Summertime Sadness 2020-08-20T04:00:00Z Swift's sweetly strummed high school valentines are simple, catchy fun. 2010-02-01T13:03:00Z An hour later, a bonfire was blazing and old friends were singing Simon and Garfunkel classics with the usual suspects strumming their guitars. When the school is the bully 2012-05-18T16:15:00Z Indeed, Berry would be important even if he were just a songwriter who never played a show or strummed a hollow-body Gibson. The triumph of Chuck Berry: At 90, the rock pioneer has a new album on the horizon 2016-10-18T04:00:00Z Apparently in a trance, the Boss strums at his guitar and hums a melody while Van Zandt taps out a groove on congas. Bruce Springsteen: 'People thought we were gone. Finished' 2010-09-23T20:30:00Z They sit and strum with him, making downtown music for hours at a time. Vet strums guitar for smiles in NE Pa. city 2014-06-28T04:00:00Z Angelic Music strums her little guitar as the stage darkens. Review: In ‘L’Orfeo,’ Free Spirit and Brave Soul Unite 2015-07-24T04:00:00Z He brought folk to a new audience and notched up a top 10 album with Poor Man's Heaven, thanks to his technique of mixing stomping, attacking ballads with impressive violin work and furious strumming backing. Seth Lakeman: Hearts and Minds 2010-06-24T21:35:00Z Because when the members of One Direction lower their microphones to their groins and strum them like guitars tonight, it doesn't look like they're strumming microphones like guitars. One Direction – review 2013-04-06T23:06:21Z Then it's replaced by the rhythmic strum of acoustic guitar and waltz-time gait of the cello. New band of the day ? No 891: Tristram 2010-10-20T16:14:00Z But this year Simon Cowell was back in pole position after Matt Cardle, the guitar strumming X Factor victor, won the coveted festive top spot. No collision as X Factor winner takes Christmas no 1 spot 2010-12-19T20:07:39Z And while the whole thing started very small, with just some halfhearted strumming on the stage next to Fallon, Cooper soon displayed a performer's instincts. Bradley Cooper displays his air guitar skills on 'The Tonight Show' 2015-01-06T05:00:00Z That little string kept breaking when ever I strummed my guitar. Style Invitational Week 1248: Fess up! 2017-10-05T04:00:00Z Ms. Carlile and her band applied her strongest firepower to “Mainstream Kid,” a blast at commercial pressures; she strummed her guitar with near punk-rock force and turned it up to the verge of feedback. Review: Brandi Carlile’s Life Is Embedded in Her Music 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z A piece of wood whispers in the ear of a storyteller, who recounts a ship in Greek myth skimming the ocean’s surface, gliding between sea and sky as Orpheus strums his lyre. With Jóhann Jóhannssson and Bedroom Community, L.A. Phil tries to break through the Icelandic cliches 2017-04-18T04:00:00Z Not quite – but unlike virtually every other instrument there's no plucking, strumming, scraping, pressing, striking or clicking required. Jo Hamilton 2011-07-09T23:05:39Z Whether by accident or design, Shields is left strumming alone at the end, and he just keeps going for another cycle – an aural victory lap. My Bloody Valentine 2013-03-11T17:47:53Z I strummed the chords of a familiar classic and sang the accompanying lyrics, bugs and all. Travel: Mountain View, Ark., Folk Music Capital of the World Towards the end, the band reassemble on a stage behind the mixing desk for four-part vocal harmonies and a little strumming; a campfire moment that is sorely needed after all that barnstorming. Mumford & Sons; Tom Odell – review 2012-12-16T00:06:02Z Fragile but tenacious, carried mostly by a lone strummed acoustic guitar, Emily King moves from isolation and self-doubt — “If I cry out loud will you believe me?” — to conjuring a community of her own. Blackpink and Selena Gomez’s Summery Treat, and 11 More New Songs 2020-08-28T04:00:00Z Romance and rue, gray skies and dead leaves, whispery song lyrics over sensitively strummed guitars on the soundtrack. Review: ‘Colossal,’ With Anne Hathaway, Jason Sudeikis and Giant Monsters 2017-04-06T04:00:00Z When the audience reassembled for the next act, the curtain, covered with old-timey circus illustrations, remained closed, but you heard two voices and acoustic guitars strumming. The Chaotic Magic of Bob Dylan’s Rolling Thunder Revue 2019-06-10T04:00:00Z Buried Alive twists the most suffocating of imagery – "When I wake up to the breath of the old, on a sea of black" – against a subdued melody and tenderly strummed guitar. Cass McCombs ? Wit's End: exclusive album stream 2011-04-12T15:28:00Z Its core approach returned to the four Beatles strumming and picking guitar and bass, pounding a piano and socking the drums. Deep Inside the Beatles’ White Album, 50 Years Later 2018-11-07T05:00:00Z We found one such dreadlocked group sitting on the porch of a wooden store, sipping Parbo and strumming reggae tunes on a guitar. Latin America 2011 : Suriname, South America?s Hidden Treasure 2011-09-16T18:55:00Z The rousing chorus brings in stabbing, ascending trance synths – then the Spanish guitar that has been quietly strumming away in the background gets an entire solo to itself in the song's closing stages. Essential summer jams for 2013 2013-05-02T16:18:11Z Seated on a red couch that has risen from a stage that won’t stop shape-shifting, Bieber takes off the white bandanna that he has sported throughout the evening, and strums his guitar. Justin Bieber, Young Thug, and Guarding the New Guard 2016-05-06T04:00:00Z All the while, Tan, with purpose, crosses the stage, where an open piano sits, and strums its strings — playing it, in a sense, from the inside out. Review: Eiko, Dancing With Friends and With the Dead 2022-04-17T04:00:00Z Damp hair steaming, we squeeze past joggers and tourists, our fingers strumming the bridge’s green balustrades as dinner cruises flick on their deck lights below. My European Ritual 2014-04-18T19:59:27Z The recordings revolved around Mr. Mangum’s voice and acoustic guitar, often strummed with the unswerving drive of punk, and sometimes joined by sparse circus-band horns, woozy keyboards or full band. Music Review: Jeff Mangum of Neutral Milk Hotel at BAM - Review 2012-01-20T23:56:50Z As for her violin, as well as play it in the conventional manner, Bittová likes to strum it banjo-style, or pluck it with any object to hand. Iva Bittová: 'My intuition works very well' I Alex Needham 2013-03-14T07:09:14Z Her husband, Mr. McMullen, 63, who is retired from the plumbing business, strummed his guitar. The Joy of Cooking Naked 2020-02-04T05:00:00Z Not that Mr. Gaston, who like Mr. Stamos is a guitarist and gets to strum a few chords on screen, had to do much more than read his lines and look good. Lifetime Commits to ‘Unauthorized’ Movie Franchise 2015-08-17T04:00:00Z “Eat of me, baby, skin to the bone/Body on body until I’m all gone,” she sings, over strummed, echoey guitar chords and a wavery keyboard, serenely offering to sacrifice herself for love. Coi Leray Borrows a Hip-Hop Classic, and 8 More New Songs 2022-12-02T05:00:00Z This mercurial mix of sumptuous bass clarinet hooks over sparkling percussion, free-jazzy electric guitar breaks, funk-bass strumming and folksy accordion tunes is delivered by the resourceful Portal and a sizeable group. F&M playlist 2010-08-19T22:55:00Z And where John used screeching saxophone wails to summon higher powers, Alice took the opposite approach, channeling serenity through the chords of her piano and the strum of her harp. 5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Alice Coltrane 2022-09-07T04:00:00Z During the main set, Speer sometimes played quick duets with himself, alternating fast and slow, strumming and picking. Review | The Khruangbin trio makes a crowd-pleasing appearance at 9:30 Club 2018-12-09T05:00:00Z On a sun-dappled lanai, a group of local musicians sang, strummed ukuleles and filled the air not only with music but also with joy. A Hawaiian Island Where Everybody Knows Your Name 2015-12-30T05:00:00Z And it was Lonnie's accomplished appearances strumming away on television in the late 50s which stimulated a generation of young men to take up the guitar. Letters: Pop music's debt to Lonnie Donegan 2012-07-18T20:00:02Z But the mood settles with "Gravestones," where screams are replaced with the heavy strumming of an acoustic guitar. REVIEWS: The-Dream, Stone Temple Pilots, Sergio Mendes 2010-06-18T22:15:00Z Though often associated with smoky cafes, the art form becomes all the more electrifying when the sounds of strumming guitars, pounding feet and plaintive voices fill the fresh evening air. Under Madrid Skies, the Stars of Flamenco 2010-08-08T10:09:00Z Mixed with the sounds of strumming guitars and palmas — the rhythmic clapping of flamenco — was the clopping of hooves. In Southern Spain, a Pilgrimage (and a Party Too) 2017-04-11T04:00:00Z Prince doesn’t say anything, just starts strumming, plays a few leads here and there, but for the most part, nothing memorable. The Day Prince’s Guitar Wept the Loudest 2016-04-28T04:00:00Z On the other side of the room, there are a series of hammocks to lie in and acoustic guitars to strum. Starchitects and squatters: Venice Architecture Biennale 2012-08-29T17:58:36Z In this simply shot video, he leads an elegant ballroom routine with the professional dancer Brittany Cherry, at turns hoisting her in the air and strumming her like a guitar. Video of the Year Nominees for the V.M.A.’s Offer a Bundle of Contradictions 2015-08-27T04:00:00Z Modern minstrels still strum their strings every summer at Jazz à Vienne, the annual festival held in a perfectly intact first-century Roman theater. Le Dauphiné, a French Region With a History Both Ancient and Personal 2016-06-08T04:00:00Z Soon they were spending evenings at the house’s gazebo, talking into the night while Mr. McKinley strummed his guitar. Meaghan Wentland and Julian McKinley: At the Clerk’s Office, It’s Couple 716’s Turn 2017-01-19T05:00:00Z Eight notes of music followed by three scratching strums: it’s perhaps one of the most recognizable song intros in rock history, from The Clash’s classic “Should I Stay Or Should I Go?” Did One Direction Steal New Single’s Intro from The Clash? 2012-09-24T15:37:30Z After a quarter-century of concerts, the original was as yellow as fresh butter, the wood beneath its strings ground down from countless strums. Wynonna Judd, on Her Own 2023-01-31T05:00:00Z A 10-year-old boy sits in his living room in a poverty-stricken South African township, singing his heart out and strumming a guitar that threatens to dwarf him. Fame finally finds 10-year-old township singing sensation 2013-01-23T16:11:20Z He hasn’t disappeared, and his strumming hand can still be a blur. Playlist: From Soft, Feathery Vocals to Locomotive Sax 2011-04-17T00:31:06Z On a terrace with a killer view, he meets Josie, an American singer with a recent hit single, strumming and singing away. ‘A Chance Encounter’ Review: Bland Days In Taormina 2022-10-27T04:00:00Z Sharing, loving, helping, miracle of life, home sweet home, offbeat, oh yes, strum of an acoustic guitar, birdsong. Rewind TV: Chatsworth; Roundhead or Cavalier: Which One Are You?; Starlings; 56 Up 2012-05-19T23:05:46Z Heidecker grabbed his guitar impromptu to strum a tune he’d just finished about being too old to care about being cool, “Fear of Death.” Tim Heidecker found fame through absurdist humor. His new album ‘Fear of Death’ is no laughing matter. 2020-09-23T04:00:00Z At Hermès on Sunday, the sound was the liquid notes strummed on a Chinese zither by a musician specially flown in to set the mood for a new designer at the famous house. Special Report: Fashion: In Praise of Slow Fashion 2011-03-06T19:01:05Z The teacher of the class, the impossibly named Noelani Love, strummed a ukulele while the class sang a mantra, eyes closed, and she said we sounded like angels. At Hawaii Resort, Yoga by Day, Party by Night 2015-09-10T04:00:00Z To resolve this disruption to her otherwise perfect life, she hops in her pink Corvette and belts along to a track filled with strummed acoustic guitars and close harmonies. How the Indigo Girls Brought Barbie ‘Closer to Fine’ 2023-07-24T04:00:00Z He was a gifted mandolin picker and was known to strum a banjo, but it was on fiddle that he became a celebrated sideman. Johnny Gimble, Who Fiddled His Way to Fame, Dies at 88 2015-05-13T04:00:00Z One element that encouraged the current revival of the instrument in Iran, he said, is its alluringly theatrical strumming sound. Ostad Elahi, a Tanbur Master, Is Celebrated at Met Museum 2014-08-29T04:00:00Z He started his set by strumming the guitar to "Like I Love You," and his falsetto kicked in on "My Love." Justin Timberlake brings smooth moves to NYC 2013-05-06T14:22:09Z As she strummed the you-can-do-it song on an acoustic guitar, many members of the overwhelmingly female audience that filled two-thirds of the big room held each other and swayed. Shania Twain goes big and bigger at Verizon Center 2015-07-22T04:00:00Z His drawing of two old crones — one levitating, cross-legged, as she strums a guitar; the other seated on the ground, holding her nose — is accompanied by an equally acidic Daumier: a drawing after Molière’s “Hypochondriac.” Art Review: ‘Mantegna to Matisse,’ at the Frick Collection 2012-10-18T21:43:09Z Here she was backed by only the up-and-coming Nashville duo Striking Matches: Sarah Zimmermann and Justin Davis, both singing and strumming, expertly blending with her muted style. Music Review: Ashley Monroe, Resilient Country Singer, at Joe’s Pub 2014-04-15T21:34:16Z On March 8, Castro unveiled his new single, "That's What I'm Here For," on a special episode of ABC's "The Bachelor," strumming his acoustic guitar as Jason Mesnick and Molly Malaney tied the knot. "Idol" alum keeps his cool on long-awaited debut 2010-03-27T02:36:00Z Mangum took that approach even further on “In the Aeroplane Over the Sea,” with songs delivered with evangelistic fervor over furious guitar strumming ornamented by flugelhorn, singing saws and shortwave radio transmissions. Neutral Milk Hotel is back at last -- but for how long? 2012-01-31T20:42:00Z When the oboe turns elegiac, the strings play strummed chords, like a quasi-atonal guitar accompaniment. Music Review: Santa Fe Celebration Includes New York 2011-08-12T22:22:50Z It’s carried by acoustic guitars restlessly strumming a few chords, but all sorts of other sounds materialize along the way. Best Songs of 2020 2020-12-07T05:00:00Z Rodgers' fast, funky guitar strums and Chic's bubbly disco underpinnings are given a new clarity and heft. Chic releases new single, video 'I'll Be There' after 20 years 2015-03-20T04:00:00Z "They juxtapose gentle harmonies with frantic ferocity; relaxed strumming followed by a detonating roar" – Puregrainaudio. New band of the day: Empress (No 1,317) 2012-07-26T16:25:50Z I’ve been amplifying the ukulele through a pick-up and then overdriving it in a really great tube amp, so the texture became not the stereotypical strum of the ukulele. Ukulele Crazy 2011-04-17T00:31:06Z For the Crumb work, Ms. Dinnerstein spoke from the stage, alerting the audience to what she would be doing inside the piano — plucking, strumming and muting the strings — as well as on the keyboard. Simone Dinnerstein, the Pianist, Goes Beyond Bach at the Met 2014-12-21T05:00:00Z Highlights include "Hollywood Forever Cemetery Sings" and "Only Son of the Ladiesman" with their solid strums and drums and inarguable assuredness. Seattle summer albums by Father John Misty and more 2012-05-18T13:13:59Z On that rock ’n’ roll murderers’ row, the Cactus found its niche with thoughtful lyrics, lilting melodies and gently strummed acoustic guitars. 2010-02-06T05:59:00Z The bearded songwriter walked on stage, strapped on an acoustic guitar and then strummed it brusquely, as if to punish the strings for their epic silence. Neutral Milk Hotel at the Riviera concert review 2014-02-07T06:28:00Z And apparently he made good on his promise: Some Reddit users posted photos of Grohl sitting on a chair with his leg bandaged up, strumming on his guitar. Foo Fighters' Dave Grohl Keeps Playing After Breaking His Leg During Show 2015-06-13T04:00:00Z And then -- boom -- it’s back to furious strumming. Grammy Awards: Fun. takes song of the year; Frank Ocean, Adele win 2013-02-11T03:02:00Z Later a teacher clumsily strums his guitar as he sings "House of the Rising Sun" off-key, eyes pinched closed, as his students deflate at their desks. "Education" culminates Amazon's "Small Axe" film series, finding beauty in the necessary struggle 2020-12-16T05:00:00Z The Rose Main Reading Room shook with the sound of six electric guitars being endlessly strummed and a brass sextet on the balcony. Dance Review: Lee Serle?s ?P.O.V.? at New York Public Library - Review 2011-11-14T23:27:13Z The Lion's Roar moves from a country strum to another explosion of rock noise without the sisters quite getting the best of either sound. First Aid Kit – review 2013-07-16T17:42:59Z The album’s penultimate track, “Mountjoy”, is an acoustic-oriented getaway, its strums melting into one another and brushing beautifully against the arching, deliberate vocal. REVIEW: World Peace Is None of Your Business Is Definitively Morrissey 2014-07-16T04:00:00Z They probably could have played for another 85 minutes, but on a signal from Mr. Grant, they produced a final, briskly strummed cathartic chord and settled in for what he called the “afterglow party.” Make Music Winter Brings Music Outdoors 2011-12-22T23:27:08Z Critics deigned to describe earlier performances as “Ziggy Stardust meets Tiny Tim,” the former due to the glitter and gender malleability, the latter because Mac strums a ukulele. Taylor Mac defies all comparisons and adjectives, and he wants you to leave his shows exhausted 2018-02-22T05:00:00Z In the film, one docker strums the song Joe Hill on his guitar, while another explains that Hill’s famous line was delivered when he was facing the firing squad after being framed for murder. Ken Loach: ‘If you’re not angry, what kind of person are you?’ 2016-10-15T04:00:00Z Asking an actress to strum a ukulele has become something of a trend, particularly, although not exclusively, in Shakespearean productions. A ukulele lady finds her niche in Woolly Mammoth’s ‘Stupid F...ing Bird’ Mr. Bishop played melodies, often themes and variations, though he started and ended the set with raga-inflected explorations: a ruminative opener and a flamboyant, percussively strummed finale. Sir Richard Bishop Offers Solos at the Issue Project Room 2014-09-08T04:00:00Z At any hour, day or night, locals congregate on storefront porches, in park pavilions and outside the Stone County Courthouse to pick ’n’ strum ’n’ sing ’n’ dance. Travel: Mountain View, Ark., Folk Music Capital of the World This kid could sit there drinking beer and scrawling lyrics, and while one side of his brain was singing the song, the other side was strumming along on an imaginary guitar. The night Ryan Adams said “f**k you” to the Fillmore 2018-06-26T04:00:00Z Yet the music behind him was a triumphal, broad-shouldered march as he picked quick, circular patterns on his electric guitar and later worked up a fierce tremolo strum that could have come from the Who. Music Review: Ben Howard at the Bowery Ballroom 2012-04-03T21:27:26Z If I'm going to work on songs I just come out here and sit, stare out the window, strum a few chords and then get frustrated and throw the guitar across the room. The Decemberists: The changing of the seasons 2011-01-06T21:30:00Z After 15 minutes of intricate strumming, the ever humble Radiohead star sheepishly thanked the crowd before leaving the stage. The Complete Glastonbury Festival Post Mortem: 30 Top Moments 2014-07-07T04:00:00Z Hymns about “traveling on” to a “heavenly home” are threaded through the cycle: sometimes accompanied by harplike strumming inside the piano, sometimes reharmonized with more unstable, modernist chords. Review: Gabriel Kahane Finds Inspiration in Strangers on a Train 2017-12-01T05:00:00Z That formula is briefly interrupted by one song, “Cold Arms,” with Mr. Mumford accompanied only by a lone strummed guitar. Review: Mumford & Sons Lose the Twang in ‘Wilder Mind’ 2015-05-04T04:00:00Z A left-hander who plays right-handed, he employs an unusual picking and strumming style that allows him to master a staccato lead and rhythm at the same time. Cult musician Wilko Johnson "so alive" as death approaches 2013-02-04T15:54:13Z The therapist started to strum with him, hoping this would open Jason up. The Rock ’n’ Roll Casualty Who Became a War Hero 2013-07-02T09:01:01Z And in the Velvet Underground’s “Sister Ray” both Feelies guitarists, Mr. Mercer and Bill Million, joined the band, making the sound wider and taller, with strummed rhythm and scrabbled lead. Music Review: Yo La Tengo at Maxwell’s in Hoboken, N.J. 2012-12-11T22:59:30Z One electric guitar chord is strummed in what seems to be 4/4 time, repeated, distorted and topped with additional noise for the first full minute of “Back to the Radio.” Florence + the Machine’s Conflicted Coronation, and 12 More New Songs 2022-02-25T05:00:00Z Performing from his new studio album, "x," and his debut, "+," Sheeran sang and strummed, one young Grammy-nominated dude lapping up the energy and doubling it back on the crowd. Ed Sheeran at Staples Center: The boy next door steals hearts 2014-08-28T04:00:00Z During a set that moved from one work to another minus any breaks, Harris sat onstage before a dozen-odd effects pedals and worked strums, feedback, loops, layers and much mysterious interminglings. Lustmord, Grouper explore noise and texture in deep Masonic Lodge set 2015-03-22T04:00:00Z At 14, Averne was leading a Catskills hotel band when he noticed another employee strumming a guitar and singing in Spanish. How the Record Man Harvey Averne Helped Take Latin Music Worldwide 2023-06-13T04:00:00Z Its activist bend and cheery, noisy folk moments are ages away from his previous record, “Demolished Thoughts,” which stumbled forward in aching refrains and minute acoustic guitar strums. Pop & Rock Listings for Sept. 11-17 2015-09-10T04:00:00Z Most of the songs have a quietly strummed acoustic guitar at their core, basic and folky. Wilco Makes an Understated Magnum Opus 2022-05-26T04:00:00Z “I am just pretending not to lose my mind,” she explains, in a track that swerves between acoustic-guitar strumming and full grunge blare. Miley Cyrus and Brandi Carlile’s Raw Duet, and 9 More New Songs 2023-03-10T05:00:00Z But when the first notes of “Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard” strummed in, the rest of the section joined them in dancing through one of Simon’s most famous hits. Reflective Paul Simon goes out on a high note, as farewell tour hits Seattle’s KeyArena 2018-05-19T04:00:00Z And in between speaking engagements — while she is idling in hotels or awaiting delayed flights — she is teaching herself to play the ukulele, strumming under the tutelage of YouTube videos and ukulele apps. Life on the Road With Susan Orlean 2018-12-27T05:00:00Z It’s already felt like summer this week, though it’s not official until the first open-air chord is strummed. ZooTunes summer concert lineup 2019 taking shape 2019-03-21T04:00:00Z The song is calm, not strident; Tamko strums her acoustic guitar, singing with quiet strength. Vagabon Found Her Voice in Indie Rock. Then Found a New One. 2019-10-16T04:00:00Z Its central character is a neurasthenic who loves to strum a guitar and improvise ballads but is hypersensitive to noise. Review | Philip Glass in a warehouse, with lots of goth kids 2017-06-18T04:00:00Z Dressed like a burlesque scientist, Sierra is possessed of a keening, powerful operatic trill that she unleashes while strumming a harp. CocoRosie – review 2012-08-06T16:50:16Z A blend of "Mad Max" and Sergio Leone, complete with strumming guitars, it has some improbably deep dialogues amid the violence. Chinese directors master Nordic noir, shoot-'em-up Western 2014-02-13T15:12:54Z He was strumming and singing “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” before we reached the exit. The reunion I almost skipped: I was so over family gatherings, but something made me do one more 2015-10-23T04:00:00Z “Out of Control,” which in 1979 had jabbing, buttonholing electric guitar and bass lines, has become a cozy, cheerfully strummed self-affirmation, very much in control. U2 Revisits Its Past, in the Name of … What, Exactly? 2023-03-17T04:00:00Z She opens the album with “UFO,” which merges folky strumming with Vocoder-processed vocal harmonies, as Dean plays an alien: “I need somewhere to land/I might as well fall into your earthly hands.” On Her Debut Album, Olivia Dean Is Already Pushing Ahead 2023-06-29T04:00:00Z What young lad hasn't strummed the air guitar to the classic riffs of those poodle-haired rock bands of the 80's? Collins to star in 'poodle-haired" rock musical 2011-06-02T10:05:19Z Far more intricately produced than its predecessors, “Integrity Blues” features strings, keyboards, vocal chorales and cascades of strummed acoustic guitar. Two decades in, Jimmy Eat World is still all business 2016-12-15T05:00:00Z The artist — seen and heard strumming a guitar while taking a bath — is one of eight musicians who each occupies an individual screen, all playing the same song. Broad museum sets a Sept. 20 opening and a February sneak peak 2015-02-05T05:00:00Z It plays the single note riff at the core of Wonder's song, and chord parts similar to what you would hear from a strummed guitar. Dissecting Stevie Wonder’s "Superstition," 50 years after we first heard its infectious grooves 2022-11-12T05:00:00Z "It's in four keys, all of them really awkward, and you can't even strum it unless you're a really good musician." When pop goes bad: novelty records 2010-09-22T20:30:00Z Yet there is also elbow room within those parameters, and on “Blackbraid II” you can hear a delicately strummed acoustic guitar here, a traditional flute there. Meet Blackbraid, a Black Metal Musician With Native American Roots 2023-07-05T04:00:00Z Soon the women were shouting down encouragement from their cells and strumming their cups against the bars. How Stonewall felt – to someone who was there | Edmund White 2019-06-19T04:00:00Z And he was quick to adapt what he had learned to his own style – part Django Reinhardt, and a bigger part basic strum. Tolstoy’s granddaughter. Dali’s sleek couch. How Serge Gainsbourg became Serge Gainsbourg 2015-06-05T04:00:00Z With Ringo Starr and George Harrison sitting groggily before him, a tray of toast and jam by their side, McCartney starts to strum and sing, searching for inspiration. Know How the Beatles Ended? Peter Jackson May Change Your Mind. 2021-11-11T05:00:00Z Instruction in strumming on the old banjo and making pop-up puppets was also available at nearby craft booths. Lots to catch the eye at opening day of Folklife Festival 2011-05-28T02:46:41Z He held a guitar and was strumming songs like “The Needle and the Damage Done” and “Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right,” while his writers tweaked jokes in their seats nearby. Can Conan O’Brien Reinvent ‘Conan’? 2019-01-21T05:00:00Z Still, strumming a ukulele doesn’t guarantee going viral, and musical series have an iffy history. On TV’s New Musicals, Every Episode Is Opening Night 2020-01-07T05:00:00Z As plain strumming builds up to an electric-guitar squall. they sing, “I never said I’d be all right/Just thought I could hold myself together”; there's some consolation in their solidarity. The Playlist: An Indie-Rock Supergroup Is Born, and 9 More New Songs 2018-08-24T04:00:00Z And down in San Antonio, the music strums to a Latin beat. America's Musical Cities 2010-07-07T21:20:00Z A sometime guitar player myself, I wish I could pick it up and strum a few chords. Art Review: It?s the Craftsman, Not the Singer or the Song 2011-02-10T22:57:32Z And nothing here conveys the whole secret of how you get from Freehold, 1964, strumming a $69 Kent guitar, to the Meadowlands with a Telecaster, standing in front of a multitude. Richard Ford Reviews Bruce Springsteen’s Memoir 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z Now his trembling hands won’t allow him to strum the instrument at all. A Label Reissued a Dead Brazilian Artist’s Album. He Was Still Alive. 2021-05-26T04:00:00Z Though the strumming was the same, everything else was different; the words, the delivery, the packaging. Old music: Ross – Swallow Your Dreams 2013-01-31T07:00:00Z “Drawn to the Blood,” which conjures biblical images and wonders, “What did I do to deserve this?,” begins with a lone strummed guitar, later joined by one persistently repeating keyboard note. Review: Sufjan Stevens’s Quietly Moving ‘Carrie & Lowell’ 2015-03-30T04:00:00Z The songs strum and blip, march and throb. A Sunny Day in Glasgow to Play at Rough Trade 2014-12-20T05:00:00Z Through most of the piece, Mr. Kang sat there silently, adding manically strummed viola only as the music mounted toward its quietly ecstatic conclusion. Music Review: Eyvind Kang Presents His Eclectic Mix at the Stone 2013-07-03T20:39:35Z And as musicians strum old folk tunes and hymns, it sounds like a rustic America time has forgotten. Satori Group takes you into the wild 2013-03-06T22:26:43Z And from the moment I started strumming, the turkeys crowded round. Experience: I’m a turkey whisperer 2017-12-22T05:00:00Z We hear elegant piano, some final “Hey”s, relative quiet, and a little pleasant strumming, winding down the wild chaos. Listen to Mark Mulcahy 2017-05-17T04:00:00Z So I tried – I laid it down and tried to strum with my big toe and chord with my left foot. Glastonbury 2010: How Dizzee and the performers psyched up 2010-06-28T07:59:00Z If I never see the English evergreens I’m running to,” he sings over an acoustic guitar’s strums, “it’s nothing to me.” David Bowie and the sad, inspiring history of making art while dying 2016-01-13T05:00:00Z Mr. Frith sometimes strummed fast, harsh rhythm-guitar chords, as Mr. Cline enveloped him in noise or played splinters of lead guitar. Music Review: Fred Frith and Nels Cline Create New Soundscapes 2014-01-19T22:12:56Z Sometimes they play with the intense seriousness of orchestral soloists; at others they fiddle as if at a hoedown; at still others they strum the violin and viola like guitars. Spare Times for Children for Nov. 16-22 2012-11-15T23:10:06Z With Wilco picking and strumming like a string band, Jeff Tweedy spins a free-associative fable about elemental forces of life and death, leading into a brief but probing jam that reunites country and psychedelia. Best Songs of 2022 2022-12-07T05:00:00Z She’s strumming an electric guitar against a rock beat, sounding steely and incredulous, unsure about a few things but not, in the end, about herself. Review: On Laura Marling’s ‘Short Movie,’ Songs of Restlessness and Solitude 2015-03-23T04:00:00Z Guitars intertwine and gather around them, in ever-thickening skeins of picking and strumming, pulling a listener into all the mesmerizing turbulence of those troubled romances. New Music: Dum Dum Girls, Peggy Sue and Helen Sung Release Albums 2014-01-27T22:37:10Z The song is breezy and light — gently strummed acoustic guitar chords, a buoyant piano riff — but as the video proceeds, a disarming sense of the uncanny creeps in. Aldous Harding’s Gloriously Peculiar World of Songs 2022-03-25T04:00:00Z The album begins with Young alone strumming a guitar, then dreamily morphs into a full-band performance, the singer locked in with Crazy Horse. Album review: Neil Young, 'Psychedelic Pill' 2012-10-29T04:36:00Z She climbed the stairs and strummed a chord as the white guitar caught the spotlight for the first time. Wynonna Judd, on Her Own 2023-01-31T05:00:00Z The musical thought is alternately thorny and otherworldly, with percussive taps and fast-as-light arpeggio strums making it sound, at times, as though Johannesson is handling more than one instrument. Guitarist offers guide to Icelandic strings 2010-04-08T20:17:00Z Suspended in the very center of the Comcast Arena over a sea of screaming tween fans, he strummed an acoustic guitar and sang "Favorite Girl" without the support of his large backing band. Concert review: Justin Bieber at Everett's Comcast Arena 07/13/10 2010-07-14T14:57:00Z This latest app focuses on a virtual guitar, with the twist being that you can strum along to vocals provided by users of the separate Sing! 20 best iPhone and iPad apps this week 2013-05-24T14:21:06Z Most of the tempos approach the stateliness of arena anthems; the arrangements are filled out by strummed guitars and vocal chorales. Critics? Choice: New CDs 2011-03-07T23:58:25Z With its acoustic strum and impassioned vocals, it's a marked contrast to the lightweight pop that precedes it. Olly Murs: 'Look who's winning now' 2014-11-24T05:00:00Z Spending time at Dayton Band was a respite, like, “I’ll just be over here strumming this guitar in a corner.” A Designer’s Favorite Possession: A Guitar That Reminds Him of Home 2018-05-30T04:00:00Z There’s compelling suspense in his process of feeling out each next step, plucking or strumming his way forward, unsure but never lost, And never completely on his own. Critics? Choice: New CDs 2010-12-14T07:30:19Z A rich tapestry of human voices and mostly acoustic, strummed instruments, Fleet Foxes' "Helplessness Blues" channels the majesty and melancholy of Pacific Northwest scenery — and the feeling of Simon and Garfunkel. New CDs: Fleet Foxes' 'Helplessness Blues' 2011-05-02T20:24:05Z Now it seems that the specificity of your attack on the guitar — whether and how you strum a chord or pick a note — determines the texture of the orchestral sounds that result from it. Music Review: Pat Metheny Brings His One-Man Band to Town Hall 2010-05-23T21:29:00Z The band introduced what it said was a song it had never before performed that reached back to the frenetic strumming of its early days, when it was often compared to the Strokes. ArtsBeat: After the Rain, a Night of Rock 2013-06-09T19:08:59Z It eases into motion but accelerates to breakneck speed, bouncing between strumming and picking and putting grunting low strings in dialogue with keening high ones. Miley Cyrus and Dua Lipa’s Retro Rock, and 8 More New Songs 2020-11-20T05:00:00Z As her compositions float over 6 Music's daytime playlists, all that pleasant strumming, gentle singing and 70s MOR love really start to do my eardrums in. Tomorrow's World; Lucy Rose; Tyler, The Creator: this week's new tracks 2013-04-01T05:00:00Z But if you’re there on a Friday, your attention will soon turn to the microphone on the patio: Sohn brings in entertainers to strum a guitar and sing some hits. A summery spot for alfresco comforts opens in Bethesda 2016-07-01T04:00:00Z As that looped, he strummed his guitar in double time and activated a sampler with a foot pedal, multiplying six strings until they sounded like 96. Ed Sheeran at Staples Center: The boy next door steals hearts 2014-08-28T04:00:00Z Lunch at a riverside farmer’s cafe, then shop for handmade clothes, art, jewelry and crafts, like wooden frogs that issue a hollow croak when strummed with a wooden stick. The Asia Issue: Asian Odysseys 2011-03-18T18:55:00Z The music is full of strums and easygoing pulses; there isn’t even a drummer among the show’s four musicians. The apocalypse comes to the Lower East Side in the new musical ‘Soon’ 2015-03-23T04:00:00Z We might see our idol, more or less persuasively impersonated by a hard-working actor, strumming a guitar or noodling at a piano, but the complicated labor of creativity is notoriously hard to show on screen. Review: ‘Love & Mercy’ Gets Inside Brian Wilson’s Head 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z As he spoke he strummed a dobro balanced on his knee, a bit of multitasking the singer attributed with a chuckle to his attention deficit disorder. Rick Springfield can rock a sci-fi novel too 2014-06-18T04:00:00Z One laid-back violist strummed his instrument as if playing the blues. L.A. Philharmonic breathes fire into Saariaho world premiere 2015-05-15T04:00:00Z Wilson’s forceful take on the spectacularly gloomy tune was accompanied only by the Alice in Chains guitarist’s beautifully doleful strumming, the low-key setup lending added poignancy. Heart’s Ann Wilson and Alice in Chains’ Jerry Cantrell honor Chris Cornell at Rock & Roll Hall of Fame ceremony 2018-04-15T04:00:00Z Finally, Avital added a solo encore from his “Between Worlds” CD, “Bucimis,” a boisterous Bulgarian folk dance that culminated in furious strumming with the energy of a rock ’n’ roller. How much difference can one mandolin make? Bowl audience hears a fresh spin on 'Four Seasons' 2016-09-16T04:00:00Z As the two dancers trade steps, with a group of others clapping loudly at the back of the stage, Benjamin B. Lee strums a guitar, and Ms. Dorrance serenades Ms. Sumbry-Edwards by wailing the lyrics. Dance Review: In Church, Tapping Out Memorials 2011-03-11T22:55:21Z This Benin-born virtuoso wrangles a special mix of sounds from the guitar — plucking, strumming, slapping and stroking the instrument, as if to make it dance. 12 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2019-12-12T05:00:00Z An early demo caught the ear of his old schoolfriend Zach Braff, who put several of his gently strummed songs on the soundtrack to Scrubs and his film The Last Kiss. Talking Shop 2010-03-29T07:36:00Z His deadpan delivery, as he strums away in the downpour, seems to say, “I’m singin’ in the rain. Singin' in the Rain Is Back: What a Glorious Feeling! 2012-07-12T20:14:04Z Despite that, the first single, “Waiting All Night,” is excellent, with a lugubrious, lo-fi sheen that floats on deep-space bass notes, brightened with acoustic guitar strums. REVIEW: Phish Keeps Things Fresh With Fuego 2014-06-27T04:00:00Z Her stage name, Soak, is a portmanteau of the words “soul” and “folk,” but those two genres inform her music only to the extent that she sings about painful things and strums an acoustic guitar. Soak’s Mature Teen Spirit 2015-06-02T04:00:00Z Schumann and Wolf, who infused his Germanic ethos with evocations of strummed guitars and castanets, were among the German Romantic composers entranced by Spanish poetry. Review: New York Festival of Song’s ‘Letters From Spain,’ Some by Russians and Germans 2015-04-29T04:00:00Z Its songs strum and muse, with Mr. Cox’s instruments and voices often doubled and slightly staggered, to dizzying stereo effect. Playlist : New Releases: Atlas Sound, Lila Downs and Michael Jackson 2011-11-27T05:03:07Z Best of all was a strum through Bruce Springsteen's I'm on Fire that transformed the original's carnal urgency into a delicate reverie. ?l?f Arnalds ? review 2011-03-04T18:05:39Z A 70-minute concept album on four sides of vinyl, “Zen Arcade” teamed one of the fastest bands in the land with paisley-printed hooks, acoustic strumming and the shimmering sounds of psychedelia. Glen ‘Spot’ Lockett: The Punk Producer’s 10 Essential Recordings 2023-03-07T05:00:00Z As Johanna hovers around her keyboard, Klara strums an acoustic guitar and takes a moment to talk of the group's appreciation for Johnny Cash, June Carter Cash, Gram Parsons and Emmylou Harris. Lollapalooza Day 1: Black Sabbath, Black Keys and Passion Pit's black thoughts 2012-08-04T06:11:00Z Desi had a small role on One Tree Hill and tells moving anecdotes and strums away at his guitar. Girls Recap: Show Biz 2014-02-24T15:46:21Z Oddly, the band used to be part of the new folk scene that produced the twee strumming of Noah and the Whale and Laura Marling. 2010-02-04T12:08:00Z “Right,” said the producer, strumming an acoustic guitar and staring into the middle distance. Ashlee Simpson’s New Reality 2018-07-10T04:00:00Z Mr. Butler did not consider himself a singer, except for strumming his guitar and singing for his late mother and girlfriends. Baz Luhrmann Is Ready for Rhinestones, Cadillacs, Dr. Feelgood and a Svengali 2022-05-21T04:00:00Z Four band members — Kenneth Collins, the company’s director, among them — strum and drum and sing inside, like animate sculptures or zoo animals. ‘My Voice Has an Echo in It,’ Part of the Coil Festival 2015-01-08T05:00:00Z There’s all these strumming power chords that really, really connected. The Day Prince’s Guitar Wept the Loudest 2016-04-28T04:00:00Z With a bushy beard and yarmulke always in place, he’s often found strumming a guitar and singing songs of peace, love and harmony to dreamy-eyed members of the flower-power generation. Theater Review: ‘Soul Doctor,’ a Musical About Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach 2013-08-16T02:00:40Z Kelly Clarkson sang “My Country, ’Tis of Thee,” Beyoncé had national anthem duty and James Taylor strummed and sang “America the Beautiful.” Inauguration performances weren’t always so contentious: Highlights from the last 75 years 2017-01-11T05:00:00Z Sitting on the ground outside the venue and strumming her guitar, Shocked was largely ignored and refused to speak. Singer Michelle Shocked sits in at canceled show 2013-03-29T17:14:08Z Elahi developed his own unique strumming pattern, enhancing the instrument’s potential as both a percussive and a melodic instrument. Ostad Elahi, a Tanbur Master, Is Celebrated at Met Museum 2014-08-29T04:00:00Z There’s more than a hint of Crosby’s lifelong admiration for Mitchell in “Holding On to Nothing,” with its calmly strummed, eccentric chords and asymmetrical melody. David Crosby’s 15 Essential Songs 2023-01-20T05:00:00Z And indeed, at times, the ensemble's sensibilities and strumming patterns seemed borrowed from the comfortable end of rock. Magdalena Kozen?/Private Musicke - review 2011-02-06T17:54:11Z Chavez says he stayed up late strumming on the electric guitar and singing songs. Chavez thanks Shakira for red, autographed guitar 2011-05-15T23:31:04Z Not to his adoring public, some of whom likely strummed out some air guitar riffs in parasocial celebration. As Johnny Depp wins his defamation suit, "believe all women" loses 2022-06-01T04:00:00Z A complex, dissonant chord slowly built throughout the orchestra at the start of Robert Honstein’s “Rise,” set alongside cello strums in a potent juxtaposition of sounds gentle and eerie. NY Phil Biennial Provides Showcase for Emerging Composers 2014-06-08T04:00:00Z The Nigerian superstar Burna Boy juggles regrets, justifications and resentments as he sings about a romance wrecked by career pressures, drawing nervous momentum out of a strumming, fluttering sample from Toni Braxton. Best Songs of 2022 2022-12-07T05:00:00Z It seems simple enough — the violin strums, like a guitar, as the piano adopts the searching main theme — and most duos play it simply, as a basic question of foreground and background. Facing Death, a Pianist Recorded Music of Unspeakable Emotions 2023-02-02T05:00:00Z It began innocently enough: a cabal of tall, slightly wan-looking indie-rock musicians huddled together, some strumming acoustic guitars, singing demurely of unity. Postscript: Sharon Jones, 1956-2016 2016-11-19T05:00:00Z Did the guitar player's mellow strumming allow me to overlook the fact that the side of sautéed bell pepper, zucchini and cherry tomatoes wasn't really ratatouille? A la Bonne Franquette presents unfussy food, skillfully prepared 2012-05-11T03:34:03Z When she finally sings, every lyric strums with such anger and regret we almost expect the audience to fall backward, as if from a blast. Review: ‘Nico, 1988’ Dramatizes the Singer’s Tormented Final Years 2018-07-31T04:00:00Z Asked to draw on often nonexistent acting skills, authors are holding forth for anything from 30 seconds to 6 minutes, frequently to the tune of stock guitar strumming, soulful violin or klezmer music. Cultural Studies: Missed the Author?s Tour? See the Video 2010-07-09T18:01:00Z Matisyahu and his bassist Stu Brooks were getting coffee last week before heading to a Maui beach when they heard the man start strumming the singer's hit "One Day." Reggae artist Matisyahu starts singing with unsuspecting fan 2016-08-03T04:00:00Z Dressed in black suits and skinny ties, the men perched on stools and strummed charging melodies that got the crowd hooting. The best jazz clubs in Paris 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z She strums a Venezuelan cuatro, a small guitar, and sings a waltz about the age-old mistreatment of poor, hardworking women: “Without looking at my eyes they silenced my words.” Drake and DaBaby Join Lil Yachty’s Shtick, and 8 More New Songs 2020-03-13T04:00:00Z The trio wore shiny clothes and strummed ukuleles while twirling Hula Hoops, singing tunes by Led Zeppelin and Melanie. Critic?s Notebook: Bands Dream Globally, Play Locally 2010-10-24T23:00:00Z She played a key role in introducing younger musicians to the mountain dulcimer, an elongated stringed instrument that she strummed on her lap while singing. Jean Ritchie, singer who helped lead folk revival of ’50s and ’60s, dies at 92 2015-06-02T04:00:00Z It’s a thoroughly accessible version of the play, one that at the same time resists strumming the strings of the tragedy too solemnly. A well-played, compact ‘King Lear’ at Folger Theatre The trio closed the early set the first night with “Do Re Mi Fa Sol,” Mr. Hekselman whistling the tune’s lullaby melody as he strummed a warbling, two-chord progression. Live Jazz: Three August Standouts, From Gilad Hekselman to Rebolú 2018-08-31T04:00:00Z At moments like those, it was easy to picture a boy sitting on the front stoop, strumming his uke without a care in the world. Review: Tony Danza Reaches for Sinatra With Charisma 2016-07-27T04:00:00Z The images — Jordan strumming a guitar against a starry sky, walking with a cane against the rowhouses of her youth — draw on Holmes’s prowess as a mixed-media artist. How Do You Talk to Children About Politics These Days? Try These Books. 2018-11-02T04:00:00Z Naturally, the finest fit is Kathleen Tagg’s “This be her verse,” a commission for the program that, in addition to strummed piano strings, calls for suspended, ethereal high notes and carefree charm. 5 Classical Music Albums You Can Listen to Right Now 2022-04-28T04:00:00Z The Carter children joined the group, and “Mother Maybelle” pioneered a guitar technique of playing the baseline with her thumb while her fingers strummed the melody. The story of the Carter family, America’s musical clan 2013-01-18T22:20:45Z Warning: bassoon strumming in the action camps is frowned upon. Secret Garden Party 2013: what to look out for 2013-07-25T16:02:32Z The music opens out from a lone strummed guitar to full band, with harmonic ambiguity built into the chords. The Playlist: Shawn Mendes Shows His Scars, and 9 More New Songs 2018-03-23T04:00:00Z Lorenz picked up one from the 20th century and coaxed out a rather sad melody, but it seemed to fill him up again to strum it. In Switzerland, a musician searches for the ‘Holy Grail’ of instruments 2015-03-16T04:00:00Z Justin Bieber began his performance of the purely bubblegum-pop “Baby” strumming an acoustic guitar on a stool, looking like a 1970s folk troubadour, and later, dancing with his mentor Usher, channeled Michael Jackson. At the Grammys, Spectacles and Upsets 2011-02-14T05:54:53Z On the title song, they started with her distinctively strummed guitar. Perspective | Liz Phair is back, and she’s setting the record — and the record business — straight 2021-05-26T04:00:00Z Rob Wilson, 19, a guitar-wielding New Jersey student, sat and strummed Let It Be. John Lennon fans mark anniversary of singer's murder in New York City 2010-12-08T19:49:00Z His return stacked up as an event, and he delivered: His voice in full cry, nailing notes with conviction and accuracy over guitar strummed so rudely it’s a wonder it didn’t break in half. Top concerts of 2012 2012-12-20T21:35:00Z The Minneapolis arrangement of “Tangled Up in Blue” that opens “Blood on the Tracks” — switched to first-person, transposed to a higher key and ornamented with glimmering guitar strumming — doesn’t telegraph the troubles to come. On ‘More Blood, More Tracks,’ Familiar Bob Dylan Songs Cut Closer to the Bone 2018-10-30T04:00:00Z The Clinton, Oklahoma, native felt some backlash due to his business selling mezcal from Mexico and his strumming Takamine guitars from Japan. Toby Keith is never one to mince words in songs 2011-10-19T13:27:41Z Adams told Public Radio International for a series on rockabilly music that he strummed a bucket like a guitar and listened to Bill Monroe on the Grand Ole Opry radio program. Rockabilly Hall of Famer Billy Adams dies at 79 2019-04-01T04:00:00Z Rhodes comes to, sings Jeffries an affecting blues song, strums his beat-up guitar and charms her with his huge laugh and folksy tales. The movie that foretold the rise of Donald Trump 2016-02-08T05:00:00Z Throughout, he strummed the guitar too hard, but never sang hard enough, presumably imagining himself as the hero of his sentimental story-songs while only ever comporting himself as a well-liked pop star. Review | Are Ed Sheeran’s songlike secretions actually holding the universe together? 2017-09-20T04:00:00Z Next up was My Bubba, three young Scandinavian women — one Dane, one Swede, one Icelander — in vintage-store dresses who merged their voices in high harmony while strumming and drumming jangly ditties. Elsinore in Denmark, Hamlet’s ‘Home,’ Is Having a Renaissance 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z As we waited, some of the fellows tossed around a football, some strummed their guitars. Surviving a Weekend with the Wizard of Prog Rock 2014-10-31T04:00:00Z In the show, one of our tenors "mistypes" it to the sound of a strumming guitar. Songs for squaddies: the war musical Lads in Their Hundreds 2010-05-19T21:30:00Z So we made a shirt with an extra sleeve in it, and a musician crouched behind doing the fretwork as Redden strummed. How we made Deliverance 2017-05-29T04:00:00Z And the musicians, housed in Walter Bobbie's fluid production in a kind of floating cabin that moves about as the scenery shifts, keep the atmosphere strumming and twanging like a rollicking country fair. 'Bright Star' wears its old-fashioned heart on its gingham sleeve 2014-09-29T04:00:00Z Turn a corner in Zuccotti Park and you're likely to run into a drum circle or find someone strumming a guitar. New generation of music central to protest 2011-11-13T20:16:03Z She started it alone, sparsely strumming an electric guitar, her voice a thin, clear beacon of wounded pride. Review: Diet Cig, a Lo-Fi Whirlwind, With Songs Cutting to the Heart 2015-10-18T04:00:00Z Alone onstage with just his guitar, Simon began to strum “American Tune,” a ballad from 1973 about national woe and exhaustion. The comforts and discomforts of Paul Simon’s American tunes 2016-06-28T04:00:00Z Jason Isbell begins the title track of his new album, “Something More Than Free,” picturing the end of a day’s labor, his voice set against the lonesome strum of an acoustic guitar. Review: Jason Isbell’s ‘Something More Than Free’ 2015-07-15T04:00:00Z |
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