It had started last year, because some parents were concerned that their children did not know the national anthem or the pledge. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

When the three of us turned to face our country’s flags as the American national anthem played, I’d placed one hand over my heart and held my bouquet behind me with the other hand. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Singing the national anthem was relatively new at Daughters of the Immaculate Heart. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

While I'm dishing up two more small servings of lamb stew and rice, we hear the anthem begin to play. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Dean Thomas hopped three times around the room, singing the national anthem. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Night falls, the anthem plays, and high in the sky I see the picture of the girl, who was apparently from District 8. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Up in the sky, I see the seal and know the anthem must have begun. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

We’re about to settle down to our meal of raw fish when the anthem begins. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

On deck, men were assembling to raise flags as a band played the national anthem, a Sunday morning tradition. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

It is not a martial song, or a victory song, the way many national anthems are. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

As he walked Ben looked for the plane again and listened for the old buzzing sound, the old familiar anthem of an approaching plane to announce the descent of his father. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

She plays the first notes of the national anthem, and everyone sings as if we are at Fenway, shouting to fill the stadium. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

The hauntingly slow anthem played loudly as the entire corps stopped and stood in the deferential parade rest position until the final note ended. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

When she brought him his plate, the national anthem was playing on the radio. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Thousands of flags waved, adding their discordant national anthems to the racket. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

The boys like plays, news bulletins, martial anthems. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Spontaneously the throng began to sing “My Country ’Tis of Thee,” which many thought of as the national anthem although no song had yet received that designation. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Hitting the “free” in the national anthem was a thing of the past. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The anthem plays, and as we make our final trip around the circle, am I wrong? Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

And finally, the bald man joined in, singing our national anthem. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Somewhere a radio was blaring Bangladesh’s national anthem. Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z

Only the blast of the anthem, cranked up so loud I can feel it vibrating through my bones, lets us know where we stand in the program. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

“No, Miss Williams. It is not my national anthem.” Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Right before chao comes, Minerva leads us in singing the national anthem. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

But some of the truth and beauty remained, and the anthem was recognizable. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then Minerva began singing the national anthem, and everyone joined in, men and women. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next day at school when we rose to sing the British national anthem, everyone stared at me, but as soon as I opened my mouth, the class lost interest. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hence “black is beautiful” and “gay pride”—slogans and anthems of political movements aimed at ending not only legal discrimination, but the stigma that justified it. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Although that day, neither group knew the lyrics of the anthem they once despised, they would soon know the words by heart. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Outside the Midland High band, dressed in its purple and gold costumes, played the national anthem. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

People walk the paths of the gardens below, and the wind sings anthems in the hedges, and the big old cedars at the entrance to the maze creak. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

But the anthem's running out and I'm only three quarters of the way through the wood when the music ends, the sky goes dark, and I'm forced to stop. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

The moment the anthem ends, we are taken into custody. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

That he wouldn’t put his hand over his heart during the national anthem. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

With each foreign athlete’s victory, an abbreviated version of his or her national anthem was played. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

We pick a fork high in a tree and settle in for the night just as the anthem begins to play. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Though never accorded any official title, Handel contributed grand anthems and orchestral suites for the Hanover Georges, from the Water Music to the Music for the Royal Fireworks, for the rest of his life. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

By the time the anthem plays its final strains, all twenty-four of us stand in one unbroken line in what must be the first public show of unity among the districts since the Dark Days. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

The anthem's playing yet again and we rise as President Snow himself takes the stage followed by a little girl carrying a cushion that holds the crown. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

It was my national anthem, and I was about to meet the queen. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

Night falls and the anthem plays and there's no picture of Cato in the sky, only the faint moans coming through the metal beneath us. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

After we sang a welcoming song from the Catholic Hymnal, Mother Lucy read Matthew chapter five up to verse eleven, and then we sang the national anthem. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

All Marines in the room rose as one and lifting their glasses they said in unison, “The President,” as the band played the national anthem. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was the holy hymn taken from the bone and sinew of the family’s life together, the anthem of both their discontent and strange belabored love for their way of life. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

From the radio, the Biafran national anthem burst out and filled the silence. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The national anthem, I later learned, is what he had sung every morning as a schoolboy in Japan. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

“God Save the King,” the American national anthem and the Russian “Internationale” were played. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

The anthem ends and the sky goes dark. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

He stood for the national anthem and the announcement of the starting lineup. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

“It is the national anthem we sing here,” she snapped. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

It ended not as a song but as an anthem in defiance of death and in praise of the men who wore the wings of gold. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the anthem finishes and the screen goes dark, a hush falls on the room. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

No sooner had this been accomplished than the band started to play the national anthem. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I listen to the strains of the anthem I think, It will be harder for Finnick and Mags. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Besides the national anthem, I never knew so many songs were written about America. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

The anthem booms in my ears, and then I hear Caesar Flickerman greeting the audience. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Whistles blew and a band played both the Brazilian and American national anthems. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

Within a few minutes, we were all singing the song “Stimela,” a rousing anthem about a train making its way down from Southern Rhodesia. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Maybe they are taking us back to the front,” Alhaji said, and for some reason we all started singing the national anthem, marching to the vehicles. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Four days later, as the German and Japanese anthems played, the ship rose into the grasp of a typhoon that whisked it over the Pacific at breathtaking speed, toward America. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

The ghouls and ghosts closed in - two hundred of them facing Jason in anticipation, as if he might lead them in the national anthem. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Minerva started singing our anthem and the others joined in. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

We turn back to face the crowd as the anthem of Panem plays. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Then, for good measure, he asked him to sing the first few lines of the national anthem. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

After the anthem, the tributes file back into the Training Center lobby and onto the elevators. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

As a boy he was taught that the last line of the anthem refers to a certain type of mossy lichen with exquisitely tiny white flowers sprinkled in amongst the green. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

They cut to the anthem again, and the program ends. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

I cover my good ear to block out the strains of the anthem, but then I hear the trumpets and sit straight up in anticipation. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

The anthem should block out our words, but still I whisper. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

I started the national anthem, but the priest waved his hand quickly in front of my chest. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

The anthem plays, and my throat tightens with revulsion as President Snow takes the stage. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

By the time the anthem plays, I feel remarkably better. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

The music, the anthem of Saturday night debauch, filtered to them through the jail stones that now enveloped them, isolated them with Junior Palmer. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The day was symbolized for me by the playing of our two national anthems, and the vision of whites singing “Nkosi Sikelel’ iAfrika” and blacks singing “Die Stem,” the old anthem of the republic. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the same time she taught us the Puerto Rican national anthem, which said Borinquén was the daughter of the ocean and the sun. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

The anthem fades out and the sky goes dark for a moment. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

After being pressed up tight to life and death, it’s what I believe in—a distilled hum that I plan to follow through this life and maybe the next, like my own personal anthem. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

After the anthem, they show President Snow drawing the envelope for the second Quarter Quell. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

As we make a beeline for the front entrance, I can hear the anthem beginning outside in the square. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

I know this because as soon as the anthem finishes she snuggles up against me and falls asleep. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

For five days he hears nothing on his transceiver but anthems and recorded propaganda and broadcasts from beleaguered colonels requesting supplies, gasoline, men. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

I took the flag from Arul and stood straight as a soldier, singing the national anthem. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

George Pocock would later say that when they heard the strains of the German anthem they began to march deliberately out of step with the music. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

And stop hearing the national anthem in my head. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

Rayner Taylor announced that he would be printing “an anthem suitable to the present occasion.” An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

The seal of the Capitol shines above me and the anthem blares out. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

The Capitol seal appears, underscored by the anthem. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

The national anthem played on cassette decks, competing with the honking of cars. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

“She always drags me past the bars around here and makes us wait nearby while she listens to whatever anthems they’re playing inside. I don’t know. Must be a girl thing.” Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Night has just come when I hear the anthem that proceeds the death recap. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

The seal of Panem lights up on the screen and remains there while the anthem plays. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

The anthem begins, but there are no faces in the sky tonight. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

He asked them all to please rise for the national anthem. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Soon the seal's in the sky, the anthem plays in my right ear. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

The Argentine Naval Band played the British and Argentine national anthems with an accompaniment of barking, growling, snarling, and howling from the dogs as Endurance set sail on the next leg of the voyage. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

The anthem ends, and President Snow begins to speak, to remind us all of the Dark Days from which the Hunger Games were born. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

The Nuremberg Rally of 1934 was itself an anthem to power and a carefully designed tool for further concentrating and advancing it. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“I mean, the lyrics, though. I wish I could be like a bird in the sky? This song is my anthem!” Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Each morning before classes began, we all lined up in the courtyard by grade, then recited the national anthem and the Lord’s Prayer. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

He was simply one more in the pile of creatures who sang the national anthem in the schoolhouse and stood in line to receive their Christmas presents. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he made every person in his section of the stands rise and sing the anthem with him. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

We are all in place as the anthem begins to play and the annual recap of the reaping ceremonies in the twelve districts begins. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

No, us neither, but of course, big, booming anthems like as this can quite happily succeed solely on the back of buzzwords. Have Take That mastered the art of meaningless epic pop? 2010-12-03T12:51:00Z

You Can't Always Get What You Want, with its soaring choir, is hugely moving, an anthem to acceptance which draws celebration from resignation. Rolling Stones at Glastonbury 2013 – review 2013-06-30T00:03:24Z

The group’s popularity and longevity has been built on subtle, soft, sing- and cry-along anthems, a magnetic attraction for music obsessives. The genius of Elbow, the band Coldplay wishes it could be 2017-06-03T04:00:00Z

Soaring above the more pedestrian sounds of the townspeople with their lowdown dances, thickly harmonized barbershop quartets and crisp civic anthems, Marian’s soprano literalizes the idealism at the heart of her character and conflict. Review: Even With Hugh Jackman, ‘The Music Man’ Goes Flat 2022-02-10T05:00:00Z

“Now, standing for the national anthem isn’t official N.F.L. policy yet, but ‘team owners will discuss a plan when they meet next week.’ Samantha Bee Leads Late Night in Going After Harvey Weinstein 2017-10-12T04:00:00Z

New Orleans anthem that begins with story of elderly pyromania? Test your New Orleans music knowledge 2015-02-11T05:00:00Z

That year it reinvented itself with the electronic atmospherics of “Kid A,” leaving behind the guitar-centric anthems of its 1997 masterpiece, “OK Computer.” Album review: Radiohead, 'The King of Limbs' 2011-02-20T05:48:13Z

The right to show your patriotism by standing during the national anthem? Welcome to your local NFL stadium: Home of the sensitive and easily offended 2016-09-10T04:00:00Z

Liverpool tweeted alongside a video of the fans in full voice that Marsden’s voice “accompanied our biggest nights” and that his ”anthem bonded players, staff and fans around the world, helping create something truly special.” ‘You’ll Never Walk Alone:’ Singer Gerry Marsden dies at 78 2021-01-03T05:00:00Z

Before the performance, members of the Philadelphia Orchestra sat onstage alongside members of the China National Symphony Orchestra to play the Chinese and American national anthems. ArtsBeat: Philadelphia Orchestra Tours China 40 Years After Historic Visit 2013-06-07T16:41:48Z

Everyone obliged briefly, then quickly climbed back up to sing the national anthem. Young people flocked to the White House last night — to take pictures of themselves 2016-11-09T05:00:00Z

“Constructive Summer” and “Stay Positive,” The Hold Steady. Don’t get pedantic about the unseasonal title, “Constructive Summer” is an anthem for new beginnings, for big hopes and dreams, and the exorcising of communal angst. A playlist for Salon’s epic New Year’s Eve catharsis party 2016-12-31T05:00:00Z

When did you realize that “Alright” was becoming an anthem for Black Lives Matter? Kendrick Lamar, on a Year of Knowing What Matters 2015-12-29T05:00:00Z

“Born to be Wild” and other rock anthems blast from the speaker system. Globe-trotting cuisine at funky little Leary Traveler 2013-07-11T21:13:36Z

The album takes a darker, less conventional turn away from the “turnt-up” anthems that made up half his previous recording, “Old,” and made him an international music-festival mainstay. Danny Brown returns to uncompromising originality 2016-09-30T04:00:00Z

The Key Bridge was named for Francis Scott Key, who wrote the words that became the national anthem. Washington’s rising Frederick Douglass bridge lifts the human spirit 2021-04-12T04:00:00Z

The latest release is full of protest songs and working-class anthems, inspired by the recession in the United States. ArtsBeat: Springsteen Tops Charts in Britain 2012-03-12T16:17:29Z

He acquitted himself perfectly well with our national anthem, but it was in the British works that he really seemed to be on home turf. NSO starts season with a new face in Shakespeare 2016-09-29T04:00:00Z

At Market Hotel, they’ll swing, jitterbug and shimmy through anthems of heartbreak and healing. Pop & Rock Listings for Aug. 26-Sept. 1 2016-08-25T04:00:00Z

One is the three-time winner of the World Stratego Championship and recently sung the national anthem at the Pittsburgh Pirates’ home opener. I made Clarence Thomas laugh 2012-08-18T19:00:00Z

The singer says she wanted to put her own style on "Waiting All Day for Sunday Night," the theme song based on Joan Jett's rock `n' roll anthem "I Hate Myself For Loving You." Underwood brings new 'Sunday Night Football' theme 2013-09-05T13:29:32Z

Portland's the Decemberists give an earnest if unexciting account of the Bob Dylan anthem "When the Ship Comes In," redeemed by an ennobling instrumental bridge. New CDs: The Chieftains celebrate 50 years with 'Voice of Ages' 2012-02-18T00:31:13Z

His music, with songs like “Alright” and “The Blacker the Berry,” have become anthems in the wake of high-profile police shootings of minorities as the conversation about race relations dominates news headlines. Commercial and critical darling Kendrick Lamar wins Pulitzer 2018-04-16T04:00:00Z

It was only when the Lopezes delivered Elsa’s anthem, “Let It Go,” an Oscar front-runner for best song, that the characters, and the movie’s true story line, revealed itself. Oscar-Nominated Songs With Familiar Composers 2014-02-19T22:59:00Z

The NFL also announced on Monday that Alexandria Wailes will perform in American Sign Language both the national anthem and “America The Beautiful.” Pink to sing national anthem at Super Bowl LII 2018-01-08T05:00:00Z

Harkening back to his singles with Kylie, Hazel Dean and Rick Astley, the song is a poptastic disco anthem, with a nod to Blame It On The Boogie in its life-affirming lyrics. Flying the flag 2010-05-28T07:43:00Z

“Nothing Yet,” one of Mr. Bruton’s songs, is a bittersweet highlight here, a ballad of rueful reflection that doubles as the album’s stealth anthem. New Music: The Dude Sings 2011-08-15T22:07:21Z

And rapper Curtis Roach made an anthem for the endless days at home with his song and meme “Bored in the House.” A year in 60 secs: TikTok lists top videos, creators of 2020 2020-12-02T05:00:00Z

Each used the anthem to different ends: Is America something we create or something we preserve? Perspective | A song doesn’t have to scream U!S!A! to be patriotic. Just ask the NFL. 2020-09-02T04:00:00Z

This year, the festival also had a designated anthem: “Fly to New York,” a long song by Above & Beyond, Saturday’s headliner, that received a fervent singlong from the crowd. Review: Electric Zoo, a Menagerie Designed for Dancing 2015-09-06T04:00:00Z

It begins with the national anthem and pauses for a halftime dance break. Review: In ‘Islander,’ the Puck Stops Here 2021-08-24T04:00:00Z

Mine is the mic-drop face she made after her rumor-dispelling a capella performance of the national anthem in front of a room full of cameras. Jay Z and Beyoncé Are All Things to All People on HBO's On The Run 2014-09-21T04:00:00Z

Over the centuries here in Strasbourg, Gutenberg invented the printing press, a local military officer wrote the French national anthem and the young Goethe wrote and wrote. 36 Hours in Strasbourg, France 2014-12-17T05:00:00Z

Kentucky state senator Frank Chelf introduced legislation to ban revised versions of songs, and NBC and CBS gave in, at least partially, agreeing to air only unaltered versions of official state anthems. Is Stephen Foster's song "My Old Kentucky Home" pro-slavery or anti-slavery? 2021-05-01T04:00:00Z

Bastille's Pompeii and Radioactive by Imagine Dragons are up for anthem of the summer. Creamfields leads Festival Awards 2013-11-06T11:02:44Z

The opening number, “The Whiskey Song,” was an uproarious drinking anthem during which the bacchanalian delights celebrated in the first verse curdle into groans as the performers’ overindulgence catches up with them. Review: Joe Iconis and Family Join in Effervescent, Talky Tunes 2016-04-04T04:00:00Z

Speakers at the conference this month agreed that the anthem was playing perhaps its largest role since World War II, when it helped motivate people against German invaders and the collaborationist Vichy government. The Twists and Turns of ‘La Marseillaise’ 2016-12-13T05:00:00Z

In Nashville, “The Voice” runner-up Meghan Linsey and her accompanying guitarist took to one knee after she finished singing the national anthem. Pharrell Williams ‘Takes a Knee’ as Artists Join Anthem Protest 2017-09-25T04:00:00Z

Some people, such as Legend, are advocating replacing "The Star-Spangled Banner" with a more inclusive anthem. How 'The Star-Spangled Banner,' racist or not, became our national anthem 2016-09-06T04:00:00Z

Meanwhile, “Jealous” — about promises, suspicion and potential revenge — turns into an accusatory anthem. Music Review: Beyoncé’s New Album is Steamy and Sleek 2013-12-14T00:01:10Z

It became an anthem for the University of Tennessee-Knoxville football team and became one of the official state songs of Tennessee. Sonny Osborne, bluegrass banjoist behind ‘Rocky Top,’ dies 2021-10-25T04:00:00Z

Bane’s attack on a football stadium right after kickoff concludes a simultaneously brutal and elegant sequence, set against an angelic boy singing the national anthem, that’s worthy of Martin Scorsese at his best. “The Dark Knight Rises”: Christopher Nolan’s evil masterpiece 2012-07-18T20:50:00Z

King closed with one of his anthems, "The Thrill is Gone." B.B. King does intimate show in Miss. 'homecoming' 2012-08-23T19:40:13Z

This season’s first episode begins with Beyoncé’s fiery anthem “Freedom,” continuing the show’s tradition of fusing period and modern music. Review | Want to know what revolution looks like? Watch ‘Underground.’ 2017-03-07T05:00:00Z

There were also many, many iconic songs reimagined as feral hog anthems: How 30-50 feral hogs invaded Twitter in 3-5 minutes 2019-08-06T04:00:00Z

Given that it’s their most popular tune to date, expect the quintet to perform the female-empowerment anthem. VMAs 2014: What to Expect (When You're Expecting Beyoncé, Taylor Swift and More) 2014-08-21T04:00:00Z

To save the country, the U.S. government resolves to reboot the national anthem, turning to America’s foremost expert in reboots, J.J. So much for hope: “South Park” abandons serialization, apparently all really is lost 2016-12-11T05:00:00Z

Nightly signoffs, when local stations used to go off the air, offered comfort with their predictability and their patriotic playing of the national anthem. When TV Goes Right Past Meditative to Vegetative 2021-04-16T04:00:00Z

We talked about their recent jail sentences and about making street-oriented music in a city known for its joyous club anthems. In Atlanta, Where Hip-Hop Meets Strip Clubs 2012-09-05T17:39:14Z

Other rappers tried their hand at delivering verses on “Stoner,” another recent Young Thug anthem, less successfully. Critic’s Notebook: Young Thug’s ‘Black Portland’ Extends His Reputation 2014-02-05T21:42:57Z

We cut out the third stanza of the national anthem, which actually is very racist. Documentary “The King”: “The American people are Elvis. They have been hoodwinked” 2018-07-04T04:00:00Z

“Snakes for the Divine” includes some melodic solos and anthem riffs, but they feel pandering, without the same bullish heart as everything else the band has done. | High on Fire: High on Fire, Metal Trio, Blasting the Blender 2010-04-11T22:11:00Z

In the 1970s he insisted on singing all three verses of the German national anthem in a version recorded for school pupils, despite the fact that the second, nationalistic verse has long been considered taboo. German far-right singer Heino stages controversial comeback 2013-02-24T13:34:30Z

They are two of the tenderest, most haunting anthems in the composer’s capacious song bag. Into the Woods in Central Park: al Fresco Enchantment 2012-08-10T21:45:00Z

The 1859 Confederate anthem “I Wish I Was in Dixie’s Land” was written for Northern minstrel performers, McGraw and Meacham note. Review | How American music became both a reflection and an instrument of social change 2019-07-10T04:00:00Z

The foundation didn't disclose how much it paid for the collection, which includes a handwritten copy of Guthrie's anthem, "This Land is Your Land." Oklahoma foundation buys Woody Guthrie archive 2011-12-28T15:09:42Z

Beyoncé also received multiple nominations for brazen sex jam “Partition” and empowerment anthem “Pretty Hurts.” Beyonce leads 2014 MTV Video Music Award nominations 2014-07-17T04:00:00Z

An immortal Chinese goddess separated from her soul mate, she takes up residence on the moon, where she mourns lost love, turns darkness into light and belts out “Ultraluminary,” an empowerment anthem. Phillipa Soo’s Week: Fund-Raising Videos and ‘Agents of Chaos’ 2020-10-27T04:00:00Z

Or the night where everyone sang American anthems not long after a compilation album called American Anthems was released. The X Factor 2010: the lessons we've learnt from this year's show 2010-12-10T12:08:00Z

Even the winner turned the anthem into a stark soul song. The Twists and Turns of ‘La Marseillaise’ 2016-12-13T05:00:00Z

When I was 10 or 11, I sang the national anthem at a Warriors and Lakers game. H.E.R. Still Finds Inspiration in Prince and ‘Martin’ 2021-07-06T04:00:00Z

A track from the Basshunter-school of dance anthems, you can picture them now in a cheesy Euro nightclub. Eurovision 2014: Reporter's diary 2014-05-11T11:21:17Z

Here, the German folk tunes and national anthem referenced in the title provide the skeletons for Lachenmann's invention, with just the occasional glimpse to suggest what is underpinning it all. Prom 5: Bamberg SO/Nott 2013-07-16T15:03:38Z

Parallel scenes show Germans and Frenchmen bellowing patriotic anthems even after the Armistice. Review: ‘Frantz,’ a Mysterious Frenchman and the Wounds of War 2017-03-14T04:00:00Z

An electrifying credit sequence has Mr. Travolta striding in rhythm through Bay Ridge, pausing to scarf a double slice of pizza, as he bops to the infectious anthem “Staying Alive.” ‘Saturday Night Fever’ at 40: You Should Still Be Dancing 2017-05-26T04:00:00Z

As this practice caught on nationally, it became the unofficial anthem of the WI. Anthem meant to be less rousing 2012-07-03T09:02:07Z

Their 12 Top 10 singles are funk, disco and pop classics, underpinning movies including “Pulp Fiction” and “Legally Blonde”: “Jungle Boogie,” “Ladies Night,” “Hollywood Swinging,” the undeniable 1980 party anthem “Celebration.” Kool & the Gang Get the Dance Floor Moving. Have They Gotten Their Due? 2022-07-04T04:00:00Z

“It’s an anthem that a lot of people are going to relate to,” he said. Myke Towers Is Seizing His Moment 2023-03-23T04:00:00Z

The Chinese, Russian and U.S. national anthems were played one after the other, with the athletes kind of giggling in a moment that was weird, awkward and memorable. There’s gold for four at gymnastics world championships 2015-11-02T05:00:00Z

Handel wrote the piece in three parts, reusing his funeral anthem “The Ways of Zion Do Mourn” as the first, renamed “Lamentation of the Israelites for the Death of Joseph.” Review: St. Thomas Choir and Concert Royal Perform Handel 2015-05-14T04:00:00Z

The show climaxed with "Born in the USA" - the title track of the 1984 album that catapaulted him to superstardom, his anthem "Born to Run", and "Dancing in the Dark" before McCartney walked on. Springsteen storms through London marathon 2012-07-15T11:02:01Z

And yet, as Gaye’s anthem drove home, “Celebrating while still fighting . . . is perhaps what represents the ethos of this country more than anything else.” Review | Hanif Abdurraqib’s vital meditation on music — and living and dying in America 2017-12-12T05:00:00Z

Kaepernick’s repeated protest of the national anthem sparked a discussion about freedom of expression and the treatment of African-Americans in the U.S. legal system. From controversial to influential: Colin Kaepernick’s former coach pens tribute in TIME 100 2017-04-20T04:00:00Z

Its finale, an anthem called “Bring On the Monsters,” would be laughably banal if it weren’t so aggressively false. Review: ‘The Lightning Thief,’ a Far Cry From Olympus 2019-10-16T04:00:00Z

Remarkably for Bragg, there was no political comment, though he started and ended his performance with political anthems from the 1980s. Billy Bragg – review 2013-02-28T17:22:12Z

This one celebrates her 25th studio album, “Closer to the Truth,” released last year, as well as the infinite potential within an evening of sparkling headdresses and feisty disco-pop empowerment anthems. Pop & Rock Listings for May 9-15 2014-05-08T22:39:49Z

For my voice, I have lost it with hollaing and singing of anthems. Style Invitational Week 1279: Justly do it — give us ‘accurate’ directions 2018-05-10T04:00:00Z

The lyrics remain the same, but we have now entered the concentration camps, and the song has been eerily transmogrified into an anthem echoing the ethos of the Third Reich. Taylor Mac’s ‘A 24-Decade History of Popular Music,’ 1930s-1950s 2015-01-21T05:00:00Z

Emmy Rossum sang the national anthem and was quite fetching but missed the high note. Even a Mets fan can be optimistic on Opening Day 2013-04-04T16:12:00Z

A non-profit organization is reviving the official, yet largely forgotten Spanish-language version of the national anthem to honor America’s millions of Hispanic citizens working on the front lines. Nonprofit rerecords Spanish-language national anthem to highlight Hispanic-American front line workers 2020-04-14T04:00:00Z

What is not hard to imagine, though, what in fact feels like a backdated American anthem, is the deafening tenacity of our perceived worthlessness as living, breathing human beings. Colson Whitehead's 'The Underground Railroad' is timely, necessary and shattering 2016-08-26T04:00:00Z

Diesel closed his speech by singing a verse from “See You Again,” the Charlie Puth and Wiz Khalifa song that is used as an anthem for Walker’s character in Furious 7. Watch Vin Diesel Sing an Emotional Tribute to Paul Walker 2016-01-07T05:00:00Z

So I began to stand up for the national anthem by sitting down for it. I stood up for the national anthem by sitting down for it 2016-08-30T04:00:00Z

Countless videos of people singing or playing the anthem’s tune with live instruments have been shared on social media as citizens of the world display defiance toward Russian aggression. Ukrainian national anthem unites the world amid Russia-Ukraine war 2022-03-03T05:00:00Z

He has been coaching his colleagues in Ukrainian diction and practicing a few lines in the anthem that he will sing for the first time as a solo: On a Stage 5,000 Miles Away, He Sings for His Family in Ukraine 2022-03-13T05:00:00Z

Mr. Shorter wrote his share of compositions that became jazz standards, like “Footprints,” a coolly ethereal waltz, and “Black Nile,” a driving anthem. Wayne Shorter, Intrepid Saxophonist and Composer, Dies at 89 2023-03-02T05:00:00Z

That song went to No. 3 on the country-music charts, for good reason; it’s a satisfying anthem for the common man, well-constructed and fun. Chris Janson’s “Drunk Girl” and the Ever-Dropping Bar for Male Behavior 2018-09-27T04:00:00Z

We shouldn’t be surprised by Dylan licensing this song—a canonical protest anthem with a melody tracing to the black-American folk tradition—to lift the voice of the world’s largest beer producer. The 2019 Super Bowl Ads Are a Case Study in Technological Dread 2019-02-02T05:00:00Z

Then Jay-Z performed “Empire State of Mind,” typically a limp anthem, but here a palliative. ArtsBeat: Kanye West Turns Melodious and Moody at MoMA 2011-05-11T09:25:59Z

This ethereal performance of what is perhaps Bowie’s most enduring anthem floats along for over seven minutes before the triumphant climax. Starman: David Bowie’s 10 Most Unforgettable Video Moments 2016-01-11T05:00:00Z

Friday’s headliner was the Flaming Lips, a band that stages its neo-psychedelic anthems with photo-ready spectacle; its strobe lights were so overwhelming that one fan needed medical attention, and the set stopped until help arrived. The Hudson Project, Cut Short by a (Real) Tempest 2014-07-14T04:00:00Z

The first tracks on “Oracular Spectacular” — including the hits “Kids” and “Time to Pretend” — were written tongue in cheek and quickly became collegiate anthems. Music: MGMT?s Sophomore Challenges 2010-04-11T00:12:00Z

“They endlessly played the movie’s captivating musical score, as if it were their private national anthem, at parties and weddings. The film validated their lifestyles and decisions to join the Mob and accept its credo.” With ‘The Godfather,’ Art Imitated Mafia Life. And Vice Versa. 2022-03-09T05:00:00Z

The concert program named the concert’s concluding piece not as the fourth movement of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony but as the anthem of the 27-nation European Union. The Vienna Philharmonic Recalls World War I in Sarajevo 2014-06-29T04:00:00Z

Or to express that sentiment in the show’s mother tongue, expensive-to-license rock anthems: Meet the new boss, same as the old boss. ‘Vinyl’ Season 1 Finale: As Confused as Ever 2016-04-17T04:00:00Z

They chanted lyrics like protest slogans in the eternal anthem “Our Lips Are Sealed”: “Doesn’t matter what they say/In the jealous games people play.” The Go-Go’s Gave Us the Beat and So Much More 2018-08-05T04:00:00Z

"Northern Lights" is addictive, while "Tug of War" and "Frequency" are certified Quiet Storm anthems. Review: Dawn Richard's 'Goldenheart' is golden 2013-01-14T19:21:09Z

His "One Love" anthem woos tourists to Jamaica on TV spots featuring white-sand beaches and swaying palms. Reggae fans in Jamaica mark Bob Marley's death 2011-05-11T21:47:09Z

The Met, which opened a performance this week with the Ukrainian national anthem, has left vague the way it intends to police its new test. Putin’s Maestro, and the Limits of Cultural Exchange in Wartime 2022-03-02T05:00:00Z

The announcement portends a year filled with distorted buzz — and sporting events jamming a new anthem called “Play Ball.” AC/DC unveils 'Rock or Bust,' announces Malcolm Young's departure 2014-09-24T04:00:00Z

The songs, which shift from defiant pop anthems to melodramatic ballads, do not evoke the circus, or at least not the American version. Review: In ‘The Greatest Showman,’ a P.T. Barnum Smaller Than Life 2017-12-20T05:00:00Z

“It’s kind of a stretch, but I think there’s some really amazing arena anthems.” Things to know about this year’s Capitol Hill Block Party 2017-07-19T04:00:00Z

Broadcasting the national anthem, which is not traditional for Monday Night Football, was a way for the league and its broadcast partner to acknowledge a topic of national interest. The NFL Should Thank Trump for Finally Shaking Up Monday Night Football 2017-09-26T04:00:00Z

And even without displacing that other national anthem, “God Bless America” continually rings from each mountain and prairie and ocean white with foam. The Man Who Was American Music 2019-11-19T05:00:00Z

This would be an anthem treated like a classic spiritual, taking the time to contemplate every word and every phrase with deep concentration and improvisational abandon. The Playlist: New Songs From Prince and Garth Brooks, if You Can Find Them 2016-11-25T05:00:00Z

Over a generic but blistering blues-rock rhythm, the record places Williams in conversation with Chuck Berry and his civil-rights-era anthem “Back in the U.S.A.” The Awkward, Enduring Influence of Hank Williams, Jr. 2016-03-24T04:00:00Z

Among those scheduled to perform Thursday are the Foo Fighters, James Taylor, Mary J. Blige, Earth Wind and Fire, and Marc Anthony, who is to sing the national anthem. Sans chairs, celebrities come to Charlotte for DNC 2012-09-05T18:31:09Z

Near its epicenter is Bennett, now a Philadelphia Eagle, who as a Seattle Seahawk sat during the national anthem last season to protest systemic inequalities. I’m a Pro Football Player Now, but I’ll Be Black Forever 2018-05-16T04:00:00Z

How does that fulfill the promise of “people like me”? Did your soul finish this exercise atop a podium, bowing gently to receive its medal while your soul anthem played? Carolyn Hax: When bullies don’t get their comeuppance 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z

Somewhere in the building, as always at dusk, a soldier had put on a CD to play the national anthem. Spanish capital en ruinas 2013-02-19T16:42:00Z

But when “Chained to the Rhythm” failed to become the “We Shall Overcome”-style protest anthem that Perry envisioned it to be, I was not surprised. Live-Streaming the Newly Serious Katy Perry 2017-06-11T04:00:00Z

Though it looks like some players opted to not sing or put their hands on their hearts during the national anthem, this World Cup generally drew fewer headlines. Why Donald Trump and the right can't leave women's soccer alone 2023-08-09T04:00:00Z

The evening’s coup was his stirring reinvention of “Sunday,” the climactic song from “Sunday in the Park With George,” as a church anthem, which he delivered flanked by the Broadway Inspirational Voices. Billy Porter Opens the American Songbook Series 2015-01-30T05:00:00Z

In a flash, I recalled the visceral thrill of learning and singing this complicated anthem when I was 11 in Providence, R.I. Nico Muhly on Why Choral Music Is Slow Food for the Soul 2017-04-01T04:00:00Z

Opera singer Marilyn Horne performed during the ceremony, and Fleetwood Mac, then broken up, agreed to reconvene for a gala performance, given that Clinton had used their hit “Don’t Stop” as his campaign anthem. Inauguration performances weren’t always so contentious: Highlights from the last 75 years 2017-01-11T05:00:00Z

It’s equal parts bleary-eyed anthem for every girl who’s ever left a club alone at last call and bottom-lip-biting R&B banger. Drake Wrestles His Insecurities on New Album Nothing Was the Same 2013-09-26T17:20:05Z

At the center of the circle, Seeger and Amram were joined by `60s folk singer Arlo Guthrie in a round of "We Shall Overcome," a protest anthem made popular by Seeger. Pete Seeger and pals attend NYC protest action 2011-10-22T11:43:22Z

Her biggest song was the feminist anthem "I Am Woman" - which ultimately inspired her to retire. Singer Helen Reddy comes out of retirement 2012-07-13T15:46:20Z

The Wayne Shorter fusion anthem “Endangered Species” comes with new lyrics framing an environmental parable. Esperanza Spalding on a Year in the Spotlight 2012-03-16T15:58:59Z

“We will really tell the story of this song becoming so emblematic and, then eventually, officially, our national anthem, through its own story — its own broadsides, its own lyrics,” he said. ‘The Star-Spangled Banner’ Has Changed a Lot in 200 Years 2014-06-27T04:00:00Z

There were canoeing and lanyard making, but no color wars, per se — campers were instead assigned a country, studied its history and politics, and then composed a national anthem for it. Television Review: NBC’s ‘Camp’ Is as Much About the Grown-Ups as the Kids 2013-07-09T21:26:32Z

The difficult chord changes, the cumbersome phrasing, and the unpredictability of the weather made it standard practice for singers performing the anthem at the Super Bowl to sing to a prerecorded track. Anthem of Freedom: How Whitney Houston Remade “The Star-Spangled Banner” 2016-01-27T05:00:00Z

The Library of Congress announced Wednesday that it has added Gloria Gaynor’s anthem and 24 other sound recordings of “cultural, artistic and/or historical significance” to its National Recording Registry. ‘I Will Survive,’ ‘Piano Man’ and other recordings will be preserved forever 2016-03-22T04:00:00Z

But listening to them again on Famous First Words, it's clear they bear no more resemblance to the best songs of the last 20 years than to the national anthem of Uganda. Viva Brother: Famous First Words - review 2011-07-28T14:30:00Z

Hopping around, A$AP Rocky vacillates between hardcore, bass-bombing anthems and slow jams, yet the subject matter--and direct hooks--remain consistent. Pitchfork Day 1 wrap-up: Feist, Japandroids, Big K.R.I.T., rain 2012-07-14T05:09:00Z

The song, now a kind of civil-rights anthem in the new South Africa, expresses unity in struggle. South Africa aims to live the dream of equality for all 2014-10-10T04:00:00Z

When it started, “Girls” was received as an anthem for entitled white women. You Don’t Like the Girls in ‘Girls’? That’s Its Genius. 2016-04-18T04:00:00Z

The Metropolitan Opera opened Monday’s performance with the Ukrainian national anthem, and on Thursday, Blomstedt led the Philharmonic in a grand treatment of it. Review: At the Philharmonic, a Conductor Is the Star 2022-03-04T05:00:00Z

While Summer's songs became gay anthems, her relationship with the gay community became strained when she became a born-again Christian. Pop mourns Donna Summer 2012-05-18T01:02:00Z

In one of many bleakly comic moments, a South Sudanese lawmaker who wants residents to lease their property mumbles his way through the national anthem. Review: ‘We Come as Friends’ Explores Potential Exploitation of South Sudan 2015-08-13T04:00:00Z

There are festival and school songs, patriotic anthems, a cantata for an academic degree ceremony and, inevitably, two versions of “Finlandia.” Classical Playlist: Sibelius, Dvorak and Zorn 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z

One of the early anthems was “Black Denim Trousers and Motorcycle Boots,” recorded by the Cheers, in 1955. Pearl Jam’s “Jeremy” and the Intractable Cultural Script of School Shooters 2016-02-25T05:00:00Z

While some performers declined participation in the Super Bowl, Knight said she hoped her anthem would unite people. Gladys Knight, Chloe x Halle shine at Super Bowl 2019-02-03T05:00:00Z

In one particularly poignant episode, Jace responds to the police harassing his team by kneeling during the national anthem before his game and then by joining a contemporary racial protest on his way home. In 2021, Black Boyhood Got More Complex on TV 2021-12-21T05:00:00Z

“What is the song for each of us — that anthem, that macro anthem that we all respond to but individually that speaks to us personally?” ‘Told It Like It Was’: Ntozake Shange’s Tales of Black Womanhood 2022-03-30T04:00:00Z

The following year, those lines became an anthem for protesters of the Trump administration’s travel ban, which prevented people in several Muslim-majority countries from obtaining American visas. The Perfect Phrase for This Relentless Year 2020-10-16T04:00:00Z

“Small-town hockey fans howl their biggest anthems in parking lots after games; assistant professors of Canadian literature listen to their later work while jogging.” Gord Downie, Frontman for the Tragically Hip, in His Final Act 2016-08-21T04:00:00Z

The Ukrainian national anthem was sung at the Metropolitan Opera; a Ukrainian folk song cold-opened “Saturday Night Live.” The Role of Art in a Time of War 2022-07-28T04:00:00Z

After 9/11, Lower Manhattan adopted Downtown as their official recovery anthem. Take cover! It's the Swells iPod! 2010-06-24T11:58:00Z

"We want to find the great anthems of our time," Whitacre said in a statement. Abbey Road studios launch 80th anniversary contest 2011-03-09T14:17:57Z

Trick question, of course: It’s both, especially in the canon of diva anthems. Aretha Franklin, Annie Lennox and Kiesza Release New Albums 2014-10-20T04:00:00Z

If so, you are already familiar with the resonant baritone of Seattle Pacific University composer and professor Stephen Newby, who sings the national anthem at the matches. Stephen Newby spreads Duke Ellington's sacred message | Concert preview 2014-12-18T05:00:00Z

It’s a joyous anthem they’re using to fool themselves, a dance to keep from crying. Review: ‘¡Guaracha!,’ Jubilantly Reclaiming Its Roots 2019-11-25T05:00:00Z

Even the arrangement of the Ukrainian anthem at the end was impressionistic and elegant, the opposite of stentorian. Review: A Ukrainian Orchestra Speaks With Quiet Intensity 2022-08-19T04:00:00Z

Before the national anthem, my whole dance team took a knee, as well as the football team and the cheerleading team. High School Students Explain Why They Protest Anthems and Pledges 2017-10-21T04:00:00Z

It became so famous it was sung in schools, along with the national anthem. Argentine singer Torres takes "Different" approach 2010-04-17T00:21:00Z

Still, Jimmy's obsession with the band is credible: their hit My Generation became the ultimate mod anthem on its release in 1965. Quadrophenia: Back when Britain's youngsters ran riot 2011-08-18T11:24:48Z

But pop group Clean Bandit, whose dance anthem Rather Be is up for best single, said the dominance of "white boys" in the main categories was "a bit weird and a problem". Sam Smith leads Brits nominations 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z

I Cain’t Say No’ is an anthem about living life to the fullest.” 28 Portraits of This Year’s Tony Nominees 2019-05-08T04:00:00Z

She holds the sum of these feelings in her anxious darting glances along with a rending sadness, making us understand why a girl like that would find comfort in Bush's best-known anthem. How "Stranger Things 4" transforms Max into a dream warrior worthy of Wes Craven 2022-05-30T04:00:00Z

The anthem, titled Onwards Toward the Final Victory, is part of a propaganda drive to build up the image of the "great successor". North Korea's Kim Jong-un gets new official theme song 2012-07-06T15:41:46Z

As with the most rollicking of Springsteen anthems, the music manages to grow fully into life through live performance. Bruce Springsteen's "The Ghost of Tom Joad," then and now 2017-09-16T04:00:00Z

The versatile voice that made Ms. Clarkson the first winner of “American Idol,” can sail through just about any arrangement: rock, ballad, arena-country and, most often at the moment, anthems pumped with dance beats. Review: New Releases by Kelly Clarkson, Sannhet and Asleep at the Wheel 2015-03-02T05:00:00Z

The singers agreed, took their places behind home plate and, on the fly, belted out the anthem on national television. Jerry Vale, crooner of the 1950s and '60s, dies at 83

His yellow ribbon song was an anthem when American prisoners of war returned from Vietnam, and again became popular with Americans with loved ones serving in Iraq. Tony Orlando visits missing Israeli teens families 2014-06-18T04:00:00Z

Songwriters like Sia were conquering the charts with what she called “victim-to-victory” anthems like “Titanium,” in which adversity in the verses was overcome by triumph in the choruses. Pop Music in 2017: Glum and Glummer 2017-12-22T05:00:00Z

By later changing its lyrics, he transformed “a half-ironic hymn to servility into an anthem of dignified resistance,” Mr. Scott wrote in The Times. What’s on TV Tuesday: ‘Coco’ and ‘The Bachelor Winter Games’ 2018-02-13T05:00:00Z

After her anthem “People Have the Power,” she urged the crowd to use their voices against injustice and war. Patti Smith bares her rebel soul at the Moore | Concert review 2015-01-20T05:00:00Z

He wrote “Sweet Caroline,” an irresistible anthem that continues to trigger Pavlovian singalongs — a feat that would delight most performers, but Diamond didn’t leave it at that and was a prolific hit machine. Review: ‘A Beautiful Noise’ Makes for a Morose Neil Diamond Musical 2022-12-04T05:00:00Z

He then brought Banks himself on stage and the duo led a singalong of Vedder's Cubs anthem, "All the Way." Shows that shook Wrigley all night long 2014-04-01T21:46:00Z

Menken pauses and then launches into "Hellfire," a scalding anthem of lust and revenge for Frollo the cleric in Victor Hugo's timeless classic. Composer Alan Menken explains how 'Newsies' became a stage dynamo 2015-03-13T04:00:00Z

The danger here, of course, is that presenting an entire stanza of lyrics – in any song, but especially in an anthem – is risky as hell. We Are Scientists present ? the rules of writing a World Cup anthem 2010-06-10T14:12:00Z

It didn’t matter that no members of the Eagles had ever sat or knelt during the anthem. Malcolm Jenkins’s Message for Those Not Listening 2018-06-07T04:00:00Z

His most iconic anthem taps into the ultimate relatable feeling: Who among us doesn’t have the secret desire to blame it all on your roots, show up in boots and ruin a black-tie affair? Everyone wants Garth Brooks on their side. He just wants everyone to get along. 2021-05-11T04:00:00Z

Dad's music recommendations do not always stick, but this one became an anthem in the midst of tax-induced bitterness. Family life 2011-08-12T23:06:13Z

His grandmother’s death fueled the lyrics behind his breakthrough anthem, the pop ballad “Someone You Loved,” which is currently No. 3 on Billboard’s all-genre Hot 100 chart and No. 1 on Top 40 radio. Someone to love: Rising Scottish singer Lewis Capaldi 2019-10-23T04:00:00Z

The same was true when “We Don’t Need Another Hero,” the apocalyptic anthem from the “Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome” soundtrack, was conscripted for a cremation. Review: The ‘Tina’ Musical Is One Inch Deep, Mountain High 2019-11-07T05:00:00Z

J. Cole wrote what could be called the first anthem for Brown, “Be Free.” Talib Kweli argues with CNN anchor over Ferguson, Mo., coverage 2014-08-21T04:00:00Z

And if guitar rock is your thing, look to Australia, where acts like Courtney Barnett, Royal Headache and Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever are producing some of the most exciting indie-rock anthems of the decade. Stop buying old Bob Dylan albums: “Every time somebody buys a reissue, they’re just taking money away from new musicians” 2016-02-19T05:00:00Z

Queen Naija’s payback anthem “Medicine” has been one of this year’s defining R&B songs, a slow seether about infidelity sung with disarming calm. The Playlist: Blood Orange’s Fragile Pop, and 11 More New Songs 2018-07-27T04:00:00Z

For some, this book will read like an anthem to choosing the single, family-free life; for others, the story is clearly about ambivalence. Going Solo: An Author Chooses — and Celebrates — Life Without a Partner or Kids 2018-08-10T04:00:00Z

At football games on Sunday, two singers knelt during their performances of the national anthem. Pharrell Williams ‘Takes a Knee’ as Artists Join Anthem Protest 2017-09-25T04:00:00Z

Nor will you hear the city’s “state of mind” anthems by Billy Joel and Jay-Z; “Manhattan” is also nowhere to be found. Music Review: Gotham States of Mind In All of Their Tempos 2011-01-06T21:24:27Z

A posse of soldiers in bright red ceremonial uniforms and gold-braid shoulder pads march forward in two columns, sabres drawn, as a band strikes up the national anthem. The Burkina Faso film festival fit a president 2011-03-10T22:33:01Z

She moves from snakily grooving songs of uplift to romantic entreaties to reggae-tinged protest anthems. 13 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in NYC This Weekend 2018-03-08T05:00:00Z

The song combines the uplift of hymn with the vigorous urgency of a national anthem, exemplifying the public-spirited preoccupations that have led James to let his marriage to Candida take care of itself. | 'A Minister's Wife': Three Hearts Butt Heads in One Marriage 2011-05-09T02:01:03Z

Harris’s Summer was joined by My Sweet Summer, a ska anthem by the Dirty Heads, a band from Huntington Beach, Calif., and Feels Like Summer, a rock-lite offering from the New York band Panama Wedding. Summertime, When the Hitmaking Is Easy 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z

When the national anthem starts, Mr. Duffy’s character takes a knee. The Dance on Camera Festival, When Dance Is Only on Camera 2020-07-09T04:00:00Z

These days, though, it seems he is experimenting with genre: his latest work, released last week, is a corporate anthem for the Indian car company, Hero Honda. The best ever corporate anthems 2011-08-19T18:59:01Z

It’s a low note for a soaring self-esteem anthem. Defining, and Proclaiming, a New Black Power 2016-06-16T04:00:00Z

A group of Kurdish women began singing their national hymn, and a group of Turkish men countered with their own national anthem. Golden Statue of Erdogan Is Removed in German City 2018-08-29T04:00:00Z

Every morning I listened to them sing their school’s anthem in Cantonese and one day I sang it for my mother. The Chinese home I never knew 2016-01-01T05:00:00Z

Still, it’s nearly impossible to resist the heart-tug of a good national anthem. Blood, gore, melody 2012-08-03T14:54:00Z

The new songs rove from U2’s arena anthems to celestial ambient hymns, echoes of 1950s rock and glimpses of disco and new wave. U2 Offer ‘Songs of Experience’ to a World That’s on Fire 2017-09-06T04:00:00Z

That led in turn to “Four,” a standard made famous by Miles Davis, and then “Bells,” the incantatory anthem by Albert Ayler. Review: BRIC JazzFest in Brooklyn Wraps Up With a Mesh of Styles 2016-10-16T04:00:00Z

She endured heartbreak as a birthday girl betrayed by her beau in “It’s My Party,” savored revenge in the sequel “Judy’s Turn to Cry” and belted the proto-feminist anthem “You Don’t Own Me.” Remembering Lesley Gore, a '60s Queen of Teen Angst 2015-02-17T05:00:00Z

Perhaps we will soon be seeing Taylor Swift in an updated “Electra” that uses her pop anthem “Shake It Off” as its redemptive theme song. London Theater Journal: The Greeks All Over Again 2015-09-14T04:00:00Z

He finds these incredible musicians, Kris Bowers and Dahi, and they go on a road trip on the mission to answer the question, "What would an anthem sound like if it was written today?" "What is American music?": Ryan Coogler leads a fresh exploration of the national anthem 2023-07-02T04:00:00Z

Keys’ “Set the World on Fire” tour follows the release of her 2012 album, “Girl on Fire,” whose title track has become a career-defining anthem. Alicia Keys set the world on fire at WaMu Theater 2013-03-08T17:54:31Z

At least until everyone joins in on that one final Journey anthem, which encapsulates the show’s moral. Review: ‘Karaoke Bacchae’ Puts a Spin on Euripides 2015-07-23T04:00:00Z

Best Latin pop, best Latin trap, best post-reggaeton, best posse cut, best heartbreak anthem, etc. The 54 Best Songs of 2017 2017-12-06T05:00:00Z

Previously, he shot to attention with this gorgeous cover of The Beach Boys holiday anthem Kokomo. August's best music from across the MAP 2012-08-15T08:00:00Z

Today, many defenders of the song continue to assert that it is progressive, while opponents see it as an offensive, pro-slavery anthem. Is Stephen Foster's song "My Old Kentucky Home" pro-slavery or anti-slavery? 2021-05-01T04:00:00Z

She has tattoos of verses from the Lebanese national anthem in Arabic and the conservative Lebanese Forces cross. “Ur head will be cut”: The story of the porn star who is getting death threats for performing in hijab 2015-01-07T05:00:00Z

“We Shall Overcome,” which Mr. Seeger adapted from old spirituals, became a civil rights anthem. Pete Seeger, Songwriter and Champion of Folk Music, Dies at 94 2014-01-28T06:32:10Z

Sad-girl party anthem “Chandelier,” which premiered last month, is the first taste of her sixth studio album, 1000 Forms of Fear, due this summer. Sia Teases “Chandelier” Video: Premiere 2014-05-01T14:08:11Z

How then is one “naturalized” into “Americanness”? She tells us: “I became American / when I memorized the national anthem / …or when I thought my first / racist thought.” Confronting Grief, Mental Illness and Marginalization, in Verse 2019-09-17T04:00:00Z

Joel asks in his ominous anthem to his native shore, which he also refers to as Zombietown. Billy Joel Parking Lot 2017-05-09T04:00:00Z

After the tumultuous events of the first half of 1968, the group returned to the airwaves with an anthem to the power of positive thinking. In the turmoil of 1968, music failed to seize the moment 2018-11-04T04:00:00Z

He also ventured into film acting, founded a record label and music publishing company, and, as his political awareness grew, crafted “Simple Song of Freedom,” a pacifist anthem for the Vietnam era. Bobby Darin Who? Jonathan Groff Gets It Now 2018-01-04T05:00:00Z

And the chorus “Glory be to the Father” in “Jubilate,” like the coronation anthem “Zadok the Priest,” follows an instrumental introduction with supercharged chordal proclamations from the chorus. CD Reviews: Praising Peace and Ignoring Calendar Details 2010-08-19T15:31:00Z

On Monday evening, she sang the national anthem at Dodger Stadium. Singer Lila Downs on death, chocolate and a new album that riffs on both 2015-09-15T04:00:00Z

The song, written by John Madara and David White, became an early feminist anthem, rebuking the idea that the singer should bend to the whims of a man. Lesley Gore’s Archive, Open to All, Arrives at the New York Public Library 2022-07-06T04:00:00Z

The Angels’ first single, “Am I Ever Going to See Your Face Again,” released in 1976, became a youth anthem. Doc Neeson, frontman for the Angels, dies at 67 2014-06-04T04:00:00Z

“Coming of Age” ends with Moody listening to civil rights workers sing the anthem, “We Shall Overcome.” “Coming of Age in Mississippi” still speaks to nation’s racial discord 2018-10-28T04:00:00Z

Two No. 1 mainstream singles chart hits followed: 1980’s feminist anthem “9 to 5,” from the movie of the same name, and 1983’s “Islands In The Stream,” a beloved soft rock duet with Kenny Rogers. What every woman in music owes Dolly Parton 2017-08-26T04:00:00Z

But what happens after the podium and the anthem? So you just won a gold medal? Welcome to the rest of your life. 2016-08-15T04:00:00Z

So it made sense that he would preach about those messages as he accepted an MTV Video Music Award on behalf of Taylor Swift for her anti-hate anthem “You Need to Calm Down.” Meet Todrick Hall, a Taylor Swift pal who preaches inclusion 2019-08-30T04:00:00Z

Megan Thee Stallion takes an otherwise pat workplace anthem about female empowerment and gives it the energy it needs, including a late verse that lets her capitalize on her own flow. "Dicks: The Musical" puts two narcissist bros under a joyous, filthy spotlight 2023-10-06T04:00:00Z

She had been supposed to sing the national anthem to begin the whole event, but missed the slot. Calm operatic voice for civil rights 2014-04-09T07:07:48Z

The quartet played James Bond tunes and Prince anthems and pledged no particular allegiance. The Playlist: Kamasi Washington Releases a Blast of ‘Truth’ 2017-04-14T04:00:00Z

A grime anthem composed on the mean streets of inner-city London sung in a country pub by characters seemingly rich enough to own a dozen Rolexes? Not too Posh to push pop: when music rocks theatre 2012-07-26T13:53:53Z

The announcement did not mention that singing the national anthem was against company policy. Delta Passenger Says She Was Stopped From Singing National Anthem for Fallen Soldier 2017-10-17T04:00:00Z

He enjoys the music of the potty-mouthed songwriter Bo Burnham, whose comic song “My Whole Family Thinks I’m Gay” is kind of our anthem. Cultural Studies: Helping a Gay Child to Come Out 2012-10-05T20:07:11Z

Now this is the cut — the people's choice at Frank Ocean's tour kick-off concert at the Showbox in Seattle, a striding, thumping piano anthem. Summer of Frank Ocean: 'Super Rich Kids (feat. Earl Sweatshirt)' 2012-08-17T18:16:04Z

As their team took the field against Croatia, an oasis of Englishmen in a relatively American crowd stuck together, repeating a line from their unofficial anthem: “Football’s coming home.” A tale of two losses: from hopeful to heartbroken in the World Cup semi-finals. 2018-07-11T04:00:00Z

In the end, one of the ideals the flag and the anthem represent is the freedom that has allowed Colin Kaepernick to be so disrespectful. I stood up for the national anthem by sitting down for it 2016-08-30T04:00:00Z

And in the annals of national anthem missteps - which include flubbed lines and out-of-tune singing - Mr. Bryan barely rates. ArtsBeat: O Say, Can You See the Lyrics? 2012-07-11T18:57:42Z

The "Young the Giant" album peaked at No. 42 on the Billboard 200 chart, with Spin Magazine's David Menconi calling the music "boldly earnest anthems in need of a cozy arena." Young The Giant takes seaside sound on U.S. tour 2012-01-20T21:42:39Z

The German production kept the trumpet-laden funky theme "Gonna Fly Now" and the anthem "Eye of the Tiger," written for "Rocky III." Musical of 'Rocky' heading to Broadway 2013-04-28T23:33:08Z

It became an anthem of female self-respect, sung by female friends to each other on dancefloors everywhere. Why the TLC comeback matters so much 2017-03-27T04:00:00Z

Kazoos set the mocking tone of “Your Parents’ Cocaine” and the ghost of Wilson Pickett joins the party-out-of-bounds anthem “Land of 7 Billion Dances.” Album review: The Coup, 'Sorry to Bother You' 2012-11-05T17:11:00Z

“God Bless America,” like the national anthem, is not being presented at the ballpark as a work of art. Perspective | Her ‘God Bless America’ is a classic. Her two racist songs, a scandal. Should Kate Smith be banned from the ballpark? 2019-04-25T04:00:00Z

They kept dancing for "Highway to Hell," as well, a song so engrained into the American psyche through classic rock radio spins that it may as well be our national anthem.  Coachella 2015: AC/DC delivers dirty deeds in desert set 2015-04-11T04:00:00Z

Jacquelyn Deshchidn, a composer, experimental vocalist and member of the San Carlos Apache Nation, delivers an extremely deconstructed version of the national anthem. Matthew Barney, Back in the Game 2023-05-14T04:00:00Z

Her performance of her album's first single, "I Bet," on Saturday could have been the show's apex, especially its contemporary update of the classic anthem of resilience, “I Will Survive.” Ciara, a fiery performer desperately in need of better material 2015-06-01T04:00:00Z

I mean, he's like the mayor of Chicago, plus the national anthem at the United Center is amazing. 'The Dilemma' stars love Chicago 2011-01-11T22:24:00Z

This collection poignantly juxtaposes brutal anthems with victim poems. Poetry of the Taliban - review 2012-05-25T21:55:05Z

Tune in for hedonistic guitar anthems and, inevitably, a glimpse of Gene Simmons’s tongue. How to Stream New Year’s Eve: 25 Shows From Pop, Jazz and Beyond 2020-12-30T05:00:00Z

Clad in a low-cut, silver sequined jumpsuit, Styles strutted, twirled and belted out the cheeky anthem’s lyrics. The Year Pop’s Men Dismantled Their Masculinity 2022-12-27T05:00:00Z

The quieter songs, like “Sadie,” inhabit an ominous airspace, while an anthem like “Let Spirits Ride” recalls the plunging extravagance of Led Zeppelin in full Viking mode. Playlist: Whether Jazz, Rock Or War Anthems, A Vintage Harvest 2010-09-25T21:04:00Z

Here's another video of Johnson when he sang the national anthem at the Patriot Awards in November 2021. Kentucky's D'Corey Johnson stuns with 'Star-Spangled Banner' before NASCAR's Daytona 500 2022-02-20T05:00:00Z

One of the highlights was the autobiographical anthem “Video Girl.” FKA Twigs debut short, slow & mesmerizing | Concert review 2014-11-19T05:00:00Z

Some stations started playing the national anthem every day at noon; Lee Greenwood’s “I’m Proud to Be an American” enjoyed a revival. Garth Brooks: Country Music’s Square, Liberal Dad 2014-11-13T05:00:00Z

More relaxed yet was the encore, his own fantasy-like arrangement of “Waltzing Matilda,” the unofficial national anthem of Australia, where he grew up. Review: The New York Philharmonic Brings Back the Standards 2022-02-25T05:00:00Z

“We Are the Champions” and “We Will Rock You,” two signature Queen songs, are triumphalist anthems, built for giant stages and shouted singalongs. When Queen Took ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ to Live Aid 2018-11-09T05:00:00Z

You knew Lady Gaga was going to bring it after calling the chance to sing the national anthem at Super Bowl 50 “one of the highest honors of my career” — and bring it she did. Celebrities React to Lady Gaga Singing the National Anthem 2016-02-07T05:00:00Z

Tonight The Arches might have a hard time containing the mammoth, mind-melding anthems and infectious party vibe of Sweden's electro house partnership Dada Life. This week's new clubs 2012-07-27T23:05:00Z

It eventually became Ukraine’s national anthem a little over four decades later when the country achieved its independence. Ukrainian national anthem unites the world amid Russia-Ukraine war 2022-03-03T05:00:00Z

The album is hardly one note, too — it’s part couple’s therapy session, part anthem, and all-around iconic. Top 10 albums of 2018 in hip hop and R&B 2018-12-19T05:00:00Z

If ever there was an anthem for the age of the hedge fund, this is it. Music Review: She?s Young, Restless and a Bit Dreamy 2011-02-20T22:54:19Z

While it celebrated their sisterhood, the 1979 hit also became an anthem for female empowerment and unity. Joni Sledge, singer with disco-era group Sister Sledge, dies at 60 2017-03-13T04:00:00Z

Many Israelis, whose national anthem is titled “The Hope,” were ready, too. Seeing ‘Oslo,’ Remembering Hope 2017-05-10T04:00:00Z

And with “Let It Be” and “Hey Jude,” anthem fatigue set in. McCartney Plays Apollo, His ?Holy Grail? 2010-12-14T13:05:08Z

The brooding vocals and philosophical lyrics of anthems like “Suzanne” and “Hallelujah” earned him nicknames like the “godfather of gloom” and the “poet laureate of pessimism.” Exploring the Montreal That Leonard Cohen Loved 2017-02-10T05:00:00Z

The 21-year-old Nickelodeon alum hit the "Today" show's summer concert series Friday morning to perform her hits "Bang, Bang" and "Problem" — easily the summer's breakup anthem. Ariana Grande dodges more questions about her love life on 'Today' 2014-08-29T04:00:00Z

Oddsmakers had put the over/under on the anthem length at 1:35. Guyton slows it down, ‘The Rock’ turns it up at Super Bowl 2022-02-13T05:00:00Z

Bruce Springsteen sang a new populist anthem, "We Take Care of Our Own." Triumph, tragedy dominate Grammy Awards 2012-02-13T17:08:13Z

It was not immediately clear who made the decision to ask Beyoncé to lip-synch the anthem on Monday, Sergeant duBois said. ArtsBeat: Marine Band Confirms Beyoncé Inauguration Performance Was Pre-Recorded 2013-01-22T18:24:38Z

Sweetly, too, Chip Zien, the original Baker of “Into the Woods,” displayed the pointy green peasant cap he wore in that musical of fractured fairy tales, as he sang the Baker’s exasperated anthem, “No More.” Review | A blessed event for hard times: Sondheim sung by Broadway’s best 2020-04-27T04:00:00Z

That generic pop-gospel anthem from the Broadway musical “Memphis” belongs in the same category as Foreigner’s “I Want to Know What Love Is.” Music Review: Pop, Soul and Show Tunes in a Quest for Lifelong Love 2011-02-23T23:01:06Z

O’ergasm: That chill when a singer nails the high note in the national anthem. Style Invitational Week 1441: ’Rick rolling — songs written as limericks 2021-06-17T04:00:00Z

Winningham’s rendition of the show’s best-known Dylan number, “Like a Rolling Stone,” becomes a kind of poignant anthem for all of the characters, each walled up in their own fortresses of pain. Perspective | Why ‘Girl From the North Country,’ with Dylan songbook, is the best musical of 2018 2018-12-20T05:00:00Z

He decided that protest an anthem authored by a slavery protagonist that lays a fragile promise of freedom and equality was his best option. Colin The Lionheart: Kaepernick is pushing the envelope for black male athletes 2016-08-30T04:00:00Z

Thus no shakuhachi in the Japanese anthem, no sitar in the Indian one, no jazz in the American anthem. Blood, gore, melody 2012-08-03T14:54:00Z

It’s a fitting anthem for Madonna and one that seamlessly blends into the sparkling decadence of “Masterpiece.” Madonna's MDNA: The Queen of Pop Wants You to Dance, Not Think 2012-03-26T20:09:57Z

For example, it is hard to imagine a better fit for the “Iron Man” soundtrack than the group’s gear-crunching rock anthems. The Brothers Who Built AC/DC 2014-12-02T05:00:00Z

Here’s your pre-party anthem for the night: Yacht’s “I Thought the Future Would be Cooler.” Beach reads, iPhones, tarot and more from this week's literary web 2017-06-21T04:00:00Z

“We Shall Overcome” — with its focus on peaceful resilience — went on to become an unofficial anthem of the civil rights movement; it was often sung at rallies and protests by Seeger and other supporters. Songs of Peace and Protest: 6 Essential Cuts From Pete Seeger 2014-01-28T15:01:48Z

Moor Mother seethes about Black achievements met with disrespect in “We Got the Jazz”: “We ain’t ’bout to stand for no national anthem,” she declaims. Rosalía and Rauw Alejandro’s Love Trilogy, and 8 More New Songs 2023-03-24T04:00:00Z

Some elements of “Paradise” are dated, but the verve of “A Great Man’s Child,” the show’s failson anthem, with a lyric by Arnold Weinstein, still plays well alongside contemporary talk about “nepotism babies.” America Needs Its Own Comic Opera Company 2022-12-23T05:00:00Z

Critics have complained that this lacks progressive beats, but how many house anthems have you heard that are inspired by a mother's love for her newborn child? Songs featuring camera tricks and comeback chicks 2010-05-05T11:15:00Z

And then it becomes a “we,” a weighty pause before the chorus erupts behind her, a riot of handclaps and percussion, an anthem, a hymn. Ripely Pine: A New Album That Details What It’s Like to be a Twenty-Something in 2013 2013-02-22T14:30:13Z

What do you see as the most important part of the anthem? Is the National Anthem Racist? Beyond the Debate Over Colin Kaepernick. 2016-09-02T04:00:00Z

He donned a voluminous silk violet scarf and sequined turban for “What Makes a Man,” Charles Aznavour’s classic gay anthem told by a bitterly defiant drag performer. | A Performance Artist’s Heartfelt New Persona 2013-06-17T21:00:13Z

SUN Meet AquaSox staff and mascots, batting practice, national anthem auditions, concession stands, game tickets available, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Community calendar 2012-05-16T23:11:04Z

These included successful quests to return “We Shall Overcome,” the civil rights anthem associated with the folk singer Pete Seeger, and “Happy Birthday to You” to the public. U.S. judge refuses to dismiss 'This Land is Your Land' lawsuit 2019-03-28T04:00:00Z

After Australian singer Betty Who delighted a modest main stage crowd with sparkly dance-pop anthems, local rockers Great Grandpa echoed Frank’s sentiment introducing a song about consent. Capitol Hill Block Party rages on with #MeToo undertones 2018-07-23T04:00:00Z

He performed the Ukrainian national anthem last year with the pianist Emanuel Ax and the violinist Leonidas Kavakos before a concert at the Kennedy Center. Yo-Yo Ma Makes His Encore a Call for Peace, With a Nod to Casals 2023-03-02T05:00:00Z

His slick four-string renditions of rock anthems, including the Beatles’ “While My Guitar Gently Weeps” and Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody,” course along on deft musicianship that rises above mere novelty. Pop & Rock Listings for March 21-27 2014-03-20T22:40:13Z

The cultural things we fight over — food, neighborhoods, music, literature, the flag, the national anthem — are symbols of that history. Cultural appropriation: It's about more than pho and sombreros 2016-09-26T04:00:00Z

“Vice President Mike Pence left the Colts game yesterday after some of the 49ers kneeled during the national anthem. Also because he heard the phrase ‘man on man’ and got really uncomfortable.” Jimmy Kimmel Leads the Late-Night Attacks on Harvey Weinstein 2017-10-10T04:00:00Z

“There are some island vibes, there are some pop anthems,” she says. Fifth Harmony's New Single 'Work From Home' Is Finally Here 2016-02-26T05:00:00Z

I'm sure this is probably some sort of "summer anthem" in the making though, so good luck to them. This week's new singles 2011-07-29T23:10:21Z

Diana, Princess of Wales, stripped an emerald choker across her forehead in 1985, and Whitney Houston sported a wide white headband with her tracksuit to sing the national anthem at the 1991 Super Bowl. We Can’t Stop Thinking About Amanda Gorman’s Headband 2021-02-02T05:00:00Z

In terms of composition, it has meant that I have concentrated on simple things I know I can hear accurately: an elegy for unaccompanied cello, for instance, and an anthem for Liverpool Cathedral. My Beethoven moment 2010-09-07T20:30:00Z

The record was called "Spiral Scratch," and it included the anthem "Boredom." 30 years later, Buzzcocks still in a punk state of mind 2010-06-01T19:49:00Z

Japan’s kamikaze pilots listened to it on the runway before takeoff, and, in 1985, the European Union adopted it as the continent’s anthem. Authoritarian hold music: How Donald Trump’s banal playlist cultivates danger at his rallies 2016-03-16T04:00:00Z

U2 also recently revealed their first new song in three years: “Ordinary Love,” a soaring anthem that will appear on the soundtrack to the forthcoming film Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom. New U2 Album Coming In April 2013-11-13T21:56:14Z

Unbelievably, about 70 of the anthems are still in copyright. AUDIO: Composing 205 national anthems 2011-05-19T10:35:07Z

Under the salvos of programmed percussion, new songs like “End of the Line,” “Comeback Kid” and “Leader of the Pack” were anthems of mourning and consolation. Music Review: Sleigh Bells? ?Reign of Terror? Tour at Terminal 5 2012-02-19T21:34:52Z

Rather than marching off with triumphant anthems, the band offered psychodrama in “Hit Me” and “Husbands.” Pitchfork Festival 2013: It's a wrap 2013-07-18T17:01:00Z

It's been interesting to see oldsters do the play in Bristol, but Goold's tremendous production reminds us that the play is an anthem for doomed youth. Theatre review | Romeo and Juliet | Courtyard | Stratford-upon-Avon 2010-03-19T01:39:00Z

An Oklahoman of Indigenous descent, she draws on her heritage to underscore this message with “When We Remain,” a song sung in Choctaw that she likens to the protest anthem “We Shall Overcome.” 7 Things to Do This Weekend 2020-07-16T04:00:00Z

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

A couple of them talked about the anthem. "What is American music?": Ryan Coogler leads a fresh exploration of the national anthem 2023-07-02T04:00:00Z

The writer of such modern protest anthems as Alright fits snugly in with a film steeped in a specific sense of black thematics and aesthetics. Will Black Panther be Marvel's biggest blockbuster yet? 2018-01-12T05:00:00Z

After getting teary while singing her 2015 anthem, “Piece by Piece,” Clarkson announced to the cheering crowd that she is expecting a second child, USA Today reports. 'I'm Totally Pregnant,' Kelly Clarkson Tells Fans Onstage 2015-08-20T04:00:00Z

But Darshi’s script lacks flair, and often resorts to cringe-inducing clichés, as when Mona whisks her stuffy siblings away to a local bar and initiates a singalong to the Canadian national anthem. ‘Donkeyhead’ Review: You Really Can’t Go Home Anymore 2022-01-20T05:00:00Z

London's Abbey Road recording studios is marking its 80th anniversary with a competition to find "the great anthems of our time". Abbey Road launches search for modern anthems 2011-03-09T12:08:22Z

A similar frenzy pulses through the breakout agony anthem “Michael in the Bathroom,” in which Mr. Salazar’s character barricades himself into teary solitude at a party. Review: A High School Meltdown Heats Up ‘Be More Chill’ 2018-08-10T04:00:00Z

The German production kept the trumpet-laden funky theme “Gonna Fly Now” and the anthem “Eye of the Tiger,” written for “Rocky III.” Musical of Rocky Heading to Broadway 2013-04-29T15:11:08Z

For Beyoncé, that meant anthems of empowerment and displays of vocal dexterity and force. Beyoncé and Jay Z Kick Off Shared ‘On the Run’ Tour 2014-06-26T04:00:00Z

This has been going on since at least since 1984, when Ronald Reagan praised “Born in the U.S.A.,” a seething anti-war anthem, for its optimism. Springsteen’s Most Anxious Album 2015-11-03T05:00:00Z

Many of the works in "Poetry of the Taliban" center on the movement's campaign to expel foreign forces from their territory, with angry battle anthems or mournful dirges devoted to civilian casualties. UK publisher to release Taliban poetry anthology 2012-05-05T19:46:04Z

Even more consequential: the new Act 1 finale, “You Will Be Found,” which will in short order be adopted via the Internet as an anthem of self-affirmation. How ‘Dear Evan Hansen’ became one of the most remarkable shows in musical-theater history 2017-06-06T04:00:00Z

The sax man’s song “Going Home” is supernaturally popular in China, where it has been adopted as a closing-time anthem. ‘Listening to Kenny G’ Review: Good Sax? 2021-12-02T05:00:00Z

With the seven deadly sins providing a thematic core, there is plenty of room for Buckcherry to please those diehard fans that demand hard-edged party anthems, not least on Wrath and their first single, Gluttony. Buckcherry: Confessions – review 2013-02-14T22:15:01Z

Other interesting facets of the singers’ real-life story, like Jones’s fight for traditional musical styles and the feminist backlash against Wynette’s stand-by-your-man anthems, receive the briefest nods. ‘George & Tammy’ Review: We’re Gonna Hold On (Until We Don’t) 2022-12-01T05:00:00Z

Buoyed by the success of “Silk Chiffon,” the band is now on the verge of breaking out of its cult following and bringing its anthems about queer joy to a wider audience. Muna’s Fresh Start 2022-06-22T04:00:00Z

Call the child to be dandled with rhymes,livened with drum-talk, cuddled and calmedwith flutes and fiddles, anthems and psalmody.Welcome the child with a sky full of chimes. Carols for Christmas 2010-12-18T00:07:31Z

One song McKenzie wrote, “Life’s a Happy Song,” became the de facto anthem for the movie. Magazine Preview: Bret McKenzie Meets the Muppets 2011-11-17T18:27:32Z

An unsettling suite by Mr. Lang, “the national anthems,” repurposes anthem lyrics to reveal how, he said, “our civilization is very fragile, and we are terrified of losing it.” Three Composers on the Necessity and Pitfalls of Political Music 2017-11-10T05:00:00Z

They don't write songs so much as anthems, sort of midway between high street and hip, David Guetta and Daft Punk. New band of the day ? No 896: The Knocks 2010-10-27T16:09:00Z

It doesn't have to be the Fourth of July to enjoy the national anthem in its entirety in this year of 2022, or at any time for that matter. National anthem plus American flag photos kick off 'Fox and Friends Weekend' show 2022-01-30T05:00:00Z

He has, however, recorded one sideways pride anthem. Eddy de Pretto Is the Proud Sound of a New France 2021-04-13T04:00:00Z

That singular sound continues with the band’s new album, “Give a Glimpse of What Yer Not,” selections of which Dinosaur Jr. will perform, along with classics like “Freak Scene,” a defining anthem for Generation X-ers. Pop & Rock Listings for Nov. 25-Dec. 1 2016-11-24T05:00:00Z

As of this writing, Jones’ debut single “Take Me Away” — a blues-scorched anthem Seattle fans have known for years — had spent several weeks in the top 10 on Billboard’s mainstream rock songs chart. The Crocodile, where Nirvana, Pearl Jam and more have played, is moving, with big plans for the future 2020-11-16T05:00:00Z

As an encore, he played a roaring "All Along the Watchtower" followed by a R'n'B version of the peace anthem "Blowin' in the Wind" before he disappeared into the night. Bob Dylan whips up tempest in return to 1966 London venue 2013-11-28T13:46:59Z

Greene thinks there’s a cultural reason why all anthems have pretty much the same elements. Blood, gore, melody 2012-08-03T14:54:00Z

Alongside the "traditional fare" at King's this year is Finnish composer Einojuhani Rautavaara's specially commissioned anthem called Christmas Carol – an austere work in four-part harmony that takes the wise men as its subject. The music that makes Christmas 2010-12-16T23:30:00Z

But as singer-songwriter Platten — who won an Emmy for a Good Morning America performance last year — tells TIME, there's much more to her than just one big anthem. Why Pop Star Rachel Platten Is So Much More Than "Fight Song" 2017-10-09T04:00:00Z

Her demographic appeal, then, is clear even if she lacks the name recognition of other anthem contenders. A Super Bowl first: an opera diva to hit anthem’s high note 2014-02-01T22:41:08Z

“People have a schema, a mental idea of what a national anthem should be.” Blood, gore, melody 2012-08-03T14:54:00Z

If they win, the Olympic flag would be raised and the Olympic anthem played to honor their victories. Russia banned from competing in 2018 Olympics 2017-12-06T05:00:00Z

The rock band wrote a song that became the anthem for the island’s so-called sunflower movement, a student-led movement that was against Taiwan becoming economically closer to China. Taiwanese talent win top prizes at Golden Melody Awards 2020-10-03T04:00:00Z

But if we just reject the song as racist, or declare that it isn’t our anthem anymore, we don’t fix the problem. Is the National Anthem Racist? Beyond the Debate Over Colin Kaepernick. 2016-09-02T04:00:00Z

Though the anthem ended up lasting just a few seconds over two minutes, she began daringly slow, with creamy, light strings underneath, and leaned heavily on the first syllable in “twilight’s last gleaming.” ArtsBeat: With Renée Fleming, Super Bowl XLVIII Gets an Operatic Opening 2014-02-03T04:04:19Z

It became an anthem of the demonstrations in Cuba that year after some of its authors dared to express their disagreement with the government for the first time. Camila Cabello finds joy in her roots for new studio album 2022-04-08T04:00:00Z

Adams sang Canada's national anthem' before Gretzky's final game. Canadian singer Bryan Adams gets Hollywood star 2011-03-21T20:55:08Z

In a nod to the new direction her career was taking – a slightly more grown-up version of the women’s empowerment anthems for which she had become known – Beyoncé’s already precise vocals seemed to improve. The meaning of Beyoncé: a dispatch from inside the Beyhive 2018-08-10T04:00:00Z

The best songs are the biggest — arena anthems in which candy-coated hooks are run through a shredder, Sleigh Bells style, and reassembled as experimental pieces drenched in effects. Grimes wages battle with herself on the wild and wonderful ‘Art Angels’ 2015-11-09T05:00:00Z

Many of the videos are set to the song “Black Beatles” by Rae Sremmurd, making it the unofficial anthem of the meme. Mannequin Challenge Is the New Viral Video Sensation You Probably Can’t Avoid 2016-11-07T05:00:00Z

But it is possible to get it horribly wrong, like when people are using “Born in the U.S.A.” as a rabble-rousing patriotic anthem. Jason Isbell’s got hope for the high road: “If you yell at people they’re going to stop listening” 2017-06-12T04:00:00Z

“At 3 p.m. EDT, hands linked and voices were raised to ‘We Are the World’ and ‘Hands Across America,’ pop anthems aimed at hunger, homelessness and hopelessness,” Harrington wrote. Remembering Hands Across America 2018-05-14T04:00:00Z

As we entered the auditorium, performers from the musical “American Idiot” were ripping through a spirited anthem. The Age of Laura Linney 2010-07-28T20:52:00Z

The output is varied, with impish anthems for the Harvard Glee Club, tender songs and intricate chamber music. Celebrating the Works of Irving Fine, Born 100 Years Ago 2014-10-31T04:00:00Z

With “thank u, next,” Grande has given listeners an anthem about moving forward when technology often makes it impossible to do so. Ariana Grande’s “thank u, next” Is the Breakup Song for the Social-Media Age 2018-11-15T05:00:00Z

How do those offended by Colin Kaepernick kneeling for the national anthem prefer that he convey his dissatisfaction with the nation’s treatment of black people? Trevor Noah plays gracious host to Tomi Lahren: Reason solidifies distant second to feelings in public debate 2016-12-04T05:00:00Z

The music video features the unassuming rap star marching in the streets of Atlanta, but Lil Baby says “The Bigger Picture” wasn’t written as a protest anthem. Review | Lil Baby’s inside voice is the sound of a restless American summer 2020-08-04T04:00:00Z

Strike Hard.’ and want to run through a wall afterward,” a smiling Keone Madrid said, referring to the musical’s next song, a pulsing anthem with pounding drums and frenetic kicks and punches. Strike First, Strike Hard: How ‘The Karate Kid’ Became a Musical 2022-06-01T04:00:00Z

The band’s choruses are shout-alongs, and the songs were being received like anthems, their subtleties lost in the mosh pit and amid the fist pumps. Music Review: Japandroids at Bowery Ballroom 2012-07-01T22:15:13Z

It was inevitable that one day Ms. Maye would tackle “I’m Still Here,” the Sondheim anthem from “Follies” that is a kind of Rorschach for seasoned show business veterans. Music Review: American Songbook as Fountain of Youth 2011-05-29T21:21:31Z

The park celebrates Key, who lived in a nearby house and wrote a poem that became the lyrics of the national anthem. Perspective | Where to find urban pockets of peace 2018-06-11T04:00:00Z

Lady Gaga kicked off Super Bowl 50 with a performance of the national anthem at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, Cali dressed in a sparkling red suit and matching eyeshadow. Watch Lady Gaga Perform the National Anthem at Super Bowl 50 2016-02-07T05:00:00Z

We often sing the national anthem with the resolve of an answer, but it’s actually a question: There will always be a fight. Perspective | A song doesn’t have to scream U!S!A! to be patriotic. Just ask the NFL. 2020-09-02T04:00:00Z

And one of his recordings, “Black Betty,” covered by the otherwise unknown ’70s band Ram Jam, would become one of the most popular sports-arena rock anthems this side of Gary Glitter. Robert Plant, Alison Krauss, Lucinda Williams on loving Lead Belly 2015-04-16T04:00:00Z

A Sambo figurehead occupies the center of the board and tests them on various touchstones of Black culture: What is the second verse of the Black national anthem? In ‘The Blackening,’ Rather Than Dying First, Getting the Last Laugh 2023-06-08T04:00:00Z

As far as pop anthems go, it’s nearly flawless. Can Icona Pop Do More Than That One Hit Single? 2013-09-27T15:00:02Z

Daft Punk's international hit Get Lucky won the anthem of the summer, beating songs such as Bastille's Pompeii and Imagine Dragons' Radioactive. Download named festival of the year 2013-12-02T21:43:09Z

If she lacked the vocal heft to push Norma Desmond’s anthem “With One Look” through the roof, her reading was powerful in its dramatic focus. Music Review: Petula Clark Performs at Feinstein?s at Loews Regency 2012-01-25T22:51:06Z

“I still remember everything. When they sing the Polish national anthem then I get tears in my eyes. Because finally we are in a free Poland,” Kialka said. Polish nurse, 97, recalls training for a war that terrified her 2019-08-27T04:00:00Z

During the feel-good anthem “Treat People With Kindness,” the singer lapped the stage while waving the flags for gay pride, transgender pride and the Black Lives Matter movement. Review | In concert, Harry Styles reminds fans what they’ve been missing 2021-09-19T04:00:00Z

The album sets out to recast U2’s arena anthems as private conversations. U2 Revisits Its Past, in the Name of … What, Exactly? 2023-03-17T04:00:00Z

The performers’ touch runs from aching delicacy in an a capella chorus to ecstatic frenzy as the group records Guy’s bitter anthem “When Your Mind’s Made Up.” ‘Once’ again bares the soul of a Dublin busker, this time on stage 2015-07-09T04:00:00Z

The DJ who propelled Rage Against the Machine to Christmas number one is attempting to repeat his success with Rik Mayall's "lost" World Cup anthem. Chart battle for Rik's World Cup song 2014-06-11T04:00:00Z

The lady power anthem follows a classic pattern, with the singer lamenting sexism and then vowing to overcome with her squad in tow. Beyond the “girl power” anthem: Beyoncé, Lana Del Rey and pop’s radical embrace of female vulnerability 2016-05-20T04:00:00Z

National Anthems Info reports that slight modifications to the anthem’s lyrics were made in 2003. Ukrainian national anthem unites the world amid Russia-Ukraine war 2022-03-03T05:00:00Z

That’s how many people on Earth are streaming Cohen’s version of the secular anthem right now, each represented by a recorded voice humming the song. Is Leonard Cohen the New Secular Saint of Montreal? 2018-03-06T05:00:00Z

The traditional English church choir includes men singing in their falsettos to provide the alto line in hymns and anthems. Falsetto: The enduring love affair with the soaring male voice 2021-02-16T05:00:00Z

I read with interest the page about 20 national anthems and their glorification of violence. Letters: Readers on SAT prep, national anthems and au pairs 2016-11-29T05:00:00Z

There were a handful of Doveman songs too, in the style he calls insomnia pop: uncertain anthems, sung in his whispery high tenor, about loss and yearning. Music Review: How a Club Becomes a Salon for a Night 2011-01-16T22:12:45Z

There were three Americans in the car, and when Steppenwolf's grand road-trip anthem, Magic Carpet Ride, came on we all sang along – sang along, too, when a mechanical blip interrupted the chorus. Napster: the day the music was set free 2013-02-24T00:05:22Z

Many songs were adopted as anthems for the 1960s civil rights movement in the US. Readers recommend: songs about leftwing politics – results 2013-04-18T10:56:59Z

The movement to protest racial oppression by not standing during the national anthem is now reverberating from the sports world to the world of opera. Tenor Will Sing Anthem at N.F.L. Game but Supports Athletes’ Kneeling Protests 2016-10-23T04:00:00Z

He also composed the jaunty “Something to Sing About,” also known as “This Land of Ours,” which is regarded as an unofficial national anthem of his native Canada. Oscar Brand, folk troubadour and radio host for seven decades, dies at 96 2016-10-01T04:00:00Z

It’s not just President Trump’s insistent call for the firings or suspensions of NFL players who take a knee during the national anthem to protest police violence. Perspective | The civil rights and Vietnam protests changed America. Today, they might be illegal. 2017-09-22T04:00:00Z

A soloist normally performs the national anthem for the annual “Capitol Fourth” celebration but this year Williams will lead the National Symphony Orchestra, the U.S. Americans mark July 4 with fireworks, food 2014-07-04T04:00:00Z

Mr. Connick currently hosts the daytime talk show “Harry,” and he sang the national anthem at the Kentucky Derby this month. Katy Perry to Judge ABC’s Revival of ‘American Idol’ 2017-05-17T04:00:00Z

That persona is a perfect fit for her melancholy ballads, which usually tend more toward torch songs than pop anthems and are more rock than country. Americana cavalcade ? Neko Case, Gillian Welch, Alison Krauss 2011-06-29T23:36:04Z

The song was officially declared the national anthem of the United States in a congressional bill in 1931; in recent decades, Smith’s music and Key’s text have remained closely coupled, seemingly inviolable as nationalist doctrine. Colin Kaepernick and the Radical Uses of “The Star-Spangled Banner” 2016-08-29T04:00:00Z

My favorite was “The Legend of the Rebel Soldier,” an anthem for those who’d like to fight the Civil War again. Almost heaven, West Virginia: Driving country roads in search of America today 2018-07-06T04:00:00Z

"Die Young" is intended as a party anthem and is No. 3 on this week's Billboard Hot 100 chart. Ke$ha tweets hit 'Die Young' 'now inappropriate' 2012-12-19T19:17:14Z

Seeing the politically charged anthem ring out at the Bowl as Chuck D and Flavor Flav worked the stage was a reminder of hip-hop's lasting influence. Five things we learned from the Bowl's black movie music salute 2014-09-04T04:00:00Z

The singers of “20 Feet From Stardom” took to the stage of the Rose Bowl on Wednesday to perform a four-voiced rendition of the national anthem. The Carpetbagger: Trying to Sing Their Way to the Oscars 2014-01-02T17:00:43Z

In keeping with 19th-century virtuoso spirit, Ms. Pine offered her own composition as an encore, the nimble Intro, Theme and Variations on “God Defend New Zealand,” one of that country’s two national anthems. Music Review: Rachel Barton Pine Performs at Rockefeller University 2012-03-22T21:02:22Z

I always stand during the national anthem, but when I do, I fantasize about moving to Canada. Style Invitational Week 1252: It’s a med, med, med, med world 2017-11-02T04:00:00Z

When she sang a passionate “Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?” that Depression-era anthem seemed anything but remote. Music Review: Christine Ebersole Performs at Caf? Carlyle 2012-02-01T22:16:27Z

In between these are angry anthems for the Russian soldiers, and later the partisans, in which they declare their hatred for the Germans or their dedication to the cause of scouring imperialism from Russia. Review: ‘Doctor Zhivago,’ the Broadway Musical 2015-04-21T04:00:00Z

“Formation,” the work’s most-discussed power anthem, calls on black women to stand together and features the singer in an abandoned plantation and atop a sinking police car, among other memorable images. How the end of the MTV era led to a music video renaissance 2018-06-13T04:00:00Z

Playing against the richness of the music and mise-en-scène, he is more apt to reveal, as a deep cut reveals bone, the conditions of inequity that create, in Sondheim’s memorable phrase, “another national anthem.” What to See and Experience in New York City This Spring 2020-02-26T05:00:00Z

As unofficial Olympic anthems go I'd keep the melody but add "congestion around the Olympic village makes us all losers, ultimately." This week's new tracks with Elis James 2012-08-03T23:05:28Z

After Mr. Gilbert led the orchestra and audience in the national anthem, as is customary at the start of the season, he conducted a zesty, crisp account of Rossini’s Overture to “The Barber of Seville.” New York Philharmonic Begins Season at the Movies 2014-09-17T04:00:00Z

At its best, that is what the national anthem is. Perspective | The national anthem reminds us how much Americans need to work together 2021-02-17T05:00:00Z

Only once does she provide an outright pop anthem, when 2007 smash With Every Heartbeat forgets electronic music's aloof cool and gets the audience singing along. Robyn - review 2010-10-20T21:01:00Z

The director’s father, Sergei Mikhalkov, who died last year, was a children’s writer and author of all three versions of the Soviet and then Russian anthem, including one in praise of Stalin. Russian Director Presents Grand Epic of World War II 2010-05-10T12:00:00Z

The vocal ensemble Roomful of Teeth realized these different musical styles — Baroque madrigal, Appalachian folk song, Manhattan Transfer-style close harmony, buzzing rock anthem — with ease through amplification. Review | In three parts, an artistic reexamination of Robert Mapplethorpe 2019-04-07T04:00:00Z

Kid Rock and his band joined Romney at a theatre in Royal Oak to play a song that is the signature anthem of Romney's campaign events, "Born Free." In Michigan, Mitt Romney faces day of reckoning 2012-02-28T10:36:07Z

Backed by a 36-piece orchestra, Mr. Wainwright summoned Garland’s restless spirit in jazzy anthems like “That’s Entertainment” and openhearted ballads like “Stormy Weather.” Rufus Wainwright’s 10-Year Journey Back to Judy Garland 2016-06-04T04:00:00Z

The group swarmed and pulled back, morphing into another Ayler anthem, “Truth Is Marching In,” with a stern, ceremonial prelude and a brisk, coltish middle section, both presented as a revelation. Music Review: Marc Ribot Trio at the Village Vanguard 2012-06-27T20:46:58Z

The R&B singer is set to perform the national anthem at Game 3 of the NBA Finals in Boston. Monica to sing anthem at Game 3 of NBA Finals 2010-06-07T16:34:00Z

We needed lyrics for the national anthem of the moon Nazis, and I don't speak German, so it was something we put to the community. Iron Sky doesn't stand out from the crowdsourcing 2012-05-22T09:59:54Z

Helen Reddy’s anthem, “I Am Woman,” sung slowly and assertively, was positioned in the program as pop’s declaration of female independence. Review: Maureen McGovern at 54 Below, Feminism Through Pop 2015-03-11T04:00:00Z

Born This Way is a thumping, almost disco anthem that stomps along until the chorus crashes in with the weight of a discarded meat dress. Lady Gaga's Born This Way: first review 2011-02-11T11:05:00Z

And her spellbinding rendition of Leonard Cohen's anthem "Hallelujah" remains matchless. k.d. lang a treat to hear, a hoot to behold at ZooTunes 2011-08-11T20:59:05Z

The only MC who Bizzle wanted to appear on Pow 2011 who wasn't available was Tempz, whose underground hit Next Hype is the other grime anthem heard repeatedly on the winter protests. Pow!: anthem for kettled youth 2011-02-03T21:30:00Z

When Ms. Strallen and the cast close the show with a goose-bumps-raising rendition of “I Happen to Like New York,” there’s no doubt that what you’re hearing is a city’s sacred national anthem. Review: Encores! Serves a Bathtub Martini in ‘The New Yorkers’ 2017-03-23T04:00:00Z

Americans disagree about almost everything, but the flag and the anthem are usually not among them. I stood up for the national anthem by sitting down for it 2016-08-30T04:00:00Z

Smokey Robinson sang "Sweet Caroline" with help from Kennedy and fans brought in from Boston's Fenway Park where it's a favorite anthem. Ma, Diamond, Streep receive Kennedy Center Honors 2011-12-05T14:27:10Z

It may not boast much land or populace, but it has a national anthem, a tatty flag, a centralized health service and a constitution — if the queen could ever complete it. Review: In ‘Terra Firma,’ a Wee Wet Country on the Brink 2019-10-10T04:00:00Z

“Dreams So Real” is an audacious all-systems-go anthem that asks, “Have I ever really helped anyone but myself/To believe in the power of girls.” Dude vs. Chick Rock: Is There a Music Gender Divide? 2012-06-12T13:29:51Z

Perhaps we should build on the raised fists and refusals to stand, and seek out the spirit of the era in which the anthem’s text and music were not so sacrosanct. Colin Kaepernick and the Radical Uses of “The Star-Spangled Banner” 2016-08-29T04:00:00Z

Among his controversial policies: abolishing all lawyers from Congress, changing our national anthem, abolishing the Electoral College and taxing the church. Primary lessons of “Nashville”: Robert Altman’s noisy, tense, brilliant American epic is chicken soup for the weary election year soul 2016-02-07T05:00:00Z

The mix of music and motion, along with the use of clocks to move the narrative forward, make the whole thing feel like a self-contained music video, one worthy of Dolly Parton’s earworm anthem. Pillow Talk to Bonnie and Clyde: the greatest Wayne Fitzgerald main titles 2019-10-02T04:00:00Z

You might as well suggest replacing the national anthem with Donald Trump harmonising with an air horn. Break the period taboo: my name is Lindy West and I bleed 2016-05-09T04:00:00Z

She's such an Israeli icon that she was chosen to sing the national anthem in 1998 at the country's main jubilee celebration, answering a personal plea from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Israeli music icon hopes Farsi album charms Iran 2012-07-03T13:54:11Z

If you know nothing else about Devo, you know “Whip It,” the band’s only gold-certified single, which reached No. 14 on the Billboard Hot 100 and became a defining anthem of new wave’s rise. Everything we thought we knew about Devo’s “Whip It” was wrong 2017-09-16T04:00:00Z

“Catcher” was an anthem for several generations of readers, and there’s no shame if its audience narrows a bit. 'The Escape Artist': Thomas Beller Talks About J. D. Salinger 2014-07-11T04:00:00Z

The rule is to "standardise proper etiquette for the national anthem, which reflects national independence and liberation, a prosperous, strong country and the affluence of the people", the official Xinhua news agency said. China bans national anthem at weddings and funerals 2014-12-12T05:00:00Z

Most memorable to me were the interventions of the ensemble: patriotic anthems at first, later surrendering to letter-writing fugues and a gossamer chorale about sleep. Crossing Cultures, and Genres, at the Glimmerglass Festival 2018-08-01T04:00:00Z

The 1969 hit song, addressed to Caroline Kennedy, is regularly played at Boston Red Sox games and became an unofficial anthem for the rattled city in the aftermath of the bombings on April 15. ArtsBeat: Neil Diamond to Donate ‘Sweet Caroline’ Royalties to Boston Bombing Charity 2013-04-25T15:13:09Z

But a resurgent national anthem in Brazil is transforming each World Cup appearance by its national team into a collective expression of the country's frustrations – both on and off the soccer field. As protests simmer, Brazil's national anthem soars at World Cup 2014-06-20T04:00:00Z

Its alcoholic repute was in part due to moralistic protests against the tune during the Prohibition era, when Congress was deciding whether to make it the official national anthem. ‘The Star-Spangled Banner’ Has Changed a Lot in 200 Years 2014-06-27T04:00:00Z

Already a massive hit, "Lean On" features Danish pop star MØ and "Turn Down for What" producer DJ Snake, and has about as much connection to Jamaican music as the Russian national anthem. Major Lazer's 'Peace Is the Mission' as ephemeral as Caribbean snow 2015-06-01T04:00:00Z

It is from the opera “Turandot” and became a popular phenomenon and a soccer anthem after it was sung at the first “Three Tenors” concert in Rome in conjunction with the 1990 World Cup. Luciano Pavarotti’s Family Wants Him Off Donald Trump’s Soundtrack 2016-07-22T04:00:00Z

Like Baby D's I Need Your Loving, which combines low-cal liquid funk and the vocal from breakup anthem Everybody's Gotta Learn Sometime to emotionally disruptive effect. Is this the most depressing Europop anthem of all time? 2010-05-06T14:20:00Z

Its main theme summited the Billboard charts and became an uber-popular — if eventually somewhat campy — anthem for running, and one of the most famous tunes written for a movie. How to compete with the original ‘Blade Runner’ score: Pay homage to it 2017-10-13T04:00:00Z

His rallying cry, in the opening anthem: "Don't want to be an American idiot/ Don't want a nation under new media!" Album-turned-show 'American Idiot' in Seattle June 5-10 2012-05-30T22:06:04Z

Of all the connections Ms. Andreas made, the most exciting, if unlikely, was with Édith Piaf in a Parisian section that began with “I Love Paris,” declaimed as an anthem. Music Review: Christine Andreas in ‘Bemused,’ at 54 Below 2013-01-29T23:07:45Z

They become family anthems, passed down through the generations, imbued with meaning. The music we choose at funerals reveals much about our loved ones 2013-06-18T13:22:53Z

Sessions and Trump seem to put a lot of stock in respect for symbols like the flag, the Constitution and the national anthem. Perspective | Jeff Sessions sounded like a free-speech champion at Georgetown. That’s absurd. 2017-09-26T04:00:00Z

The show ends with a pair of anthems, “Stand Up” and “Rise Up,” celebrating women’s progress and exhorting the audience to get to their feet. These 2 Productions Bring a Jolt of Energy to British Musicals 2023-02-16T05:00:00Z

Among those moments, the partygoers, friends since childhood, playfully film TikToks over the Tyga-Curtis Roach anthem “Bored in the House” and rave about social media likes. ‘Bodies Bodies Bodies’ and the Difficulty of Coping IRL 2022-08-11T04:00:00Z

But I don’t normally sing the anthem in the shower. The go-to man for the national anthem on giving proof through the night 2016-05-25T04:00:00Z

It soon became an anthem of revolutionary France, and was given its current name after soldiers from Marseilles sang it on their marches. After Paris Attacks, ‘La Marseillaise’ Echoes Around the World in Solidarity 2015-11-16T05:00:00Z

Just two days ahead of the U.S. presidential election, veteran punk rockers Green Day closed the raucous show with their anti-establishment anthem “American Idiot.” Justin Bieber Wins Most Gongs at MTV EMAs Again 2016-11-06T04:00:00Z

She made the work in 1999: a recording of her voice, singing this anthem of international socialism, was installed in an underpass in Ljubljana, Slovenia. Susan Philipsz: Sonic boom 2010-12-07T21:30:00Z

At our homecoming in October, one other person in my grade, a person in the grade above me, and I decided to kneel for the national anthem. High School Students Explain Why They Protest Anthems and Pledges 2017-10-21T04:00:00Z

Such as “Drunk Girls Don’t Cry,” some real talk to a friend who dates losers; or “80’s Mercedes,” a soaring anthem about hitting the town. Maren Morris isn’t trying to be a country music ‘savior,’ but she’s just what Nashville needs 2016-03-14T04:00:00Z

The segment ended in a blaze of rock 'n' roll glory when the rest of the Chili Peppers turned up for a run through of Blue Oyster Cult's rock anthem "Don't Fear the Reaper." A Will Ferrell-Chad Smith drum-off on 'The Tonight Show' 2014-05-23T04:00:00Z

The song has become the anthem of protests that have swept through Iran in recent months. ‘Baraye,’ the Anthem of Iran’s Protest Movement, Wins a Grammy 2023-02-05T05:00:00Z

For our more high-minded readers: this is a riff on the soca anthem "Who Let the Dogs Out?" Lionel Asbo by Martin Amis – review 2012-06-08T21:55:05Z

On this week’s Popcast, Mr. Caramanica talks about the history of the national anthem with Marc Ferris, a historian and the author of “Star-Spangled Banner: The Unlikely Story of America’s national anthem.” National Anthem Protests, From ‘Jazzing the Banner’ to Taking a Knee 2017-09-29T04:00:00Z

With twinkling arpeggios fortified by bubbly rhythm, in the style perhaps best described as “iPad commercial,” the song presents what seems at first blush like a pickup anthem, an ode to blithe submission. Critics? Choice: New CDs 2011-04-04T22:04:46Z

And her delivery of Fosca’s dreamy anthem, “Loving You,” lifts the evening into the clouds. Review | Fall for the ravishing music in ‘Passion,’ not the love triangle’s melodrama 2018-08-23T04:00:00Z

The more memorable songs are in the U2 mold, like the musical’s boffo central anthem, “Rise Above 1,” the adrenalized garage-rock of “Bouncing Off the Walls” and the frustration turning to aspiration in “No More.” music: Playing UpThe MusicIn That Musical 2011-06-10T21:10:17Z

The set includes such songs as “Just Dance,” “Partynauseous,” “Paparazzi,” “Poker Face,” “Sexx Dreams,” “Fashion!” and the anthem, “Born This Way.” Lady Gaga, Lana Del Rey, from pals to divas | Concert preview 2014-05-23T04:00:00Z

A xylophone, which lays the foundation for "Go Outside," the nearest this year's fest has come to a communal anthem given that Feist didn’t perform "1234" during her Friday headlining set. Pitchfork Day 2: Sleigh Bells, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Wild Flag 2012-07-15T06:26:00Z

“Every song is like an anthem, to success or to failure or to change,” Mr. Perfect said. Four Musicals on Three Continents: An Australian Company’s Big Bet 2018-07-05T04:00:00Z

When it burned, the group sang the RTR anthem, to the tune of the Willie Nelson hit “On the Road Again.” The Real Burning Man 2018-01-31T05:00:00Z

“Pain” rides a bed lifted from a karaoke version of Sweet Female Attitude’s “Flowers,” a pop U.K. garage anthem from 2000. PinkPantheress’s Slivers of Dance-Pop Play With Memory Like a Toy 2021-10-19T04:00:00Z

The song was taken up as an empowerment anthem. A Newcomer to Watch at the Latin Grammys: Nathy Peluso 2020-11-18T05:00:00Z

Expect the room to erupt into a moshing frenzy when the pair starts its signature anthems “Adrenaline Nightshift” and “Young Hearts Spark Fire.” Pop, Rock and Jazz in NYC This Week 2017-02-16T05:00:00Z

The theme of Mitski’s show was set when she seized the stage to the dramatic 1960s pop anthem “Era Vivere,” belted by famed Italian singer Mina. Review | Indie artist Mitski expresses songs with voice and legs 2018-11-18T05:00:00Z

He was also set to perform the national anthem during Game 1 of the NBA Finals on Thursday in his hometown of San Antonio, Texas. Austin Mahone calls Bieber comparisons ‘obnoxious’ 2014-06-05T04:00:00Z

I think of anthems with a really big chorus, very catchy but not too fast because everybody has got to get into it and sing along. Table for Three: Cyndi Lauper and David Byrne Discuss Creating Hits, On and Off Broadway 2014-03-14T23:21:20Z

The Dodger first baseman was standing in a packed Yankee Stadium about to hear the national anthem. Jackie Robinson’s Inner Struggle 2020-07-20T04:00:00Z

It was adopted by Ian Smith as the national anthem of apartheid-prone Rhodesia, and was one of the few pieces of Western music condoned by the Chinese during the Cultural Revolution. Art Review: I Just Popped Out to Play Beethoven 2010-12-09T23:57:00Z

I've been enjoying the album for a while — my favorite track remains the watery anthem "Visible Missing Objects" — and will blog a longer review soon. Listen to Seattle chillwave duo USF's album 'The Spray' 2011-10-28T16:51:12Z

Park thrashes through the “Hedwig” songbook with aplomb; high points include the headbanger “Angry Inch,” the aching anthem “Wicked Little Town” and “Wig in a Box,” a tour-de-force tune of self-discovery. Review | Mason Alexander Park brings star power to Olney’s ‘Hedwig and the Angry Inch’ 2021-11-30T05:00:00Z

Annie’s ballad “Maybe” and her anthem “Tomorrow” are American musical cornerstones that every kid should hear, but that doesn’t quite vindicate Olney taking a second run at the show in seven years. Review | This ‘Annie’ doesn’t shine despite Daddy Warbucks’ commanding voice 2017-11-21T05:00:00Z

His sharp funk provided the anchor on anthems like “Cold Sweat,” “Say It Loud — I’m Black and I’m Proud,” and “I Got The Feelin’.” Clyde Stubblefield, the ‘Funky Drummer’ for James Brown, Dies at 73 2017-02-18T05:00:00Z

The NSO, at the beginning, promised to do just that, with a rousing rendition of the national anthem followed by a “Mars” that zinged and crackled. Review | Noseda extends NSO contract; will stay through 2024-2025 season 2018-09-22T04:00:00Z

In “Bless Me,” which builds up to the gravity of an anthem, a brief physical fling — “a body on top of me to teach me” — brings him a kind of redemption. Moses Sumney and Perfume Genius: Complex Voices of Desire 2020-05-17T04:00:00Z

The publisher had one question: Why didn’t you stand up for the anthem? I stood up for the national anthem by sitting down for it 2016-08-30T04:00:00Z

But, with She Sells Sanctuary and Rain, they delivered the kind of fist-pumping singalong anthems these gatherings are made for, and deserved more than the lukewarm reception they received. Sonisphere 2010-08-02T20:46:00Z

Perhaps it was NASA’s way of saying, “Thank you!” for the unofficial anthem. Celebrate the 50th anniversary of the moon landing with these space-themed songs 2019-07-11T04:00:00Z

“Waking Dreams,” a namesake anthem, rode a streamlined quintuple meter; “Indian Hill” began at an ominous crawl and bloomed into a waltz. Music Review | Chris Dingman: Vibraphonist Dazzles, but Without Fanfare 2010-03-19T21:36:00Z

And if she treated both anthems like durable heirlooms, intended for regular use, she also infused her historical evocation with the urgency of now. Music Review: Bonnie Raitt and Mavis Staples at the Beacon 2012-06-22T23:54:20Z

There are certain songs throughout history that transcend into anthems, music that captures the current moment, but also propels it forward or challenges the status quo. What’s on TV Sunday: The ‘Succession’ Season Finale and ‘Schitt’s Creek’ 2019-10-13T04:00:00Z

And yet top 10s are everywhere – top 10 rudest online clips, top 10 most popular indie anthems, top 10 best ever comedy moments by Morecambe and Wise-with-Glenda Jackson ever in our lifetimes ever ever. Rewind radio: The Nation's Favourite Christmas Carol; Stephen Nolan; Today – review 2012-12-30T00:06:03Z

In the second act, once all those thundering reversals and revelations and anthems of self-respect came rolling in, I realized that there was no mistake. Critic’s Notebook: ‘The Color Purple’ and ‘Prudencia Hart’ Sing Anew in London 2013-07-16T21:56:11Z

“For me, as soon as Lady Gaga started singing the national anthem, I felt the pent-up emotions from four years starting to leave our bodies,” Ms. Stoynoff said. The Trump Accusers Are Hanging Out on Zoom 2021-01-22T05:00:00Z

Doves have always demonstrated that they can pen sky-reaching anthems, as their forthcoming Best Of album shows. Songs against monogamy and melancholy 2010-04-07T14:48:00Z

The new material — notably a somber, tolling piece called “Falls” and a hurtling anthem called “Chinchilla” — felt precisely dialed in to the personalities of the players. Review: Jim Black Trio at Le Poisson Rouge 2016-03-15T04:00:00Z

Siouxsie and the Banshees’ apocalyptic anthem “Cities in Dust” plays in its opening minutes, and the film ends with a screen-filling brawl between male and female true believers. Five Horror Movies to Stream Now 2023-01-06T05:00:00Z

A tiny 18th-century book has turned up in Hay-on-Wye containing the earliest known version of Sweet Molly Malone, almost a century older than Dublin's unofficial anthem. Tart with a cart? Older song shows Dublin's Molly Malone in new light 2010-07-18T16:48:00Z

In 1953, Oklahoma officially adopted the song as the state’s anthem. Rodgers and Hammerstein Biography on the Way 2015-06-29T04:00:00Z

Their reward is an encore of Sun, an Ibiza anthem from the first echo-coated refrain, each dizzying peak pushing the atmospherics higher. Caribou ? review 2011-02-24T18:12:57Z

There’s no punk sarcasm for now; as the music builds from measured dirge to pummeling anthem, the lyrics both recognize and rail against the ravages of time, even on the verge of a new tour. My Chemical Romance’s Prog-Emo Surprise, and 12 More New Songs 2022-05-13T04:00:00Z

The title track, a working woman’s anthem titled “,” charted at No. 3 in the U.S. in 1983. Legendary ?Queen of Disco? Donna Summer Dies at 63 2012-05-17T17:34:52Z

Twenty years ago, 9/11 marked a turning point, an inception of two Americas, one of which was engulfed in flags, the national anthem and the warmth of an almost unprecedented sort of unity. How 9/11 helped define this generation’s new brand of patriotism 2021-09-11T04:00:00Z

The lyrics Ms. Wells sang, written by J. D. Miller, merely expressed sympathy for “fallen” women, but given rising divorce rates and changing sexual mores in postwar America, the song resounded like a proto-feminist anthem. Kitty Wells, Country Singer, Dies at 92 2012-07-16T21:02:25Z

Though the songs flow together and make an overall composition, they are written in varied styles: folkloric anthems; impressionistic ruminations with wistful, piercing cluster chords; stomp-and-shout romps; and more. Bryce Dessner Debuts 'Black Mountain Songs' at BAM 2014-11-21T05:00:00Z

Spanish DJ Sak Noel, who secured his first British number one single last week with the dance anthem "Loca People," dropped two places to number three. Rihanna finds her way to top of UK charts 2011-10-09T18:52:46Z

So many anti-establishment anthems – including songs by the Rolling Stones, the Beatles and the Doors — have been co-opted to sell cars, sneakers and computers. Shifting From ‘Mad Men’ to Strong Women in a Series Finale 2015-05-18T04:00:00Z

The president’s wielding of the anthem as a bludgeon is itself a historical echo. Perspective | A song doesn’t have to scream U!S!A! to be patriotic. Just ask the NFL. 2020-09-02T04:00:00Z

And the song Retna chose as his anthem for the mural? Perspective | This legendary street artist has done walls, shoes and Bieber albums. Now he’s trying opera. 2017-09-01T04:00:00Z

But much like the monster success of "Love Song," a track off her first Epic album, "Little Voice," "King of Anything" is an anthem to sassy assertiveness dressed in a lilting singer-songwriter sheen. Sara Bareilles learning to enjoy mainstream success 2010-08-28T10:48:00Z

Throughout the four-verse anthem, the word "man" will be altered to "fan," school officials said. University of Utah changes lyrics to fight song 2014-07-02T04:00:00Z

A musical generation later, Madonna chose the perfect collaborator for a country-tinged pop anthem about heartbreak. Madonna and Taylor Swift's Joint Performance Was the Best Sort of Collaboration 2015-03-30T04:00:00Z

Their joyous, instant anthems about wolves and forests went down a storm here – people even cheered the trumpet solo. Leeds festival 2012 – review 2012-08-27T14:07:42Z

The rapper moved effortlessly between party anthems and confessionals, spitting at one point, “She used to laugh at my jokes,” as if a tear might fall down his face. Chance the Rapper brings seismic show to WaMu 2016-10-25T04:00:00Z

“You had to salute the Russian flag. You had to sing the Russian anthem. There was no sophistication. Everything cultural was bourgeois, and that was not allowed.” Istvan Banyai, Illustrator Who Mined the Surreal, Dies at 73 2023-02-18T05:00:00Z

Johnson previously appeared on Fox Nation's "Patriot Awards" and sung the anthem there as well, in November 2021. Kentucky's D'Corey Johnson stuns with 'Star-Spangled Banner' before NASCAR's Daytona 500 2022-02-20T05:00:00Z

That’s no longer a novelty song: it’s more like a national anthem. This Ain?t Weird Al 2011-02-20T05:00:19Z

Fans are feting the anthem, a convoluted pastoral that celebrates Brazil as a "colossus," almost more than the games themselves, especially considering a tepid Brazilian team so far. As protests simmer, Brazil's national anthem soars at World Cup 2014-06-20T04:00:00Z

“It is awarding their protest anthem with the highest musical honor.” ‘Baraye,’ the Anthem of Iran’s Protest Movement, Wins a Grammy 2023-02-05T05:00:00Z

She opens with a magnificent and moving version of My Country 'Tis of Thee, America's alternative national anthem. Calm operatic voice for civil rights 2014-04-09T07:07:48Z

For a few minutes, Mr. Parker stepped into a recording booth to perform the voices of two football announcers introducing the new national anthem, while Mr. Stone directed him to be more excitable. ‘South Park’: After Two Decades, It’s Still by the Seat of Their Pants 2016-09-21T04:00:00Z

In short, it should have been this generation's Sweet Like Chocolate, one of those underground dance anthems that storms the charts and explodes into popular consciousness. Jackin proves dance music is alive and bouncing – but mostly outside London 2013-05-28T15:51:00Z

Clague, an associate professor of musicology and American culture at the University of Michigan, traces the complicated history of the national anthem in this immensely interesting and readable work. 10 New Books We Recommend This Week 2022-07-07T04:00:00Z

The album’s most accusatory song, also written by Ms. Clarkson and Mr. Kurstin, is its title track, a U2-style anthem that contrasts the unselfish love of her husband with bitter thoughts about her father. Review: New Releases by Kelly Clarkson, Sannhet and Asleep at the Wheel 2015-03-02T05:00:00Z

A bouncy, colorful dude approached center-court and requested that we stand for the national anthem. Screw the national anthem 2014-09-30T04:00:00Z

The chorus seized its real opportunity to shine as a whole in the Handel anthem, to glorious effect. Music Review: Hallelujahs, But Not The Ones You Think 2011-05-26T21:53:41Z

He ended the night plucking out heavenly slide-guitar riffs on a primitive acoustic guitar on “Seven Nation Army,” a Stripes tune from 2003 that over time has gone from indie nugget to global stadium anthem. Jack White, a rock star with few peers, plays his catalogue full of hits

The music hovered, coalesced and surged in inexorable crescendos behind Mr. Silberman’s fervent voice, an aching tenor that climbed into falsetto, shaping songs as anthems, elegies, waltzes and cries of anguish. | The Antlers: Strumming Off This Mortal Coil 2009-12-17T05:48:00Z

Riding the wave of their moving anthem in support of gay marriage, "Same Love," Macklemore, Seattle hip-hop artist and lyricist supreme, and his producer, Ryan Lewis, perform at 8 p.m. The week ahead: Arts and entertainment highlights for the week beginning Oct. 7 2012-10-03T22:12:05Z

Although drenched in Tchaikovsky, “Song of Russia” does start with the American national anthem and includes a Russian version of the swing tune “The Music Goes Round and Round.” On DVD, an American in Paris (and in the Soviet Union) 2016-08-19T04:00:00Z

You might say that every crisis gets the multi-celebrity car-crash pop anthem it deserves, but truly no crisis — certainly not one as vast and unsettling as the current one — deserves this. This ‘Imagine’ Cover Is No Heaven 2020-03-20T04:00:00Z

On “Clearest Blue,” a shuffling beat detonates into a cathartic club jumper, while “Make Them Gold” glitters like an ’80s pop anthem. The Synth-Pop Evangelists of CHVRCHES 0002-11-29T05:00:00Z

There are bracing protest anthems on "Trouble and Strife." In Joan Osborne's revolution, you can dance 2020-09-05T04:00:00Z

Such was the essence of SZA’s side-chick anthem “The Weekend”—music that resists hiding behind indignity to tell us something about reality. Summer Walker’s Sex-Positive R. & B. 2019-10-22T04:00:00Z

That's a positive thing, but on a more practical level some of the band's newer compositions stifled the momentum established by the band's trademark rousing dance anthems. Cut Copy cribs, but with good taste and better instincts 2011-04-09T13:22:00Z

“Our songs are about everyday anxieties. That’s why they resonate. They’re not crafted to be Internet anthems. But, I mean, the Internet is such a large part of our lives.” This chaotic duo sounds like nothing and everything you’ve ever heard 2019-12-26T05:00:00Z

This is where Handel composed “Zadok the Priest,” the British coronation anthem, which was recently performed for King Charles III. Here, too, Handel wrote “Messiah,” which took him about three weeks to compose. London Tours Explore the Worlds of Opera and Classical Music 2023-07-01T04:00:00Z

It’s a dance anthem set to Southern rap, made Internet-famous by a sure-footed New Orleans detective during a Mardi Gras parade last year. Lisa D’Amour Juggles ‘Airline Highway’ and ‘Milton,’ a Tale of Five Towns 2015-03-19T04:00:00Z

The play begins with one of those adversaries, Bobby, whispering slurs to fluster Pharus as he sings the school’s prayerful anthem, “Trust and Obey.” Review: Raising a Joyful New Voice in Tarell Alvin McCraney’s ‘Choir Boy’ 2019-01-09T05:00:00Z

In Brazil, it became an anthem for every homesick arrival to the big city. The Essentials of Brazilian Music for Olympic Listening 2016-08-02T04:00:00Z

The fresh-faced 22-year-old from humble roots in a refugee camp endeared millions of voting television viewers with his Palestinian patriotic anthems and folk songs. Palestinian 'Arab Idol' victory unleashes rare outburst of joy 2013-06-22T23:28:17Z

Others might recognize "September" from movie soundtracks and countless commercials; as with many funk anthems, it has been licensed to sell Subway sandwiches, Gap clothing, and Google products. On this Earth Wind and Fire Day, remember "September" as a beautiful case of accidental magic 2022-09-21T04:00:00Z

Played on traditional Indochinese instruments, familiar anthems like “La Marseillaise” and “The Battle Hymn of the Republic” are rendered weird and melancholy. In the Heat of Battle, ‘In the Year of the Pig’ 2018-05-02T04:00:00Z

On “Blade Glade Missionaries”, he modernizes Barry McGuire’s war protest anthem “Eve of Destruction” by refocusing its sights on the pitfalls of a crumbling society. Of Montreal Breaks Genre Barriers on New Album 2013-10-11T12:00:49Z

The national anthem of Rhodesia is based on the tune of Beethoven’s “Ode to Joy.” Beethoven, politics and a Ninth Symphony for all 2017-04-24T04:00:00Z

Battiste also arranged Sam Cooke’s first secular hit, "You Send Me," and played piano on perhaps his greatest song, the civil rights anthem "A Change Is Gonna Come." Harold Battiste, influential New Orleans jazz musician, dies at 83 2015-06-20T04:00:00Z

Katy Perry did her best Goth move, turning her Dark Horse performance into a pop Goth anthem. From Lorde to Rihanna to the new Barbie, Goth culture’s comeback is a win for women 2014-05-21T04:00:00Z

Only a plaintive anthem sung by soldiers on the eve of battle stands out, partly because its sentimentality has little to do with the central love triangle. ‘Cyrano’ Review: Who Wrote the Book of Love? 2022-02-23T05:00:00Z

Later, with altered verses, it became the national anthem of the Confederacy, and then the canonical expression of Lost Cause nostalgia in the Jim Crow era. Art Meets Its Soundtrack Deep in ‘The Dirty South’ 2021-07-15T04:00:00Z

His songs are not anthems, confessions, protests or poetry. Cass McCombs: Imagine Beckett as a Cranky Singer-Songwriter 2016-08-25T04:00:00Z

At one point in the show, Mac sang Ted Nugent’s homophobic “Snakeskin Cowboys” as a gay prom anthem, inviting everyone in the audience to slow-dance with a partner of the same sex. In “Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus,” Taylor Mac Takes on Shakespeare—and Trump 2019-04-20T04:00:00Z

Ham was perhaps best known for playing the flute riff for "Down Under," which remains an unofficial anthem for Australia. Men at Work musician Greg Ham found dead 2012-04-20T01:36:08Z

Asked backstage how it would feel, Dujardin launched into a jaunty rendition of "La Marseillaise," the French national anthem. `The Help,' Dujardin win at lively SAG Awards 2012-01-30T11:50:22Z

Other nominees for record of the year included the rap hit "Nothin' On You" by newcomer B.o.B featuring Bruno Mars, and Jay-Z and Alicia Keys' anthem for New York, "Empire State of Mind." Eminem tops Grammys list; Seattle acts also score nominations 2010-12-02T06:24:00Z

His speech to Congress proposing the Voting Rights Act of 1965 — when he famously quoted from the civil rights anthem “We Shall Overcome” — is one of the most affecting moments of the movie. Film fact-checking is here to stay. So let’s agree on some new rules. 2015-01-02T05:00:00Z

Less controversial was Sir Mix-a-Lot’s 1993 best rap solo performance win with inescapable booty anthem “Baby Got Back,” his sole award in three career nominations. How Seattle’s biggest stars have fared at the Grammys over the years 2019-02-08T05:00:00Z

A woman in a white coat sings the national anthem. Andrew Giuliani is test-driving his father’s legacy in New York 2022-04-11T04:00:00Z

Yet if we see the scene through Robinson’s eyes — and hear the anthem through his ears — we encounter an altogether different story. Jackie Robinson’s Inner Struggle 2020-07-20T04:00:00Z

After speaking with Mr. Noah and Bryan Stevenson of the Equal Justice Initiative about the history of lynchings in America, Ms. Day performed Billie Holiday’s classic anti-lynching anthem “Strange Fruit.” Trevor Noah Says Trump’s Rally in Arizona Seemed Like a Success — Kind Of 2017-08-24T04:00:00Z

There's nothing so obvious as a rocker, but a selection of understated, troubled anthems hinge on Matt Berninger's mournful baritone and wonderfully diverse lyrics. The National: High Violet 2010-05-06T22:30:00Z

The subject was the song he felt was the anthem of his generation: Nirvana’s “Smells Like Teen Spirit.” Overcoming Through Song in a Summer of Discontent 2017-08-23T04:00:00Z

Spears’s songs became coming-of-age and coming-out anthems, and learning her moves enabled fans to explore aspects of their identities with the same boldness she projected with her body. Britney Spears Has Always Fought Back. By Dancing. 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z

But Brown, despite the popularity of his anthem “Say It Loud — I’m Black and I’m Proud,” alienated black audiences because of his support of Richard M. Nixon. ‘Get On Up’ Stars Chadwick Boseman as James Brown 2014-07-31T04:00:00Z

First came the national anthem played by the Los Angeles Philharmonic, then a resplendent fanfare by Richard Strauss. How the Music Center broke new ground for major arts institutions 2014-11-14T05:00:00Z

The song Ms. Bergen performed in that show, “I’m Still Here,” could well have served as her own defiant anthem. Polly Bergen Dies at 84; Emmy-Winning Actress 2014-09-20T04:00:00Z

Understanding the song as it has been sung moves us beyond the politics of one man and toward comprehending how the anthem has functioned as a powerful articulation of citizenship. Colin Kaepernick and the Radical Uses of “The Star-Spangled Banner” 2016-08-29T04:00:00Z

When the Super Bowl is broadcast this Sunday, producers won’t be forced to choose between either the national anthem or the halftime show, or eliminate overtime if the game goes long. Are the Oscars Ashamed to Be the Oscars? 2019-01-30T05:00:00Z

It is the embattled anthem of a woman who has dreamed big and been disappointed often enough to have learned to savor the good times when they come. Music Review: Rock Songs Turned Testaments of Triumphant Soul 2011-05-25T22:18:01Z

And “Rosé” is an utterly modern anthem about something to drink that’s not beer, and is also, Guyton said, a protest against the unspoken Nashville prohibition on women from singing about alcohol. Nashville Didn’t Make Room for Mickey Guyton. So She Made Her Own. 2021-09-17T04:00:00Z

If it hasn't changed, the Regal is the place for a great Indian movie experience; popcorn, chai, national anthem & Bollywood! Cine-files: The Regal, Mumbai 2012-10-09T15:48:00Z

I sang the national anthem of South Africa. 2 veterans from 'The Lion King' opening still roar 2012-11-16T14:35:08Z

Schwartz turned Jesus’s teachings of loving thy neighbor and helping the poor into ballads, rock anthems, and folk and pop tunes. ‘Godspell’ maintains its spirit, energy at Olney Theatre Center 2015-02-11T05:00:00Z

When it comes to the British punk movement, it’s really the national anthem — it’s the big song for a variety of reasons. Why “London Calling” matters: “It’s incredibly in touch and ahead of its time for British punk” 2016-11-01T04:00:00Z

RE The song that became the anthem of the club was Heroes by Bowie. It's Blitz: Birth of the New Romantics 2010-05-14T23:37:00Z

Whitney Houston's memorable performance of the national anthem in 1991 at the Super Bowl was sung to a track. Band: Beyonce lip synced US anthem at inaugural 2013-01-22T21:17:08Z

Perhaps every social trend gets the anthem it deserves, but the selfie generation deserves something a little more imaginative and nurturing than “#Selfie,” by the New York dance music duo the Chainsmokers. Music Review: The Chainsmokers Perform ‘#SELFIE’ at Highline Ballroom 2014-04-15T21:37:24Z

“Bodak Yellow,” which is No. 8 on the Billboard Hot 100, has been the rap anthem of the summer, and tonight she would be performing it for the first time in her hometown. From Reality Star to Rapper: Cardi B Makes Her Money Move 2017-08-17T04:00:00Z

Take Kid Ink: He’s from Los Angeles, but where he really lives is on the radio, in saccharine party anthems full of dubious gender politics and toothless rapping. Party-Rap Tunes, Served Up Light 2015-04-19T04:00:00Z

Another anthem here, meaningfully titled “Transparency Is the New Mystery,” features the mystical pronouncement “In order to see it/ You’ve got to believe it.” Critics? Choice: New CDs 2010-10-03T22:17:00Z

The song became an anthem, amassing hundreds of millions of streams and cementing Juice as a young star in a cursed subgenre. The Beautiful Vulnerability of Juice WRLD 2019-12-09T05:00:00Z

Part of the appeal was apparent immediately, from the opening electric guitar riff of "Queen of Hearts" — super-melodic anthem energy. Capitol Hill Block Party 2011 day one notables: F-ed Up, Craft Spells, THEESatisfaction 2011-07-23T18:44:53Z

But its enduring anthem was this plaint, sung by a former slave, about the mindless ol’ Mississippi River. The All-TIME 100 Songs 2011-10-24T09:00:29Z

At the same time there are some political anthems like "Dreaming Out Loud" and "Long Time Coming." Gov't Mule embraces Pink Floyd, peace and protest: "We're in some pretty precarious times" 2023-06-17T04:00:00Z

Mr. Moss concludes with a song: “Snowden’s Jig,” performed by the Carolina Chocolate Drops, refers to the Snowdens, a black musical family who may have influenced the creation of the Southern anthem “Dixie.” Dance Review: Faustin Linyekula and Dean Moss at MoMA 2012-10-27T07:20:07Z

That addition marked the song as a peace anthem and the song found chart success when The Byrds released their version in 1965 — it reached the top of the Billboard Hot 100. Songs of Peace and Protest: 6 Essential Cuts From Pete Seeger 2014-01-28T15:01:48Z

A foreboding Dixie anthem called “The Old Red Hills of Home” leaps 50 years forward to connect the white Christian bigotry that fueled the Civil War to the war against Leo as well. Review: A Pageant of Love and Antisemitism, in ‘Parade’ 2023-03-16T04:00:00Z

Neil Young and Bruce Springsteen write anthems about the travails of the working man; we line up for the revival of “Death of a Salesman.” Steal this album: What happens if no one pays for music? 2012-06-20T11:45:00Z

Alicia Keys, who grew up in Manhattan's Hell's Kitchen, closed the night with her New York anthem "Empire State of Mind," as doctors, nurses, firefighters, police officers and others joined the piano-playing singer onstage. Like 9/11 concert, musicians turn out for Sandy 2012-12-13T12:55:14Z

The majority were in the mythical “Southland” celebrated in “The Birth of the Blues,” a song he and his musicians took at a brisk pace and pointedly resisted turning into an anthem. Music Review: Johnny Rodgers Performs at the Algonquin?s Oak Room 2010-05-12T20:47:00Z

His new song, “A Bad Year for Rock and Roll,” deserves to become 2016’s grim anthems. Remembering Bowie: New Chuck Prophet video chronicles what we’ve lost 2016-11-27T05:00:00Z

The “American Idol” winner Caleb Johnson will sing the national anthem. What’s On Sunday 2014-05-25T04:00:00Z

Few realize that this nostalgic anthem is about the internal American slave trade, which terrorized generations of parents, children, and siblings — and broke up millions of Black families. The corrupt nostalgia of “My Old Kentucky Home” 2022-05-05T04:00:00Z

Her Dubai set also featured hits like “Girl on Fire,” “Empire State of Mind” and “New Day,” booming anthems to which the audience danced and sang along wholeheartedly. Pop superstar Alicia Keys unveils new album ‘Keys’ in Dubai 2021-12-10T05:00:00Z

According to Billboard the correct answer is 19, with the 1990 everyman anthem "Friends in Low Places" staying on top the longest. Brooks has friends: many, many thousands of them

A soulful civil rights anthem and an electro-pop sugar rush are two of the tracks up for music awards at this year's Oscars. Oscar nominations 2015: Common, John Legend, Tegan and Sara lead field 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z

The song is shaped as something of a flag-waving anthem, but it’s tinged with ambivalence and doubt: “Where’s the promise from sea to shining sea?” Springsteen: new album, tour, possible Chicago date 2012-01-19T19:08:00Z

“I was really excited to write an anthem that said, ‘Screw fear and shame, be yourself, be powerful.’ Oscar-Nominated Songs With Familiar Composers 2014-02-19T22:59:00Z

Peppy and ineffective, the lady empowerment anthem needs the omnipresent patriarchy to sing about, and is thus less invested in equity than the feeling of being empowered. Beyond the “girl power” anthem: Beyoncé, Lana Del Rey and pop’s radical embrace of female vulnerability 2016-05-20T04:00:00Z

Understanding that balance, she implied, amounts to personal liberation, the theme of the evening expressed in her original anthem “Song of Freedom.” Music Review: Lady Rizo, a k a Amelia Zirin-Brown, at Joe’s Pub 2013-01-18T22:18:24Z

The improvement was clear on a song like “If Only,” its tambourine boogie given bite and heft, or “You Would Know,” recast as a metal anthem. Music Review: Revisiting and Recharging an Album With a Fleshed-Out Crew 2011-03-27T22:14:47Z

The burly work songs churn, the blues and gospel anthems soar, and the characters evolve as the saga presses through decades. Review | This ‘Color Purple’ may have won a Tony, but it’s cut to the bone 2018-08-02T04:00:00Z

Not as happy, admittedly, as when McKinsey released the corporate anthem to end all corporate anthems. The best ever corporate anthems 2011-08-19T18:59:01Z

Was it that the French language was unsuited for crafting easily communicable rock anthems? La Vie En Punk 2011-03-02T12:56:33Z

The new song from country musician Oliver Anthony has suddenly become an anthem of the right, so much so that it was featured in the Republican Party's first candidate debate for the 2024 presidential nomination. "Rich Men" versus the rest of us: A country hit embodies the GOP's narrative 2023-08-26T04:00:00Z

The song became an East Coast anthem almost overnight, with Hot 97 stalwart Funkmaster Flex championing it on New York radio late last year. Fetty Wap, meet Beverly Hills: An afternoon with the 'Trap Queen' star 2015-04-13T04:00:00Z

Though The Boss/Reagan dust up seems quaint now, Springsteen’s howl of post-Vietnam disaffection and rage and Greenwood’s floridly patriotic anthem both endure as lasting symbols of the early Reagan era. Review | How American music became both a reflection and an instrument of social change 2019-07-10T04:00:00Z

Frankly it would be child abuse just letting him listen to the original song, an anthem to overindulgence in drugs and sex. Lil Poopy 2013-03-03T20:00:00Z

Only last week he launched a World Cup anthem, Three Shirts on my Line. Frank Sidebottom creator Chris Sievey dies aged 54 2010-06-21T18:51:00Z

“Hello Calgary,” a vague but peppy ode to the Canadian prairie city, struck certain denizens as a hometown anthem. The sounds of our lives suck! How to make cities better by ending the blight of noise 2014-11-02T04:00:00Z

I was going to sing the national anthem at this basketball game. Talking Shop 2010-05-12T08:16:00Z

Along with the spellbinding light show, the wafer-thin Shelter turns into an unexpected singalong anthem. The xx at Glastonbury 2010 2010-06-26T09:52:00Z

“The band struck up the national anthem,” he wrote. Jackie Robinson’s Inner Struggle 2020-07-20T04:00:00Z

And though the new anthem dumbfounds Kaepernick and other National Anthem kneelers, Abrams’s rebooting work turns out to be at the heart of the greater issue gripping the nation. So much for hope: “South Park” abandons serialization, apparently all really is lost 2016-12-11T05:00:00Z

Entrants were asked to submit their anthems by July 15. Abbey Road studios launch 80th anniversary contest 2011-03-09T14:17:57Z

Music critic Greil Marcus believes the use of The Boss's hit as a rah-rah political anthem fuels its legacy: "Clearly the key to Bruce's popularity is in a misunderstanding," he said. 25 famous songs with misunderstood meanings 2021-10-25T04:00:00Z

Mr. Kirchheimer, a documentarian now in his 80s, maintains a dry tone leavened occasionally with unobtrusive music: “Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?,” the labor anthem “Which Side Are You On?” Movie Review: Manfred Kirchheimer?s ?Art Is ? the Permanent Revolution? 2012-03-02T01:26:38Z

In the years since, his socialist anthem has become his best-known song, being enthusiastically taken up by nationalists with versions in Hebrew and Welsh, a Canadian version, Namibian and Swedish. Woody Guthrie: a century of protest 2012-07-13T21:54:03Z

He didn't get his revolution, but he did get a Rolling Stones anthem in his honour. A life in writing: Tariq Ali 2010-05-07T23:18:00Z

The song became an anthem for the black power and women’s movements. The soundtrack of the Sixties demanded respect, justice and equality 2018-11-03T04:00:00Z

So the peaceful protests such as the ones the players are engaged in are as American as the national anthem, the flag or football. Perspective | Not everyone can fit into a crusader’s shoes 2018-09-12T04:00:00Z

Since then, the Kingston native has represented for the rude boys with hits such as Do Sum'n and produced up-front party anthems including Gal a Bubble. Sounds of Jamaica: eight acts you need to know about now 2012-06-28T19:00:00Z

They will perform their acoustic anthem FourFiveSeconds on the night, while West will also give a second, solo performance. Rihanna and Smith due at Grammys 2015-02-07T05:00:00Z

Her childhood, spent principally on her parents’ home continent, also gave her a strong sense of African identity, as is apparent from her reggae-flavored anthem “Where I’m From” on “My Number.” A singer’s pride in Africa 2015-08-20T04:00:00Z

Another summer, another blistering anthem of teenage braggadocio. New Releases by Rae Sremmurd, Becky G, Cakes Da Killa 2014-06-27T04:00:00Z

Rather than fall to that trepidation, they produce buzzed-up dance anthems that barrel down like a freight train. Can Icona Pop Do More Than That One Hit Single? 2013-09-27T15:00:02Z

That optimism burst through the rage in the final song, Melanie’s Christmas anthem “Tonight’s the Kind of Night”: Tonight’s the kind of night Where all things come together Where nothing need be said. Music Review: Justin Vivian Bond Sings Melanie at 54 Below 2012-12-24T21:26:41Z

But she did win fans in Wales when she sang the Welsh national anthem after dedicating a new lifeboat. Kate can get a princess tips from Dutch royal 2011-05-04T13:59:26Z

Francis Scott Key wrote a poem that became the national anthem after watching a large group of British ships bomb a much smaller American force at Baltimore’s Fort McHenry during the War of 1812. Perspective | The national anthem reminds us how much Americans need to work together 2021-02-17T05:00:00Z

"The crazy part of it is, she flew from Cincinnati" -- where she'd sung the national anthem the night before at the MLB All-Star Game -- "and got here about 2:15 today," he said. Ciara, Russell Wilson turn the ESPYs into an exceptionally cute date night 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z

This five-minute score has become the orchestra’s unofficial anthem for this difficult period. Review: Carnegie Hall Reopens With a Blaze From Philadelphia 2021-10-07T04:00:00Z

But, Mr. Lang said, he had wanted someone to sing the Marseillaise not as a national anthem, but as a universal anthem to freedom. Jessye Norman Honored With a Starry Met Opera Memorial 2019-11-25T05:00:00Z

The evening began with the national anthem, sung by all in attendance, and ended with Brahms' A German Requiem. Hearts and Renewal: Classical Concert Picks for 9/11 2011-09-09T21:00:00Z

Not Ready to Make Nice – Dixie Chicks As well as being a great song, this should be the anthem of anyone who refuses to shut their big mouth. Take cover! It's the Swells iPod! 2010-06-24T11:58:00Z

As Ms. Paige performs “I’m Still Here” — with a galvanizing fierceness that makes this much-performed song sound fresh and stinging — it’s not just an anthem of survival but also of rage against ravaging time. | 'Follies' : ?Follies? on Broadway - Review 2011-09-13T02:01:08Z

The Ukrainian Chorus Dumka, an amateur ensemble that specializes in secular and sacred music from Ukraine, opened the concert with the Ukrainian national anthem. Carnegie Hall Musters Stars for a Benefit Concert for Ukraine 2022-05-24T04:00:00Z

"Woman," released Thursday with a party-filled music video, is a joyful rock-n-roll anthem, more broadly about independent empowerment but most directly about a night on the town with the girls. Kesha's New Single Proves She's Finding Joy in Music Again 2017-07-13T04:00:00Z

It revisits the gunfire drumbeat, adds a keyboard jingle, and then launches into a free-for-all party anthem that is so simple and catchy, you’ll wonder why more pop songs don’t feature ear-splitting guitar work. Sleigh Bells Turn it Up on Reign of Terror 2012-02-23T16:59:55Z

So Davidson's play, Stand Up And Be Counted, represents an intriguing counter-backlash – not least because it regrettably shares its title with a Johnny Rebel anthem. Old school champion Jim Davidson aims to turn standup on its head 2010-09-16T16:06:00Z

As he belted the drag rock anthems from “Hedwig and the Angry Inch,” the late-1990s show that is still ahead of its time, his body language was broadly, sometimes comically, emotive. Music Review: Alan Cumming at Feinstein?s at Loews Regency 2010-04-28T20:31:00Z

One summer later, Florida Georgia Line’s juiciest party anthems — “Cruise,” “Round Here” — sounded as irresistible, energetic and overblown as ever. Jason Aldean at Nationals Park: Country star goes big but stays bland

We had invited someone to sing the national anthem. He Quit Singing Because of Body Shaming. Now He’s Making a Comeback. 2023-01-23T05:00:00Z

In folk circles, “Why We Build the Wall” has picked up momentum as an anthem against the Republican candidate. Billy Bragg’s Railroad Songs 2016-10-25T04:00:00Z

Waiting backstage, the cast sings the national anthem along with the audience. ‘On the Town’ Actors Bond Around New York 2014-11-03T05:00:00Z

At the opening of Super Bowl XLV, less than a minute into the song, Christina Aguilera messed up the words to the national anthem. ArtsBeat: Aguilera Flubs National Anthem 2011-02-07T03:34:26Z

It was not just that “Smells Like Teen Spirit” and other Nirvana hits mixing depressing lyrics with sometimes surprisingly catchy tunes became anthems of angst for the surprisingly troubled masses. Gen X vs. Bill Clinton: Cobain and Clinton, “Seinfeld” and “Simpsons,” and the ’90s fight for America’s soul 2015-12-06T05:00:00Z

Rickie Lee Jones played “All the Young Dudes” alone on acoustic guitar, singing it with conversational ease, switching it from a shared anthem to a lone rumination. Review: Remembering David Bowie, With One Artist and One Song at a Time 2016-04-01T04:00:00Z

The Pope’s visit to Britain has an official hip-hop “youth anthem.” Crib Sheet: The 10 Things to Talk About This Weekend 2010-09-16T04:00:00Z

Beneath the poking fun at academia, the deconstructions, the rock anthems and the swagger is an interesting consideration of patriarchy, outsiders and what it means to be a muscle-bound warrior. Beowulf: A Thousand Years of?Baggage ? review 2011-08-23T18:25:01Z

And while this song is far more elegant and sure-footed than most paranoia anthems about haters, it springs from the same insulted source. Perspective | To find out how stars are really born, you need to go to an Ashley McBryde concert 2019-01-10T05:00:00Z

The composer and lyricist behind “Guys and Dolls” and “How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying,” Loesser also wrote a famous tune that could be an anthem for this winter: “Baby, It’s Cold Outside.” Spare Times Listings for Children for March 6-12 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z

And when it doesn’t, well … you get a song like overzealous-ally anthem “Everybody’s Gay,” which aims for Paradise Garage euphoria but lands closer to Target’s collection of Pride month apparel. Lizzo’s Empowerment Pop Gets Stuck in the Same Groove 2022-07-19T04:00:00Z

The concert is set to begin with Israel's national anthem, "Hatikva," and will also feature music by composers banned by the Third Reich, including Gustav Mahler and Felix Mendelssohn. Israeli orchestra to play Wagner in Germany 2011-07-25T11:26:08Z

The song’s specific goal is pop celebrity, but the music invites us to insert our own out-of-reach American dreams, and to sing along with a chorus that, obstacles abruptly forgotten, is pure success, all anthem. Glen Campbell: The First Good Ol' Boy of American Pop 2015-02-19T05:00:00Z

The guitarist Pat Metheny sounded at once relaxed and expeditionary on his fluttering anthem “Minuano,” delivered with an assist from Ms. Reeves. Global Flavors and Asides to Obamas at White House Jazz Gala 2016-04-30T04:00:00Z

Instead, it started with flag-waving fans breaking into a national anthem, "O Canada." Canadians bid adieu to beloved band whose singer is dying 2016-08-21T04:00:00Z

Fake Empire is an anthem waiting to happen. The National at Glastonbury 2010 2010-06-26T20:11:00Z

But in general, recent revisions and adoptions of anthems tend to tone down the bloody-mindedness a bit and lean a little harder on brotherhood. Blood, gore, melody 2012-08-03T14:54:00Z

“Any songwriting team that can write ‘Edelweiss’ in such a way that fools Austrians into thinking it’s an anthem is amazing,” he said. A Band Updates Some of Its Favorite Things 2011-01-28T23:16:01Z

There was a television sketch many years ago in which the Queen, hearing the national anthem played, turned to her husband and said "Philip, they are playing our tune." Family life 2012-06-22T23:05:19Z

But have you ever seen the video of him singing the national anthem? How Dick Cheney and Marvin Gaye Inspired 'A Most Violent Year' 2015-01-02T05:00:00Z

Then there's Resurrection, an anthem to Oregon's climate, and Made in Vermont, which sounds smooth and silky but, alas, is the shortest track. Readers' reviews: Def Leppard, Stephan Nance and Gareth Liddiard 2012-08-20T12:30:25Z

You've said your version of You Can Leave Your Hat On is the strippers' anthem since it was used in 9 1/2 Weeks. Joe Cocker: 'I took black acid once ... it was a very dark trip' 2013-01-31T16:48:52Z

These epic anthems about fearlessness, rebellion and individuality were bracing. My Chemical Romance, Reunited and It Feels So Bruised 2022-09-11T04:00:00Z

Here, she joins Mr. Goldberg, a virtuoso American pianist with a knack for well-greased propulsion, in a performance of Latin American folk songs and anthems of resistance. 14 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in NYC This Weekend 2018-05-03T04:00:00Z

Robust satire is in evidence, particularly in the portrayal of a teacher leading her charges in the national anthem. Critic?s Notebook: From Belarus, Dynamic Drama With Limited Means 2011-04-18T23:52:43Z

Although the song was ostensibly a pop confection of girl-with-bad-boyfriend problems, Sullivan notes, “You Don’t Own Me” became an enduring feminist anthem. Music With Messages 2018-11-30T05:00:00Z

Joined by the jazz band the Red Hook Ramblers, Mr. Miller will offer spirituals, Civil War songs, abolitionist anthems and original works inspired by the show. Spare Times for Children for Jan. 31-Feb. 6 2014-01-31T00:12:05Z

But in the 75 years since the number was first heard on Broadway, it has blossomed into a global anthem that strikes a strong chord during tough times. ‘You’ll Never Walk Alone’: From Broadway Tear-Jerker to Covid-Era Anthem 2020-05-27T04:00:00Z

He was about to hit the coda to “Process” — a heart-baring anthem of solitude and self-forgiveness, which he uses to close all his concerts — and he wanted some familiar voices to join the wordless melody. Samora Pinderhughes Explored Incarceration in Song. The Result Is ‘Grief.’ 2022-05-19T04:00:00Z

She followed that with “The Edge of Glory,” an older anthem, sung solely with piano, which she introduced with a story about the death of a close friend. Review: Lady Gaga, the Flashy Provocateur, Battles Lady Gaga, the Raw Voice 2017-08-06T04:00:00Z

Rather than relying on dialogue, Fukunaga allows emotion to shine through musical performances — a school anthem, folk songs, drunken karaoke. ‘Ainu Mosir’ Review: A Crisis of Cultural Identity 2020-11-17T05:00:00Z

Cobain took the joke and turned it into an anthem for the “over-bored and self-assured” youth who failed to connect with mainstream culture. The All-TIME 100 Songs 2011-10-24T09:00:29Z

US teen band Echosmith also made their Top 40 debut after their uplifting pop anthem Cool Kids rose to 39 from last week's number 60. Sam Smith returns to number one 2015-01-11T05:00:00Z

The vocal quartet's' fast-paced set included snippets of such readymade party anthems as "I've Got a Feeling,"  "Boom Boom Pow," the surf-guitar-stoked "Pump It," and "Let's Get it Started," plus wild cards Slash and Usher. Black Eyed Peas lead halftime cheers at Super Bowl 2011-02-07T15:39:39Z

Another Turner anthem, Photosynthesis, from 2008's Love, Ire & Song, comes out fighting against compromise. Frank Turner – review 2013-04-19T15:00:03Z

Gay clubs frequently swell with the roaring titular anthem of a Jacob Forever pop song: “Until the Malecón runs dry!” In Havana, Gay Bars Hold Their Own Against the Internet 2016-06-17T04:00:00Z

Lambert’s coolly commanding stage presence shined over the modernized road-dog anthem’s sauntering groove. Miranda Lambert brings her post-divorce party to Tacoma Dome 2018-02-02T05:00:00Z

The song anchors the film, which tracks the spark of the idea at the beginning to its realization as a full-bodied rock anthem at the end. Nick Cave looks into his dark mind with ‘20,000 Days on Earth’ documentary

The Rock kicked off the series with a ferocious treatment of the popular haters anthem, “Shake it Off” which featured the revved-up actor giving his opponent, Jimmy Fallon, the bird. Stop whatever you’re doing and watch this: The Rock lip-syncing Taylor Swift is absolutely incredible 2015-04-03T04:00:00Z

“Life is brief but the light will follow the strokes of your paintbrush. From your paintings emerge, an anthem of sun, the glory of your gaze.” From the Underworld to Our World: An Opera About Frida and Diego 2022-10-19T04:00:00Z

Even the rock anthems temper electric-guitar buildups with banjo and mandolin. Playlist: New Music From Smashing Pumpkins and Neil Young 2012-06-29T20:01:40Z

The anthem of the European Union, “Ode to Joy” is music for every inspiring occasion, but especially for right now. Review: With Anthems and Flags, the Met Opera Plays for Ukraine 2022-03-15T04:00:00Z

British folk singer Billy Bragg attempted to rewrite the GOP's new anthem to better reflect the sort of working-class ideals that are popular all over the world. "Rich Men" versus the rest of us: A country hit embodies the GOP's narrative 2023-08-26T04:00:00Z

From the depths of the gas chambers they sang the confessions of "three secular movements of political messianism" – the Czech national anthem, the Zionist anthem, Hatikvah, and the International. Landscapes of the Metropolis of Death by Otto Dov Kulka – review 2013-01-25T07:00:02Z

She will sing the US national anthem, The Star-Spangled Banner, at this year's inauguration ceremony on Monday. Obama reveals inauguration songs 2013-01-18T11:08:53Z

His improvised version of the gospel song Motherless Child evolved into Freedom at the festival and became an anthem of the 1960s hippy generation. Woodstock icon Richie Havens dies 2013-04-23T13:05:01Z

Before the actress takes the stage, country singer Trace Adkins will perform the anthem at Game 2 on Thursday, and Ronnie Dunn will do the same two days later at Game 3. Deschanel, country stars to sing at World Series 2011-10-19T22:10:27Z

The soundtrack ranges from sultry French ballads to heavy metal anthems to a cappella sing-alongs. Crazy Ex-Girlfriend: 'The songs are the heart of the show' 2016-02-29T05:00:00Z

Two years later, it was turned into a screen musical with Lucille Ball, playing herself visiting a military academy, for which Martin and Blane supplied a rousing anthem, Buckle Down, Winsocki. Hugh Martin obituary 2011-03-14T18:25:05Z

In Berlin, such a treatment of the Nazi anthem would be suicide. "Half-Blood Blues:" Jazz musicians in the jaws of the Nazis 2012-03-15T20:52:03Z

This year is the 200th anniversary of the writing of the national anthem at Fort McHenry in Baltimore. AAA makes travel projections for DC area 2014-06-27T04:00:00Z

It became an anthem with my group of friends who did theater in high school. Lucy Dacus Prefers Weepy Stories, Poet Dogs and Food With Attitude 2021-06-15T04:00:00Z

She was best when her voice had to convey sound, not feeling, as on the chant-filled “Say Aha”; on some of her old anthems, like “Unstoppable,” she seemed outright listless. Music Review: Santigold at Music Hall of Williamsburg - Review 2012-01-18T15:29:25Z

An uninterrupted set of iridescent megapop anthems blended like a D.J. mix, it is, as with so many things that he has made in the last decade, an all-or-nothing proposition. The Endless Pop Shimmers of the Weeknd 2022-01-10T05:00:00Z

Mumfords tunes that were annoyingly unavoidable on rock radio some years back make for undeniably wondrous arena rock anthems. Review | The Mumfords rock out at Capital One Arena 2018-12-16T05:00:00Z

Esco added that it was necessary for Black artists to make similar anthems because of "the foot on our necks." The Nas generation of scholars: Finally, a Grammy for the hip hop artist who led me to liberation 2021-03-20T04:00:00Z

She's also slated to sing the national anthem at the Toledo Mud Hens night baseball game. 'American Idol' finalist Bowersox back in Ohio 2010-05-14T12:37:00Z

The situation is too political to be the subject of a traditional blues song, but there’s at least one hip-hop anthem that perfectly captures this urgent need for change: “Fight the Power.” Review | A new biography depicts B.B. King as ‘the first guitar hero.’ But does it truly see him? 2021-10-13T04:00:00Z

There is always something new to mock — so much seriousness and silliness, so much sound and spectacle, so much strenuous novelty and lazy cliché, so many anthems and earworms to sample and subvert. Review: Andy Samberg Spoofs Pop Stars Without Spite. And That’s 4 Real. 2016-06-02T04:00:00Z

Then it was time for "This Is For My Girls," a "girl power anthem" intended to promote full access to education worldwide. First lady, James Corden hit the road for 'Carpool Karaoke' 2016-07-21T04:00:00Z

Football players began to kneel during the national anthem; the country’s chief TV watcher sputtered at the ingratitude. Perspective | Was 2017 the end of something or just the beginning? 2017-12-28T05:00:00Z

And of course everyone gets to sing Queen’s anthem to the joys of winning. Glee Watch: Lohans and Losers 2012-05-16T14:25:33Z

The singer-songwriter of the uplifting cultural anthems “Love Song” and “Brave” has become a bona fide theater person. ‘The most welcoming safe space on the planet’: How Sara Bareilles returned to her roots in theater 2018-05-10T04:00:00Z

He probably works himself up with Temple of the Dog’s anthem “Hunger Strike” on loop in his earbuds. Guerrilla Gardeners Meet Billionaire Doomsayer. Hurly-Burly Ensues. 2023-03-13T04:00:00Z

This streak in his art is clear in works like his 1975 classic, “The People United Will Never Be Defeated,” an hourlong set of variations on that Chilean workers’ anthem. The Music of More: A Young Pianist Plays a Modern Master 2020-12-01T05:00:00Z

I got to know Glenn Donnellan, since he does a lot of Electric Slugger anthems at the park. At Nationals Park in Washington, Van Hoose hits all the right notes 2015-04-30T04:00:00Z

The brothers got a little buzz for their first single, “Let’s Go There,” an upbeat anthem about young love. Meet the Brothers Osborne, the embodiment of country music’s evolution 2016-01-20T05:00:00Z

The Nashville singer’s minimalist songs and blistering anthems would fit seamlessly on a playlist alongside PJ Harvey, Cat Power and Emmylou Harris. 15 Musical Artists to Watch in 2015 2014-12-30T05:00:00Z

It contained a link to his anthem “Heroes,” with its depiction of love in the shadow of the Berlin Wall. Celebrating David Bowie, a Star Who Burned Bright to the Last 2016-01-11T05:00:00Z

It happens, perversely, on “Talk Is Cheap,” a carpe-diem anthem on which Mr. Jackson seems to be stifling a yawn. New Music: New Releases From the Beach Boys and Alan Jackson 2012-06-04T22:19:12Z

From the turmoil in Charlottesville, Va., to President Trump’s criticism of football players’ — many of them black — kneeling during the national anthem, primordial wounds caused by racial divisions are festering anew. A Play About Racism’s Aftershocks Returns With New Resonance 2017-10-03T04:00:00Z

The sadder-but-wiser finale of the show, "Wake Me When September Ends," is a sobering contrast to the ecstatic 1960s youth anthem "Let the Sunshine In" closing the Broadway revival of "Hair." A Broadway update, on the eve of the Tonys 2010-06-13T13:39:00Z

Later Ms. LaVette demolished “I’m a Steady Rollin’ Man,” changing the song’s gender perspective so that it landed like an empowerment anthem. Music Review: ?Robert Johnson at 100? at the Apollo Theater 2012-03-07T19:51:48Z

Did you guys change your position on the original anthem while working on the film? "What is American music?": Ryan Coogler leads a fresh exploration of the national anthem 2023-07-02T04:00:00Z

"It's a beautiful thing," he says of its adoption as a protest anthem. Pow!: anthem for kettled youth 2011-02-03T21:30:00Z

Perhaps he is right, but the protesters in Zuccotti Park in Lower Manhattan have yet to find an anthem. Occupy Wall Street Protest Lacks an Anthem 2011-10-18T22:24:02Z

The Beach Boys' "Carolina, No" gets a mention, but not such anthems as "Surfin' U.S.A." and "Good Vibrations." Obama, Palin and Jobs join Bartlett's club 2012-11-09T18:27:08Z

That was the penultimate number, and it led inexorably into the “Fiddler on the Roof” anthem, “Tradition,” offered up as the sincerest sort of kitsch, in a style approaching surf-rock. Music Review: ‘The Big Picture,’ Movie Music at the Museum of Jewish Heritage 2014-01-30T23:53:10Z

Glass became director in 2002 and oversaw the museum's most extensive renovation, as well as the conservation of the Star-Spangled Banner flag that inspired the words of the national anthem. Smithsonian history museum director to retire 2011-06-27T16:05:11Z

Hunter cites, among some of his references, Ben Franklin, the Constitution, Pete Seeger, the Bible, E. E. cummings, Bonnie Dobson, an Eastertide anthem called “Roll Away the Stone,” and the birth of his son. Robert Hunter Gave the Grateful Dead Its Voice 2019-10-01T04:00:00Z

What’s left, after you sing your hit at the presidential inauguration and the national anthem at the Super Bowl? Week’s A&E highlights include Alicia Keys, SAM’s Remix party 2013-02-28T00:04:18Z

It’s the sound of Tyga’s “Rack City,” and any number of strip club anthems — icy, pulverizing, and with a hard swing. Critic’s Notebook: He’s Acting Out; It’s on Purpose 2013-07-10T21:52:21Z

He somehow turned “Fire and Rain,” a deeply sad song, into a triumphal anthem. James Taylor performs at the Key — and how sweet it is 2014-06-01T04:00:00Z

A number one album stuffed with hands-in-the-air anthems and a never-ending summer of festival slots. Mercury Prize 2013: The nominees 2013-09-11T17:04:21Z

Many of her songs in exile were Mujahideen anthems, which antagonised the artistic community. Marzieh obituary 2010-10-19T17:18:00Z

Johnny Nash, a singer-songwriter, actor and producer who rose from pop crooner to early reggae star to the creator and performer of the million-selling anthem “I Can See Clearly Now,” died Tuesday, his son said. Johnny Nash, singer of ‘I Can See Clearly Now,’ dies at 80 2020-10-06T04:00:00Z

“Thanks always to all the audience for all the support, for supporting the music we make, thanks to all those who worked on this anthem,” said Bad Bunny after receiving the Hot Latin Song award. Bad Bunny tops Billboard Latin Music Awards with 10 trophies 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z

Yet we no longer teach our schoolchildren the national anthem as it was sung during the War of 1812 and for good reason. God is a weapon 2012-06-21T14:00:00Z

Life took her to musical theater and now she's found herself singing one of musical theater's best anthems - "Defying Gravity." 'This is the top' _ Dutch singer on Broadway debut 2013-03-04T12:46:09Z

The British newspaper The Observer included “Teen Angel” in a list of the top 50 teenage anthems since 1940. Jean Dinning, Songwriter of Pop Tragedy ?Teen Angel,? Dies at 86 2011-03-12T05:30:07Z

"That song, which is the national anthem today, was banned then," Nzima said. South Africa photographer honored for Soweto photo 2011-04-27T12:07:09Z

Actually kind of melancholy once you get past it being a happy hour anthem. Jimmy Buffett Does Not Live the Jimmy Buffett Lifestyle 2018-02-08T05:00:00Z

“Find whatever works for you: Find your Afro world house, or your vocal queer anthem house and listen to it!” a smiling Ms. McClarin directed our class of about 25 people. Through Three Neighborhoods, Revisiting Chicago’s Charms 2017-10-03T04:00:00Z

He refuses, he says, to “smirk at the knuckleheads” who misread a song like Bruce Springsteen’s “Born in the USA,” believing it a right-wing anthem. Books of The Times: Sing It Loud: Changing the World With a Song 2011-04-28T16:23:27Z

They are vibrant anthems for the romantically downtrodden and overlooked. Concert Review: Kelly Clarkson at Radio City Music Hall - Review 2012-01-22T18:02:05Z

Among the celebratory anthems on this can't-miss collection of industrial-strength dance songs is the soaring "Turn Up the Radio" — a good bet for a summer single. Madonna's 'MDNA' airs divorce venom 2012-03-27T20:14:05Z

But he’s using his own sonic material, not samples, and he’s attempting anthems. The Week Ahead: July 10 ? 16 2011-07-07T20:15:40Z

If diva performances of the anthem by Beyoncé or Renée Fleming don’t quite embrace that ethos of national introspection, perhaps resurrecting the tune’s original multiplicity of meanings might. ‘The Star-Spangled Banner’ Has Changed a Lot in 200 Years 2014-06-27T04:00:00Z

The same ghostly anxiety crept into even the showbiz anthem “Broadway Baby,” from “Follies,” artfully and originally delivered by Maria Friedman. Review: For Sondheim’s 90th Birthday, a Collage of Aching Voices 2020-04-27T04:00:00Z

"He always played 'The Star-Spangled Banner' even though it wasn't the official national anthem," said Hildebrand, the documentary director. How 'The Star-Spangled Banner,' racist or not, became our national anthem 2016-09-06T04:00:00Z

The band’s hit singles include “Ocean Breathes Salty,” “Dashboard,” and “Float On,” which became a ubiquitous pop anthem and was sampled by the rapper Lupe Fiasco in his song “The Show Goes On.” Jeremiah Green, Drummer for Modest Mouse, Dies at 45 2023-01-01T05:00:00Z

"It's important to keep everybody safe in school," Gaga told the audience before launching into her inspirational anthem "Born This Way." Gaga gives a naughty and nice concert in NYC 2011-12-10T12:14:22Z

The clarion-voiced Natalie Mering has written a soothing anthem for all those lost souls in the emotionally generous “It’s Not Just Me, It’s Everybody”; its title alone is an offering of solace and sanity. Best Songs of 2022 2022-12-07T05:00:00Z

The football anthem occupies a genre all of its own. We Are Scientists present ? the rules of writing a World Cup anthem 2010-06-10T14:12:00Z

Their song Induction is an anthem that everyone needs to see live this summer, as is Blood. Patterns: New Band Up North #30 2013-06-10T16:00:01Z

“The King Shall Rejoice,” the third of four anthems he wrote for the coronation of George II and Caroline in 1727, received a stirring performance here. Music in Review: Yale in New York in an All-Handel Evening at Zankel HallMacedonian Pianist Simon Trpceski at Zankel Hall 2012-02-28T23:30:49Z

That song, one of the sly anthems at the beginning of “My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy,” feels like something you’d play when a new leader takes the stage. Trevor Noah’s “Daily Show” Début 2015-09-29T04:00:00Z

Fun. took home best new artist, in something of an upset over Frank Ocean, and song of the year for the transcendent anthem “We Are Young,” featuring Janelle Monae. Mumford & Sons, Gotye and Fun. take home Grammys 2013-02-11T05:30:09Z

During the concert in Seattle, she made a speech about the war and led a performance of the Ukrainian national anthem. A Conductor on a Mission to Help Ukraine 2023-01-18T05:00:00Z

Cuco’s music reminds me of these low-rider anthems, which were adopted by young Chicanos as a way of expressing dreams and vulnerabilities that they sometimes didn’t feel comfortable articulating for themselves. The Extreme Highs and Lows of Cuco’s Début Album, “Para Mí” 2019-07-26T04:00:00Z

This would not be her first appearance at a Super Bowl; she sang the national anthem in 2004 when the New England Patriots defeated the Carolina Panthers to win the championship in her hometown. ArtsBeat: Beyoncé to Headline Super Bowl Halftime Show 2012-10-16T22:24:41Z

There are the obligatory jokes about Canadians’ perceived politeness, many a maple leaf motif and a bespoke RuPaul’s closing line, this time referencing the national anthem: “Stay true, north, strong and fierce”. From eleganza to gizza ciggie: how reality shows like Drag Race offer a window into foreign cultures 2020-07-23T04:00:00Z

This girl power anthem, though, also reveals her capitalist fantasies. Of course even Taylor Swift’s cats are capitalists 2023-01-14T05:00:00Z

It is an all-encompassing view of democracy drawn from Woody Guthrie’s “This Land is Your Land” and the populist anthems of Pete Seeger and Johnny Cash. Album review: Bruce Springsteen, 'Wrecking Ball' 2012-03-02T05:00:00Z

With the video for her 2010 hit “Firework,” Perry seemed hungry for the adoration of Lady Gaga’s so-called “little monsters,” spinning the song as a confidence anthem for the marginalized and insecure. Katy Perry’s Super Bowl 2015-02-02T05:00:00Z

Then the back of the set flies up and an orchestra and chorus slide in on a stage-size platform for him to conduct in the final anthem. Review: A New ‘Meistersinger’ in Bayreuth Stars Wagner 2017-08-01T04:00:00Z

And the Dylan song keeps kicking in, like an anthem. “The Hurricane Tapes”: Will a British Podcast Solve the Hurricane Carter Case? 2019-03-13T04:00:00Z

All they saw was a black guy kneeling during the anthem and decided to demonize him for it. NFL fail: Why won’t the Washington Redskins hire Colin Kaepernick? 2018-12-10T05:00:00Z

In the wake of the Civil War, the “Banner” became the de-facto national anthem, favored over “Hail, Columbia” and “Yankee Doodle” for solemn flag-raising ceremonies. Colin Kaepernick and the Radical Uses of “The Star-Spangled Banner” 2016-08-29T04:00:00Z

And to wrap up this marathon bacchanalia throw in an all-inclusive onstage dance party to the infectious strains of the New Radicals anthem “You Get What You Give.” | ‘Restoration Comedy’: ‘Restoration Comedy’ by Amy Freed at the Flea Theater 2012-12-25T22:30:02Z

Whether the mark is worth hitting is another matter; a comic duet that pits aging, carping viragos against each other in the manner of “Bosom Buddies” from “Mame” is not perhaps a feminist anthem. ‘Bad Cinderella’ Review: The Title Warned Us 2023-03-24T04:00:00Z

And “Fight the Power,” a punishingly catchy anti-establishment anthem by the most vocal political hip-hop act of all time, is good theme music for an assault from within. ‘Fight the Power’ Roars Back to Relevance at the Oscars 2016-02-29T05:00:00Z

At yesterday's opening of Bryony Lavery's Thursday, reviewed here, it was a man in the back row who heckled through the national anthem. Adelaide festival 2013: week one 2013-03-05T12:39:38Z

In that, it is in direct contrast to Queen's anthem, a song that works best in stadiums but is as suited to a political rally as to a concert. Readers recommend: Songs with handclaps ? the results 2010-07-15T21:08:00Z

But something from that film stuck in her mind during her recovery: in the movie, her character performs Naughty by Nature’s legendary anthem, Hip Hop Hooray. Rita Wilson on coronavirus and choloroquine: ‘I was so ill I could hardly stand’ 2020-04-17T04:00:00Z

The Police: “Every Breath You Take” The creepy stalker anthem, which somehow often gets mistaken for a straight -p love ballad, entered the Billboard chart in June of 1983. The darkest summer hits of all time 2014-08-14T04:00:00Z

"American Idol" winner and Mount Prospect native Lee DeWyze suggested on Twitter that he might be singing the national anthem this Sunday. Will 'Idol' DeWyze sing national anthem at Bears game? 2011-01-18T09:23:00Z

She was often one of the few players not kneeling during the national anthem with the rest of her team. Why Donald Trump and the right can't leave women's soccer alone 2023-08-09T04:00:00Z

A sassy delivery enlivens the feminist anthem "Man" and the sax-propelled "Bracing for Sunday" benefits from a hooky chorus. Review: Slight songs mar Neko Case's latest 2013-09-03T23:13:04Z

Afterward Mr. Dammers worked with members of various groups on 2 Tone, releasing an album as the Special A K A; the group’s hit song “Free Nelson Mandela” became a global anti-apartheid anthem in 1984. Music: The Specials, Ska Revivalists, Enjoy a Revival 2010-04-01T21:52:00Z

Her rendition of the anthem was critically praised but was scrutinized less than a day later when a representative from the U.S. Beyoncé says she sang along with prerecorded track at the inauguration 2013-02-01T03:09:37Z

“It really becomes an anthem of potential for his tremendous success,” Mr. Howard said. Below the Line: Scoring 'Nightcrawler' 2014-12-10T05:00:00Z

Conscripting God to the side of the patriots, it became an unofficial anthem of the Revolution, and is still frequently performed by choirs today. ‘Hamilton’ Is Known For Its Music, but What Did Alexander Hamilton Listen To? 2017-08-11T04:00:00Z

Their first and best song is an anticonformist anthem called “Hate the Sport.” ‘We Are the Best!’ (But Don’t You Dare Call Us New Wave) 2014-05-29T04:00:00Z

When asked whether or not new tune Rococo, for example, is indeed the "anti-hipster anthem" it's been hailed as, Butler laughs so hard his head falls to the table. Carrying the Fire 2010-08-27T23:02:00Z

The auction house says it is “the only known surviving draft of the final lyrics for this transformative rock anthem.” ‘Like a Rolling Stone’ could bring $2M at auction 2014-06-24T04:00:00Z

He also composed choral works, including an anthem for the golden jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II in 2002. John Scott, Organist and Choirmaster, Dies at 59 2015-08-16T04:00:00Z

Some citizens tried to resist the invasion by singing the Ukrainian national anthem, according to news reports. On a Stage 5,000 Miles Away, He Sings for His Family in Ukraine 2022-03-13T05:00:00Z

She then launched into best-friend anthem “Army,” its “When I’m with you, I’m standing with an army” chorus especially poignant a day after the Orlando nightclub shooting. Ellie Goulding brings pop-star panache to Merriweather Post and still keeps it real 2016-06-14T04:00:00Z

That record featured whimsical dance anthems like “The Crystal Cat” and “Woody Woodpecker,” a song that used the famous laugh of that cartoon character in out-of-sync phases to create dense rhythmic patterns. Dan Deacon Shows a Changed Attitude in ‘America’ 2012-08-28T21:58:24Z

Meghan Trainor’s debut album, “Title,” opened at the top of the Billboard chart this week, riding the momentum of her anthem “All About That Bass” and her latest hit single, “Lips Are Movin.” Meghan Trainor Opens at No. 1 2015-01-21T05:00:00Z

Winfrey's staffers whipped the already frenzied crowd into a tear-drenched state of hysteria before the host ascended the stage to the sounds of Men At Work's "Down Under," Australia's unofficial anthem. Australia welcomes Oprah to the Sydney Opera House 2010-12-14T10:46:04Z

The closest he comes to getting smoothed out is on “See My Tears,” which samples the sweet trance anthem “Rain” by Armin van Buuren. New Music: Spiritualized Releases Seventh Album 2012-04-09T22:57:00Z

As if to disarm that preconception, the album opens with a taut, harmonically unsettled arrangement of “On Broadway,” the striver’s anthem still synonymous with its greatest steward, George Benson. New Music: New Albums by Mountain Goats, Kurt Elling and Trash Talk 2012-10-09T01:10:07Z

So writer Jeff Martin and I assembled an anthem for the show we called “Late Night World of Love.” Merrill Markoe: My Favorite Moments of 'Late Night With David Letterman' 2015-05-15T04:00:00Z

Is London Calling the best anthem for an Olympic city? Adele to make debut at MTV Video Music Awards 2011-07-28T15:10:14Z

From Tom Paxton’s bittersweet anthem, “The Last Thing On My Mind,” to Van Ronk’s other signature, “Dink’s Song,” the music in this movie is a pure delight. ‘Inside Llewyn Davis’: a folkie’s painful journey in 1960s Village 2013-12-18T19:41:34Z

“Some of these songs are almost like national anthems for us,” Michel said. Mining Mexican cinema for its music: How songs and scores lend power to the picture 2017-10-16T04:00:00Z

And it balanced newer songs with older, more straightforward, guitar-centered anthems, like “Let Down.” Review: Radiohead Revels in the Key of Dread 2016-07-27T04:00:00Z

Everyone needs an anthem Topics: , , Even though I have to go to 53rd and 3rd, I always get out of the subway at Columbus Circle and walk the rest of the way. Everyone needs an anthem 2012-09-02T17:00:00Z

His pair of tunes stands out among the gritty, grotty punk anthems: “Crazy Like a Fox” is a folksy protest song about rejecting workaday conformity, more “Eve of Destruction” than “Blitzkrieg Bop.” Punk pioneer Lenny Kaye reflects back on “the original sin of rock ‘n’ roll” 2015-11-29T05:00:00Z

Aguilera made headlines at the Super Bowl for forgetting some words for the national anthem. Christina Aguilera arrested for public drunkenness 2011-03-01T16:28:00Z

The violin, Roumain later explained, is “my weapon of choice,” and his arrangement of the Haitian national anthem he related to his identity as the “son of two immigrant parents from Haiti.” Daniel Bernard Roumain’s songs of protest at the National Gallery 2018-02-05T05:00:00Z

Following last year's sleek vocal anthem You Got Me comes the first of three EPs. This week's new singles 2010-08-06T23:05:00Z

The band's new album, American Slang, appeals to posterity through the people; its songs destined to become alternative national anthems. This week's new live music 2010-06-18T23:06:00Z

A choir of students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., who survived a mass shooting in February, sang a moving rendition of “Seasons of Love,” the anthem of survival from “Rent.” Tony Awards 2018: ‘The Band’s Visit’ and ‘Harry Potter’ Prevail 2018-06-10T04:00:00Z

“We are deathless!” the sisters urged the crowd to yell during “Deathless,” a defiant, communal anthem based on Lisa-Kaindé’s encounter with a policeman when she was 16. Ibeyi capitvates 9:30 Club with songs that touch both the past and the future 2019-06-10T04:00:00Z

Many of the karaoke selections are in Russian, and Anglicized tunes rarely diverged from Pitbull’s “Give Me Everything” or other anthems used to incite crowds at wet T-shirt contests. Boîte: Jelsomino, a Russian Karaoke Club in Midtown 2012-07-25T18:34:12Z

It is an anthem of human tragedy, one of the most beautiful created in modern times. A dream of time gone by: How PBS's "Les Misérables" helps process the tragedy of the Notre Dame fire 2019-04-17T04:00:00Z

Released in 1975, a breakthrough hit for Summer and for disco, it was a legend of studio ecstasy and the genre's ultimate sexual anthem. Disco Queen Donna Summer endured after era faded 2012-05-18T10:35:09Z

Overall, the awards played like a weird, disjointed variety show: an endless array of pop medleys studded with a tango here and a reggaeton there, all book-ended by a rousing political anthem and Mexican regional. Latin Grammy Awards start political (an immigration speech) then go pop 2014-11-21T05:00:00Z

The anthem is often used to introduce E Street members during concerts. Bruce eulogizes sax man Clemons at Fla funeral 2011-06-22T00:16:09Z

Trent Harmon, the winner of the final season of "American Idol," will sing the national anthem. The Beach Boys will be the headliners for this year's annual Memorial Day concert on the U.S. Capitol lawn 2016-04-28T04:00:00Z

Our national anthem states American is “the land of the free,” yet we have more people locked up in prison than any other industrialized nation. If you’re pro-freedom, you should be in favor of legalizing marijuana 2017-07-15T04:00:00Z

But several speakers noted that some in France were still uncomfortable with the anthem. The Twists and Turns of ‘La Marseillaise’ 2016-12-13T05:00:00Z

There was blind singer Timmy Kelly, who performed the national anthem at the Democratic National Convention. Donald Trump put disability in the spotlight, but not in the way these advocates hoped 2016-08-22T04:00:00Z

“Seasons of Love,” the emblematic anthem of Jonathan Larson’s mid-1990s megahit, will reverberate on Signature Theatre’s main stage, under the guidance of the company’s new artistic director, Matthew Gardiner. Perspective | After a devastating lull, theater is coming back big 2021-09-09T04:00:00Z

To spite his tormentor, Mr. Liao somehow summoned enough strength to sing a Communist Party anthem. Books of The Times: Liao Yiwu’s ‘For a Song and a Hundred Songs’ 2013-07-02T21:08:39Z

Despite the lack of legal status, Bates gave Sealand its own constitution, red, white and black flag, passports, stamps, coins, national anthem and motto: "E Mare Libertas" - "From the Sea, Freedom." 'Prince Roy of Sealand' Roy Bates dead at 91 2012-10-10T16:34:08Z

Perhaps another bar patron, The Large Can of Sugary Soda, would enter the bar and sing an “And I Am Telling You I’m Not Going”-style anthem of rage. ‘Bloomberg: The Musical’: He’s Not Calling the Tunes 2013-01-29T23:43:22Z

Gelb said he hoped the performance of the anthem on Monday would “show the world and our audiences that we are in solidarity with Ukraine.” On a Stage 5,000 Miles Away, He Sings for His Family in Ukraine 2022-03-13T05:00:00Z

The raucous audience appeared delighted as the Chicks touched on a host of hits from their long career, ranging from “Long Time Gone” to the anti-domestic violence anthem “Goodbye, Earl.” Dixie Chicks deliver wild thunder to White River 2016-07-08T04:00:00Z

The show mixed patriotism with anthems to inclusion, and drew widespread praise. Lady Gaga tells bodyshamers 'I'm proud of my body' 2017-02-08T05:00:00Z

The title track, a working woman’s anthem entitled “She Works Hard for the Money,” charted at No. 3 on U.S. in 1983. Legendary ?Queen of Disco? Donna Summer Dies at 63 2012-05-17T17:34:52Z

The other was Artistic Director Francesca Zambello’s deft handling of the obligatory singing of the national anthem that opens every season. WNO’s ‘Carmen’: Enlivening the familiar 2015-09-20T04:00:00Z

I also understand playing the national anthem at every game risks making it less special. Perspective | The national anthem reminds us how much Americans need to work together 2021-02-17T05:00:00Z

What better promotion for New York as the big stage for self-made success than those catchy anthems sung by Frank Sinatra and Alicia Keys? Milan in Bloom 2010-10-07T18:20:00Z

While all of the album’s songs are lively and playful, the one that leaps from the lot is “Where Was the Word,” a popping, candy-sticky anthem livened by snares and a constant rise. Preview: Julia Massey trio at the Croc to showcase kids’ music for adults 2017-01-05T05:00:00Z

She says she has sung “Respect” thousands of times and hasn’t tired of it, and she acknowledged that the song has become “a national anthem.” A-R-E-T-H-A 2011-07-09T20:19:25Z

The scrappy, engaging set is punctuated by a faithful cover of the Cure’s “Boys Don’t Cry” and closes – somewhat reluctantly, Dom says – of his tongue-in-cheek quasi-patriotic anthem “Living in America.” Lollapalooza Day 2: Rain, retro and Eminem 2011-08-07T06:50:00Z

In 1979, for example, Chic enjoyed the summer’s biggest single with “Good Times,” an infectious disco anthem. Nile Rodgers — defender of disco 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z

Just as important, they have a clutch of anthems made to learn and sing. Frankie & the Heartstrings 2010-04-06T21:15:00Z

“This Land Is Your Land” would probably be our national anthem. The All-TIME 100 Songs 2011-10-24T09:00:29Z

It's so agreeable that I fear posh people will proclaim it their official summer anthem. Poliça, Mark Owen, Thumpers: this week's new tracks – with videos 2013-06-07T12:00:00Z

Whether it was a mid-tempo anthem like “Rill Rill” or a near-dance track in “Comeback Kid”, this third album would have been the right time to push further forward. Sleigh Bells: Good Band, Not So Good New Album 2013-10-09T12:00:11Z

Still, Hoge appeared perfectly nice and even intrigued when Brown pitched an idea for the title of a breakup anthem, “Used to Love You Sober.” Kane Brown could be the future of country music. So why is the industry skeptical? 2016-12-07T05:00:00Z

The Vegas shows had gospel singers and a mini-orchestra; he sang “American Trilogy,” merging Civil War anthems of North and South, fusing cultural touchstones. Review: A Reverent Elvis Doc Separates the Trailblazer From His Tragedy 2018-04-12T04:00:00Z

Party and angst mix in Passion Pit, which works in two main modes: the shimmering anthem and the pulsating dance-pop song, both with more cryptic lyrics than might be expected. Music Review: Governors Ball on Randalls Island 2012-06-25T22:17:41Z

“Freak Scene,” an anthem for the young people who heard it at the time, can from the vantage point of adulthood sound almost too catchy, too young, like the sound of your teen-age id. Seaport SludgeFeast: Dinosaur Jr. at 4Knots 2014-07-14T04:00:00Z

He then began one of the music’s boisterous, good-time anthems, “Orange Blossom Special.” Where the Hills and Hollows Are Alive With Music 2014-10-31T04:00:00Z

Mr. Gumbs provides excellent support, but it is Mr. Burton’s unaccompanied version of the crucifixion anthem “He Never Said a Mumblin’ Word” that will live with you longest. The Best Classical Music Recordings of 2016 2016-12-15T05:00:00Z

Hoping to see her play Don Quixote in a full production might be tilting at windmills — but her singing his anthem is an unequivocal victory. 5 ‘Miscast’ Numbers That Will Play With Your Preconceptions 2020-09-02T04:00:00Z

All-female acts like TLC and Destiny’s Child climbed the charts with anthems about kicking scrubs and cheating exes to the curb. ‘Reading the story today makes me cringe’: Female stars and the media machine of the early 2000s 2021-03-02T05:00:00Z

We need our spirits lifted, and we seek out the perfect anthem. Song of the Summer: “Femenine,” by Julius Eastman 2016-08-18T04:00:00Z

Her performances of the traditional song "We Shall Overcome" in the early 1960s became the anthem of the civil rights movement. Tupac Shakur, Janet Jackson head up Rock Hall of Fame nominees 2016-10-18T04:00:00Z

For those of you still who still consider “MMMBop” your summer anthem, this is for you. Give your inner ’90s teen what it wants and watch Hanson’s new video 2017-05-26T04:00:00Z

Tesfaye’s reading Sunday suggested another Police song, the stalker anthem “Every Breath You Take.” The Weeknd concert at Chicago Theatre 2013-10-14T04:28:00Z

Brimming with unquenched optimism, "Humankind" stands with Coldplay's finest anthems — songs like "A Sky Full of Stars" and "Every Teardrop Is a Waterfall." Coldplay has lost its way 2021-10-22T04:00:00Z

The strength of the work from the early years of his career, though — especially “Dreams and Nightmares,” the album cut that has become every underdog’s anthem, and the rapper’s best-known song — helped him push through. 14 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2019-03-07T05:00:00Z

In 1988 Liverpool band the La's came to stay, recording their famed anthem, There She Goes, on site. Laura Marling: 'Americans – they're just a lot more poetic' 2013-04-27T23:04:02Z

And what a happy day it was when they penned this anthem. The best ever corporate anthems 2011-08-19T18:59:01Z

His song "Sweet Caroline" is an anthem at ballparks and bars. Diamond, Streep among 5 honored by Kennedy Center 2011-09-07T15:02:07Z

The song "Holiday" became my personal anthem, my break from the anguish of everyday teenage life. Madonna, my partner in aging 2011-04-21T20:01:00Z

For his part, Kosinski says he understands why Daft Punk wanted to diverge from the repetitive, sample-and-synthesizer-based template that has served such epochal dance floor anthems as "One More Time." Daft Punk's unlikely journey into the 'Tron: Legacy' universe 2010-12-26T06:00:00Z

Former Mercury-prize winner Dizzee Rascal told reporters he had consciously gone from being an underground artist in his earlier career to "writing anthems". Plan B wins hat-trick at Novellos 2011-05-19T17:02:37Z

This Atlantic for Kids musical about women who changed history sings its final anthems. 7 Plays and Musicals to Go to in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z

“Take This Job and Shove It” was like my mom’s anthem. Black, Female and Carving Out Their Own Path in Country Music 2021-02-17T05:00:00Z

The show proper ends with the protest anthem “Hell You Talmbout” and an a cappella version of “One Fine Day.” The Show Must Go On, and On, and On 2019-12-18T05:00:00Z

Beyoncé stirred up a hubbub at President Obama’s second inauguration in 2013 when she was found to have lip synced the national anthem. Mariah Carey and 5 of the Most Awkward Lip Sync Snafus 2017-01-01T05:00:00Z

“On the Town,” Bernstein’s 1944 foray into Broadway, may be famous for that number, which transcended musical theater to become a city’s anthem. Brash, Confident and Democratic: How Leonard Bernstein Symbolized America 2018-08-23T04:00:00Z

He gave blazing performances of Copland’s flinty Piano Sonata and two fiendish works by the maverick composer Frederic Rzewski that incorporate labor movement songs and anthems. The Best Classical Music Performances of 2017 2017-12-06T05:00:00Z

When the two fell out of sync during a Gershwin medley, Thibaudet said to follow the French national anthem, “La Marseillaise,” because at roughly 120 beats per minute, it was nearly the same tempo. For This Classical Piano Star, a Detour Is Business as Usual 2023-03-16T04:00:00Z

I Never Had It Made," he wrote: "I cannot stand and sing the anthem. Jackie Robinson was a radical 2022-05-14T04:00:00Z

The Antlers magnify private sorrows to overwhelming scale, creating grand anthems and then smearing them with noise. Critics? Choice: New CDs 2011-05-09T22:28:22Z

FOR two decades Ani DiFranco has been a fiercely independent folk singer in punk clothing, a writer of feminist anthems, protest songs and clear-eyed explorations of the messy side of love. | Ani DiFranco: Ani DiFranco Listens to Gilberto Gil and Pete Seeger 2012-01-22T05:10:07Z

The point here isn’t whether it’s appropriate or not to shun the anthem.  Matt Lauer, pleasant corporate stooge: America’s double standard on politicizing the Olympics 2014-02-14T16:34:00Z

I defiantly take a knee for the national anthem. Style Invitational Week 1252: It’s a med, med, med, med world 2017-11-02T04:00:00Z

"Careful" is an infectious dance floor anthem - this one is a sure club hit. Review: 5th album from !!! (Chk Chk Chk) is a hit 2013-04-29T18:16:09Z

"When the Night Was Young" is an anthem for the 1960s generation, asserting how "we were believers when the night was young." Robbie Robertson addresses legacy in The Band 2011-04-06T16:18:07Z

One poignant anthem to the Lord was called “Calm a Storm in Me.” In Appalachia, Crafting a Road to Recovery With Dulcimer Strings 2020-01-03T05:00:00Z

If people are feeling obligated to stand for the national anthem, I think that’s a very big red flag. High School Students Explain Why They Protest Anthems and Pledges 2017-10-21T04:00:00Z

LOVERBOY, the Canadian band known for their 80's party anthems such as "Working for the Weekend," will headline the huge party held after the parade. Cast of 'Treme' to lead parade before Mardi Gras 2011-02-16T22:25:15Z

The band’s hits included “Mirror in the Bathroom,” ”Tears of a Clown” and “Stand Down Margaret,” a political anthem directed at Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. English beat founder ‘Ranking Roger’ Charlery dies at 56 2019-03-27T04:00:00Z

The colossal empowerment anthems of our time—such as Beyoncé’s “Formation,” from 2016—are less about erasing difference than claiming and celebrating it. Janet Jackson’s “Rhythm Nation 1814” Wanted Us to Dance Away Our Differences 2018-11-20T05:00:00Z

With melodious three-part harmony on its chorus, it has often been compared to anthems like Journey’s “Don’t Stop Believing” and Boston’s “More Than a Feeling.” John Wetton, Rocker With King Crimson and Asia, Dies at 67 2017-01-31T05:00:00Z

And Mr. Gabriel took on the bombast of “My Body Is a Cage,” an indie-rock anthem by Arcade Fire, as if the song had been made to order. Music Review: Peter Gabriel and Orchestra at Radio City Music Hall 2010-05-03T23:48:00Z

As rap’s lanky jester, he has a penchant for crafting club anthems laden with hilariously off-kilter punch lines. 2 Chainz brings his music, timing and humor to Fillmore Silver Spring 2016-12-04T05:00:00Z

I’d always found it hard not to tear up when participating in ritual, from weddings and funeral processions to the singing of anthems and old songs. The Palio di Siena: A Survivor’s Tale 2018-04-16T04:00:00Z

The Khan’s version is an up-with-the-scene anthem, and, live, it worked exactly as intended — easy to roar along to, easier to stomp along to. Review | The DMV rap scene is heating up. WifiGawd and the Khan are keeping their cool. 2019-03-22T04:00:00Z

What followed — “Silence Is the Question,” a vaulting anthem by the Bad Plus bassist Reid Anderson, and Afrika Bambaataa’s “Planet Rock,” a longtime Bandwagon staple — felt clearer because of it. Music Review: Three Bands Turn Up at a Show for Two 2011-06-27T22:34:39Z

The most successful pieces were those designed for this kind of venue and ensemble, especially Herbert Howells’s coronation anthem “Behold, O God our defender.” Review | Guest conductor leads Cathedral Choral Society with sure hand 2018-03-05T05:00:00Z

Sure enough, Kiedis drops a doozy on "Happiness Loves Company", a stadium anthem built on self-help mantras, with the line: "Young lovers keep it pumpin' in the streets of LA." Red Hot Chili Peppers: I'm With You ? review 2011-08-27T23:05:44Z

But "hurry up and wait" is the anthem of films. Portrait of the artist: Phil Daniels, actor 2011-08-29T21:30:00Z

This open-ended quality is what makes the national anthem’s hallowed cultural ground — where protectors stand and protesters kneel — so easy to fight over and so hard to unite under. Perspective | A song doesn’t have to scream U!S!A! to be patriotic. Just ask the NFL. 2020-09-02T04:00:00Z

It’s not only a great pop song, it’s an anthem that fuses several musical genres with hand-clapping exuberance. Grammy predictions: 4 writers, 4 categories, 4 opinions 2013-02-08T00:31:32Z

“It would be almost impossible to consider an exhibition with that name without thinking about the Black national anthem,” Duckett said. What Would Ben Franklin Say? Artists Weigh the Dream of Democracy 2023-03-23T04:00:00Z

It is that image — along with Neil Young’s great protest anthem, “Ohio” — that may linger most in our consciousness of the tragedy today. Perspective | 50 years ago, a local newspaper dominated the story of the Kent State tragedy. Could that still happen? 2020-05-01T04:00:00Z

Even the English version of “O Canada,” the anthem of our pacific brethren to the north, officially adopted in 1980, hints at militarism, pledging that the citizens will “stand on guard.” Blood, gore, melody 2012-08-03T14:54:00Z

They arrived as mash-up anthems solely intended to energize and entertain. Kid Rock's beefy, patriotic riffs fill United Center 2011-02-27T16:32:00Z

Earlier this month, before a TV audience of 100 million, Aguilera forgot the words to the US national anthem. Christina Aguilera arrested for public intoxication 2011-03-02T10:41:27Z

But there are sudden digressions and twists within the oppression, with glimpses of old soul and gospel, a sample of Hungarian rock, even Nina Simone’s version of the protest anthem “Strange Fruit.” Kanye West's 'Yeezus' an uneasy listen 2013-06-16T20:37:00Z

As Duke Ellington, Legend jolts the sketch to life with a few bars of an elegant, completely incongruous cafe-jazz cover of the rap anthem “Big Rings,” written, he says, by “my brother, Drake Ellington.” Review: ‘Sherman’s Showcase’ Tests Whether It’s OK to Laugh 2020-06-18T04:00:00Z

Some songs are anthems to travel, inspiring listeners to hit the global dance floor, such as Johnny Cash’s “I’ve Been Everywhere” and the B-52’s “Roam.” For five Jakes, Taylor Swift’s ‘All Too Well’ will become their soundtrack to travel 2021-12-23T05:00:00Z

But its aggressively catchy single "Oh Bondage, Up Yours!" became an enduring punk anthem. X-Ray Spex singer Poly Styrene dies at 53 2011-04-26T13:09:32Z

The tradition of standing for the national anthem is rooted in federal law, according to historians. How 'The Star-Spangled Banner,' racist or not, became our national anthem 2016-09-06T04:00:00Z

Then the band began to play the Tunisian national anthem. Tunisia After the Revolution 2012-04-06T18:10:20Z

Bastille was warmer, more expansive, and clearly indebted to the Coldplay school of plush anthems. Critic’s Notebook: Bastille and St. Lucia Take Different Musical Routes 2014-01-24T22:51:14Z

Porter refashions the Sondheim standard into a rousing gospel anthem and at the end shouts, “God bless you all. Pay your checks and get out!” Billy Porter’s New Book Isn’t Just a Memoir; It’s a Testimony 2021-10-19T04:00:00Z

This patriotism is hammered home when the national anthem strikes up before every performance. Cine-files: The Palace, Longridge 2012-11-13T17:21:20Z

What better anthem is there for these years of our pandemic metamorphoses? Forget Bruno. “Dos Oruguitas” is the "Encanto" song we really need 2022-02-19T05:00:00Z

The latter happened to be Sunday, as well, when the Master Chorale premiered "the national anthems." L.A. Master Chorale caps its 50th season with three new works 2014-06-09T04:00:00Z

In keeping with American orchestral tradition, the program started with the national anthem, and stayed in-country with the music of George Gershwin, Aaron Copland and Leonard Bernstein. A patriotic gala and a well-placed Fran's fan 2012-09-18T02:02:04Z

But the show was perhaps best known for one song: “The Impossible Dream,” which became a popular inspirational anthem. Albert Marre, Director of ‘Man of La Mancha,’ Dies at 87 2012-09-11T00:56:48Z

Full of audio pyrotechnics and feedback, it became the anthem for a nation at war, and the most enduring musical moment from a festival of peace. 5 Woodstock Myths, Debunked 2019-08-07T04:00:00Z

In a cartoon two years earlier, Ripley noted that the anthem, sung to an old English drinking tune, was unofficial. Curious cartoonist Robert Ripley inspired a century of oddities 2018-12-18T05:00:00Z

Andrews performed a solo set at the event, and was also charged with leading the national anthem at the close. "Prima donna in pigtails": how Julie Andrews the child star embodied the hopes of post-war Britain 2022-10-10T04:00:00Z

When Lady Gaga finished singing the anthem, she wished Biden and Harris “a wonderful inauguration” and then said to herself, overcome, clutching her red silk faille dress: “God bless this country.” The last day of Donald 2021-01-20T05:00:00Z

In a statement, the family rock band, known for hits including the Grammy Award-winning anthem "Use Somebody," announced plans to return to Dallas on Sept. Kings of Leon vow to redo 'too hot' Dallas show 2011-07-31T19:27:08Z

So far the biggest names he has secured are “America’s Got Talent” contestant Jackie Evancho, to sing the national anthem at the ceremony, and country duo Big & Rich, playing the gala the night before. Inauguration performances weren’t always so contentious: Highlights from the last 75 years 2017-01-11T05:00:00Z

Mr. Andersen also tracks the spread of the song, which he finds to be “a kind of unofficial national anthem.” 11 Perfect Podcasts for the Fourth of July 2017-06-30T04:00:00Z

Members of the audience join in until this anthem of alienation resounds through the building. Observer archive, 1968: the Arts Lab, a ramshackle prototype for the ICA 2013-04-27T23:04:10Z

Big money later arrived with royalties from, among other tunes, Country Joe and the Fish’s counterculture anthem “I Feel Like I’m Fixin’ to Die Rag.” ‘This Ain’t No Mouse Music!’ Tells of Chris Strachwitz 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z

The singer-songwriter rose to rock stardom with his older brother Noel Gallagher in the 1990s with their group Oasis, which released a series of anthem tunes from “Wonderwall,” ”Live Forever” and “Supersonic.” Liam Gallagher talks solo rise, family feud and rock music 2019-10-22T04:00:00Z

A professor at the University of Michigan, Dr. Clague would know: He heads Star Spangled Music, an initiative celebrating the anthem’s bicentennial. ‘The Star-Spangled Banner’ Has Changed a Lot in 200 Years 2014-06-27T04:00:00Z

In 2014, she became the first opera singer to deliver the national anthem at the Super Bowl. The Diva Departs: Renée Fleming’s Farewell to Opera 2017-04-05T04:00:00Z

The songs and hymns and anthems were technically executed and instantly forgettable. As TV goes, the inauguration was perfunctory and unimpressive, but it had moments 2017-01-20T05:00:00Z

Story mentions a famous line from the gay black nurse Belize about the word “free” in the national anthem being pitched so high no one can reach it. ‘Angels’ in Maryland: An epic combination 2016-09-29T04:00:00Z

In the very first episode of the sketch show Portlandia, the residents of the city band together to sing their imagined anthem: “the dream of the 90s is alive in Portland”. You Me Her: the retro romcom with three-way chemistry 2017-02-16T05:00:00Z

He added a crisp melodic counterpoint to the group’s gritty, percussive sound, including the outlaw country anthem “Mammas Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys.” Ralph Mooney, Master of the Steel Guitar, Dies at 82 2011-03-27T00:58:42Z

Her anti-divorce anthem “No Way” could be retitled “Keep a Ring on It”: “My loyalty is to the Vatican/So if you try to dump me, you won’t try that again.” Review: In ‘Six,’ All the Tudor Ladies Got Talent 2021-10-03T04:00:00Z

It starts with the sounds of “Fight the Power,” Public Enemy’s protest anthem and follows the goings-on in and around Sal’s Famous Pizzeria, an Italian-American-owned business serving a mostly African-American neighborhood. Viewing Party! Let’s All Watch ‘Do the Right Thing’ Together! 2020-04-30T04:00:00Z

One of the great feminist pop anthems of the 1980s was originally sung by a man. Ten hits you may not know were covers 2014-10-14T04:00:00Z

But Low’s minimalist, melancholy sound stood in sharp contrast to the anthems of Generation X angst that came to define the era. Mimi Parker, Moody Alt-Rock Vocalist, Is Dead at 55 2022-11-11T05:00:00Z

The program booklet provided singalong texts for the anthems, but alas, little hint of what was being sung in the last two movements. Review: Zubin Mehta Leads Israel Philharmonic in ‘Resurrection’ 2015-11-06T05:00:00Z

And when they do, we will consider ourselves lucky if all they do in protest is kneel during the national anthem. Apocalypse now-ish: what can we learn from films set in 2020? 2020-01-06T05:00:00Z

The title of his current single, “Old Alabama,” suggests a gruff redneck anthem, a song for Lynyrd Skynyrd or Montgomery Gentry. Arts & Leisure: Brad Paisley?s Country Underground 2011-05-14T04:00:07Z

Even before it officially became our national anthem, dissidents were using the “Banner” to point out incongruities between the song’s claims and America’s reality. Colin Kaepernick and the Radical Uses of “The Star-Spangled Banner” 2016-08-29T04:00:00Z

Labels were scratched off, false names were given – anything to retain exclusivity over an Afro party anthem. How African music made it big in Colombia 2010-07-08T21:45:00Z

The 22 year-old Grammy winner first rose to fame two years ago with her omnipresent, song of the summer anthem to curves, “All About That Bass.” Meghan Trainor fights back against toxic body standards: “They photoshopped the crap out of me and I’m so sick of it” 2016-05-10T04:00:00Z

Over the years, however, the song has been covered dozens of times, shapeshifting into a sentimental elegy, a mission statement, cutting social commentary, and even an aspirational anthem. Revisiting The Byrds' "So You Want to Be a Rock N Roll Star" 55 years later, from the Monkees to REM 2022-01-09T05:00:00Z

I never imagined that, 35 years later, it would be called the gay national anthem, or that we'd have openly gay pop stars and a Tory prime minister campaigning for gay marriage. How we made: Tom Robinson and Nick Mobbs on Glad to Be Gay 2013-07-01T17:24:15Z

“Hope” is as close as the album gets to an anthem, and it’s not close at all. Arlo Parks Offers Solace Without Illusions on Her Debut Album 2021-01-28T05:00:00Z

Songs like "After the Moment" and "Party Talk" became anthems. Tomorrow is now for Craft Spells 2012-07-26T15:14:05Z

On Tuesday night, one missed the force of sound that has sometimes flowed from the stage in great waves on such incomparable Kander and Ebb anthems as “I Am My Own Best Friend.” 'Chicago' musical full of razzle dazzle 2011-06-08T22:00:11Z

Lydon is synonymous with the irreverence and rebellion he epitomized with the Sex Pistols in songs like "Anarchy in the UK" and his ironic take on Britain's national anthem, "God Save the Queen." No hint of mellowing for ex-Sex Pistol John Lydon 2012-10-15T23:06:50Z

Others, eager to show solidarity with Ukraine, have added renditions of the Ukrainian national anthem to their programs to counter the overture’s exaltation of czarist Russia. Amid Ukraine War, Orchestras Rethink ‘1812 Overture,’ a July 4 Rite 2022-07-03T04:00:00Z

Fans don't react with violence when someone is buying popcorn during the anthem or when they stay seated in the stands. What burning Nikes to protest Colin Kaepernick ads really means 2018-09-06T04:00:00Z

As former President Jimmy Carter has remarked, “In many countries around the world, you hear ‘Imagine’ used almost equally with national anthems.” Yes drummer Alan White, a longtime Seattle-area resident, reminisces about recording ‘Imagine’ with John Lennon 50 years ago 2021-06-07T04:00:00Z

Sixteen years after her rock anthem hit "Nobody's Wife," Anouk returns to the international stage with the somber "Birds." Blinking skirts, fake tans: It must be Eurovision 2013-05-17T17:21:13Z

She turns it into an anthem of resilience. 'Cinderella': Terrific cast leads to happy ending 2011-12-05T20:10:05Z

Beyonce will sing the national anthem and James Taylor will sing "America the Beautiful" on the West Front of the Capitol on Monday. Beyonce, Katy Perry star at packed inauguration 2013-01-18T17:13:09Z

Mr. Dylan, for example, was honored for his composition "The Times They Are A-Changin'," first released in 1964, which quickly became an anthem of both the civil rights and anti-Vietnam War movements. ArtsBeat: Grammy Hall of Fame Harvests a New Crop of Old Songs 2012-11-23T18:51:37Z

With a few exceptions — like one full-fledged anthem in Wednesday’s set, “Let Me Back In,” also from the new album — the pieces are not song structures with melodies and accompaniment, verses and choruses. Music Review: Guitar Rock, Stretched on the Canvas of a Big Stage 2011-04-07T21:56:34Z

Best known for the soft rock anthem Drive, the Boston band enjoyed hits in the 1970s with songs like Just What I Needed, Best Friend's Girl and Shake It Up. The Cars are up and running with new album on the way 2010-10-22T09:31:00Z

To round off the show, he does a number from the musical Jekyll and Hyde, a rousing gothic anthem in the style of Meat Loaf, in which he plays both protagonists. David Hasselhoff: 'If we have to go with the Hoff to pay the rent, let's go with the Hoff' 2012-08-05T19:00:01Z

“By Myself” had the feel of a personal anthem of an independent woman. Music Review: Patti Wicks?s Jazzy Turn at the Metropolitan Room 2010-06-15T22:48:00Z

“Superstar” is a prodigious torch song that fits comfortably among other beloved anthems in the band’s catalog: the blissed-out “Myth,” the romance of “Lover of Mine.” Taylor Swift and Phoebe Bridgers’s ‘Red’ Duet, and 14 More New Songs 2021-11-12T05:00:00Z

The recent songs get to their anthem side more quickly — less skiffle and accordion, more march beats and trumpet — perhaps responding to larger crowds and clubs. Music Review: Of Monsters and Men, From Iceland, at Webster Hall 2012-04-08T21:49:31Z

“Talking about the national anthem as an African American man?” ‘Angels’ in Maryland: An epic combination 2016-09-29T04:00:00Z

Take his most viral moment of the campaign so far: his support for NFL players who kneel during the national anthem. Beto O’Rourke gets more attention than any other 2018 candidate. Will it translate to votes? 2018-09-03T04:00:00Z

But it sounds just right when he's howling at the moon, as on the new demented party anthem, "The Wolf Man Kindly Requests ..." Review: Clutch get heavy again on 'Earth Rocker' 2013-03-18T18:06:08Z

When you were younger, you sang the national anthem at a Giants game. From "Class of '09" to "Black Mirror" Kate Mara loves her range of roles: "The magic is still there" 2023-05-24T04:00:00Z

In addition to patriotic tunes, a singalong at 11 a.m. will include anthems like “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” which is identified with the African-American struggle for justice. 8 Things to Do This Fourth of July Weekend 2020-07-02T04:00:00Z

Gillespie warned of the dangers of gangs, vowed to protect Confederate monuments and condemned national anthem protests by pro football players. Democrats’ wins in state and local races credited to Trump resistance 2017-11-08T05:00:00Z

Her broad demographic appeal, then, is clear even if she lacks the name recognition of other anthem contenders. Critic’s Notebook: Renée Fleming Will Sing National Anthem at the Super Bowl 2014-01-31T20:58:30Z

The evening inevitably culminated with that show’s crowning anthem, “I Am What I Am.” Music Review: Actor Shows His Burly Singer-Songwriter Side 2011-03-18T21:54:53Z

But he was deeply moved by Bob Dylan's "Blowin' in the Wind" when he first heard the protest anthem in 1963. Music that declared an era 2013-08-23T16:38:51Z

Do make sure you have at least three albums under your belt When you need to unleash an arsenal of universally recognised anthems, a two-album back catalogue really isn't enough. Glastonbury 2010: Dos and don'ts for headliners 2010-06-22T10:55:00Z

Certainly, gay anthems are born rather than made, but Born This Way has a good pedigree. Lady Gaga's new gay anthem 2011-02-14T06:01:00Z

In 1931, Congress passed a bill to make "The Star-Spangled Banner" the official national anthem of the United States. How 'The Star-Spangled Banner,' racist or not, became our national anthem 2016-09-06T04:00:00Z

A soundtrack festooned with adolescent heartbreak anthems such as "Love Will Tear Us Apart" should serve as a sufficient reminder of this. "Normal People" takes a common teenage love story and matures to a rated-M, sex-driven heartbreak 2020-04-29T04:00:00Z

Asked backstage how it would feel, Dujardin launched into a jaunty rendition of “La Marseillaise,” the French national anthem. ?The Help,? Dujardin win at lively SAG Awards 2012-01-30T09:58:10Z

Braun is in hero mode, repeatedly assuring the camera, and the guitar player Slash who’s agreed to record him an anthem, that he’ll be fine. ‘Stuntman’ Review: A Big Leap 2021-07-23T04:00:00Z

Florence Welch was the other big winner of the night, picking up the awards for best solo artist and best dancefloor anthem for Sweet Nothing, her song with Calvin Harris. Rolling Stones win best live band at NME awards 2013-02-27T23:00:01Z

“I cannot breathe I swear/It’s torture/And I miss my brothers,” overlapping voices declare, in what could have simply been a despondent mope-rock anthem, complete with an orchestral backdrop. The Playlist: Thom Yorke’s Chilling Ballad, and 13 More New Songs 2018-09-07T04:00:00Z

The effect overwhelms; the uniformity of color and intent almost replicates a sung anthem. Why Do We Change Our Avatars After Tragedy? 2015-12-11T05:00:00Z

Listening to the cast recording, I channeled my angst and alienation into songs like “My Body” and “Why Don’t They Leave Us Alone,” anthems of autonomy and self-determination. Comedy Undercut ‘The Life.’ Billy Porter Looks for Its Humanity. 2022-03-14T04:00:00Z

Oh, and juvenile cross-dressing, solidarity union anthems, the ghost of a dead mother — you name it, it's in there. Review: 'Billy Elliot' is pro-union, and pro-razzle-dazzle, too 2011-03-25T00:20:39Z

Ending her last American show before going overseas she went out with a bang, with "Super Bass," a triumphant anthem about hot guys. Nicki Minaj juggles uplift and fire at the Paramount 2012-08-12T19:01:05Z

His sultry duet with Bardot, “Bonnie and Clyde,” remained a few months away from becoming a canonical French crossover anthem. Jane Birkin is back with a new album, but her presence is everlasting 2021-03-17T04:00:00Z

“I’m humiliated by my lack of courage to sing the national anthem in my own country, on American soil, with a deceased soldier on the plane,” she said in the video. Delta Passenger Says She Was Stopped From Singing National Anthem for Fallen Soldier 2017-10-17T04:00:00Z

The blues singer Shemekia Copeland will open the program with her social justice anthem “Walk Until I Ride,” and a full-cast rendition of John Lennon’s “Imagine” will close out the night. What’s on TV This Week: ‘Tom Jones’ and ‘Couples Therapy’ 2023-04-24T04:00:00Z

“It’s an amazing and emotive part of the film,” Bono said, one that seemed to demand “sort of a joyous anthem.” The Carpetbagger: Bono and Edge on ‘Mandela’s’ Melancholy Love Song 2014-02-18T13:30:35Z

At the Easter Egg Roll earlier this year, Melania Trump gently nudged her husband as the national anthem was played, to remind him to place his hand over his heart. The Trumps take their first official trip, and the world gets its first real look at the Trump marriage 2017-05-26T04:00:00Z

A song recorded by Gary Barlow and featuring the vocal talents of Michael Owen, among others, was dropped as the official anthem. Rik Mayall's World Cup anthem set to move up music charts 2014-06-11T04:00:00Z

On Sunday, Drake, after years of strategically avoiding the ceremony, accepted the award for Best Rap Song, for his feel-good anthem “God’s Plan.” The Grammys Want Us to Know That They’re Trying 2019-02-11T05:00:00Z

“To me ‘It Won’t Be Long Now’ is literally the anthem of my life. ‘For the culture’: The moment arrives for ‘In the Heights’ 2021-06-08T04:00:00Z

She won best solo artist, despite collaborating with other musicians on her music, and best dance-floor anthem for "Sweet Nothing". Rolling Stones hope to play Glastonbury festival, Ronnie Wood says 2013-02-28T02:58:42Z

She was widely criticized in February for flubbing the lyrics to the U.S. national anthem at the Super Bowl before a TV audience of more than 100 million people. Christina Aguilera arrested for drunkenness 2011-03-02T04:14:24Z

The slightly more country-rock instrumentation aside, this is still Lightbody in default mode: turning dark or maudlin subjects into epic, yearning anthems that raise hands or mobile phones into the air. Tired Pony: The Place We Ran From 2010-07-15T22:59:00Z

“My Funny Valentine” becomes an angry anthem, a retrospective look at something once precious, now devalued. | 'Ten Cents a Dance': Music, Memories and Regret 2011-08-15T22:20:09Z

Resplendent in a tinsel cape with her band dressed as humbugs, Alison Goldfrapp sounded great when she played stomping electro-glam anthems such as Train and Strict Machine, less so on her lukewarm recent tracks. LED festival 2010-08-29T21:46:00Z

While an anthem, the various parts of the work recall the Lutheranism of Caroline and Handel, featuring quotations of that faith’s music. What Music to Expect at Queen Elizabeth II’s Funeral 2022-09-13T04:00:00Z

And he recorded prolifically for the independent Folkways label, singing everything from children’s songs to Spanish Civil War anthems. Pete Seeger, Songwriter and Champion of Folk Music, Dies at 94 2014-01-28T06:32:10Z

Solid website The official website for our song, goalengland.co.uk, is the perfect digital home for a great football anthem. We Are Scientists present ? the rules of writing a World Cup anthem 2010-06-10T14:12:00Z

A champion of punk rock in the 1970s, he would also tear up over “La Marseillaise,” the French national anthem. Seymour Stein, Record Industry Giant Who Signed Madonna, Dies at 80 2023-04-02T04:00:00Z

Choosing an anthem is an opportunity for a candidate to suggest that there’s reason to hope for a better future. Deciphering the Presidential-Campaign Songs of the 2020 Race 2019-08-20T04:00:00Z

America's national anthem, "The Star-Spangled Banner," turns 200 this year. John Williams will conduct a new version of 'The Star-Spangled Banner' 2014-07-04T04:00:00Z

He played a similar role last month, at the outset of the invasion, when the chorus and orchestra performed the anthem before a performance of Verdi’s “Don Carlos.” On a Stage 5,000 Miles Away, He Sings for His Family in Ukraine 2022-03-13T05:00:00Z

“A Song for You,” the Leon Russell anthem of a musician’s prideful self-pity, wraps an overelaborate post-facto arrangement around a fitful, scattered vocal from 2009: shards of musicianship, straining to cohere. New Music: From Amy Winehouse?s Archives, ?Lioness? - New Music 2011-12-05T17:04:29Z

Beyonce’s “Single Ladies”—while similarly ubiquitous, is too removed and detached; it’s fun, but it doesn’t tug at your insides the way a proper breakup anthem should. Rating Breakup Anthems: How Does Gotye?s ?Somebody That I Used to Know? Stack Up? 2012-05-15T10:00:50Z

That was the only time we had the anthem before the game. High School Students Explain Why They Protest Anthems and Pledges 2017-10-21T04:00:00Z

The staging studiously separated the Cowboys' brief moment of protest from the anthem itself and, indeed, seemed to recharacterize an act of individual conscience as a group moment symbolic of "unity" and nothing more. The NFL Should Thank Trump for Finally Shaking Up Monday Night Football 2017-09-26T04:00:00Z

Then came the anthems: first was “WickedSkengMan 4,” after which he asked the crowd to finish his lyrics to the next song. Review: Stormzy Delivers Grime Music From Britain 2016-03-21T04:00:00Z

She was discovered as a college sophomore, in 1974, singing the national anthem in a white cowboy hat at the national rodeo finals in Oklahoma City. Reba McEntire never needed to be the best. She simply had to want it most. 2018-11-27T05:00:00Z

Kaepernick chose football, and became widely known for taking a knee during the national anthem at professional football games to protest police brutality and racial injustice. Colin Kaepernick to Publish a Young Adult Memoir 2022-05-18T04:00:00Z

Hardwell made his set seesaw between earnest vocals and stark, stomping beats; Tiesto modulated smoothly, playing what sounded like one long anthem with a parade of different vocalists. Critic’s Notebook: Electric Zoo Festival Cut Short by Two Deaths 2013-09-01T22:23:22Z

The song became popular, but it didn't rise to anthem status until President Herbert Hoover signed a congressional resolution making it so on March 3, 1931. John Williams will conduct a new version of 'The Star-Spangled Banner' 2014-07-04T04:00:00Z

Less Like Me” constitutes Paul’s pathetic anthem, a song he sings to his wistfully absent son about how much he hopes the kid doesn’t grow up in his image. ‘Cake Off’: Signature’s new musical is lively, but not fully baked 2015-10-12T04:00:00Z

Almost immediately after Gerry and the Pacemakers turned it into a hit, the team’s supporters embraced the song as their anthem. ‘You’ll Never Walk Alone’: From Broadway Tear-Jerker to Covid-Era Anthem 2020-05-27T04:00:00Z

When I was told “Girls Just Want To Have Fun” would be an anthem, I thought about how it really could be an anthem. Cyndi Lauper Talks Memoirs, Music—And Seders with Springsteen 2012-09-12T12:00:32Z

The movie is ostensibly about how the anti-lynching anthem “Strange Fruit” became so inseparable from Holiday’s career that she was under constant F.B.I. surveillance. Why Is It So Hard to Show Black Women’s Musical Genius Onscreen? 2021-04-20T04:00:00Z

The final mix thrillingly veers from folk to choral, power ballads and anthems. The pandemic ruined one musical’s debut plans. Not for long 2021-04-08T04:00:00Z

A radio bursting with poppy anthems sung in confident voices assured us that could never happen: friendship never ends, right? Now and then: How "Yellowjackets" purposefully reminds Gen Xers of who we thought we'd be 2022-01-16T05:00:00Z

She flashes between present and past shots to bring historical context to her visuals, just as she did in her black power anthem “Formation.” Beyoncé’s radical invitation: In “Lemonade,” a blueprint for black women working through pain 2016-04-25T04:00:00Z

They posed on escalators set at odd angles while a dance remix of “Nine to Five,” the Dolly Parton anthem, played on the soundtrack. Fashion Review: Kenzo, Carven and Isabel Marant Present 2012 Fall Collections 2012-03-06T00:30:53Z

He sang the early 20th-century folk anthem “Man of Constant Sorrow,” leaning on the drone notes hard and well. Music Review: Scotty McCreery at the Beacon Theater 2012-11-25T21:50:09Z

The "If I Were A Boy" singer was joined on stage by husband and rapper Jay-Z for "Crazy In Love", but sang stirring anthems of female empowerment for which she is best known alone. Beyonce headlines sell-out UK gig to promote gender equality 2013-06-01T22:14:43Z

And when the show finishes with a reprise of its defiant, triumphant anthem, “Walk On,” the optimistic takeaway for the youngest generation is clear: Persevere. ‘She Persisted’ Review: A Musical About Women Who Triumphed 2020-02-23T05:00:00Z

Her heartbreak anthems are curiously nostalgic, especially for someone who still has so much life to live. Pop & Rock Listings for Sept. 16-22 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z

It’s a tap on the shoulder, a reminder, or a nostalgic look back that this collective works best at providing kitschy, alternative dance anthems for millennials hellbent on shaking it to something more organic. A Right Dance-Worthy Album from Franz Ferdinand 2013-08-30T09:45:31Z

What makes an anthem or community song truly great, is when the audience also knows it well, and sings along, in four or six part harmonies. How Pop Culture Wore Out Leonard Cohen’s ‘Hallelujah’ 2016-09-19T04:00:00Z

The auditorium was filled to near capacity, with numerous benefactors in formal finery, when Mr. Mehta, vigorous and businesslike, emerged to conduct the national anthems of the United States and Israel. Music Review: Inside Carnegie, Trumpets; Outside, Bullhorns 2011-02-23T22:48:22Z

Mr. Yankovic wrote in his post that he was initially wary of poking fun at “Born This Way,” which he describes as “an earnest human rights anthem.” ArtsBeat: Lady Gaga Says No Way to 'Weird Al' Yankovic Parody 2011-04-20T18:29:04Z

An emotional night ended with Ms. Amaro barely able to sing her final triumphant number, a reprise of “Listen,” the Beyonce anthem that started her on the path to the prize way back in September. ArtsBeat Blog: 'X Factor' Watch: And the Winner Is ... 2011-12-23T04:04:41Z

I couldn’t help but chuckle at the comparison, since the artists responsible for explicit protest anthems probably didn’t need any encouragement to express their opinions. ‘The Boy From Medellín’ Review: A Dizzying Week in J Balvin’s World 2021-05-06T04:00:00Z

Poll says his voice is still healthy and he still sings, including performances of the national anthem at Husky football games. Seattle’s Metropolitan Opera auditions get a makeover 2014-01-15T19:17:36Z

The letter says the district usually plays the national anthem before sports games as a way to honor the U.S. and its armed forces. Delaware school sorry for serving Roseanne anthem rendition 2019-09-27T04:00:00Z

Knight said she’s been working for civil rights and singing the anthem since she was a little girl. Gladys Knight on why she’ll sing the anthem at Super Bowl 2019-02-01T05:00:00Z

One such work was unveiled that July in a performance at a Brussels gallery, at which he played “La Brabançonne,” the Belgian national anthem. Marcel Broodthaers’s Brussels, and Mine 2016-03-22T04:00:00Z

Several unofficial anthems have been rumoured, including a reworking of 1990's World in Motion by New Order. 2010-01-15T20:16:00Z

It was easy to see why the nearly 30-year-old band is worthy of such honors as they churned through rock anthem after anthem in finely tuned fashion. Ready or not, Foo Fighters christen the return of live music in D.C. 2021-09-10T04:00:00Z

It’s soul-killing in the same way that hearing a cherished rock anthem used in a television commercial is. Review: A New ‘Rocky Horror,’ Stripped of Subversive Magic 2016-10-19T04:00:00Z

Loud spent much of his debut album, “Nap Town,” trying on different sonic hats, proving himself a dual threat rapper and singer capable of gritty street anthems, after-dark R&B cuts and everything in between. Seattle rapper Jay Loud lands major-label deal, two years after stint in Tacoma shelter 2021-01-27T05:00:00Z

All of the voices joined in “Glory to Hong Kong,” the unofficial anthem of the movement. Is it safe to travel to Hong Kong? I went to find out. 2019-12-19T05:00:00Z

Strong, too, are the fluttery falsetto chorus of “Champagne Kisses” and “Cruel,” a slick, string-filled anthem equipped with one of her strongest hooks to date. Review: On Jessie Ware's Tough Love, Sadness Sounds Sweeter 2014-10-24T04:00:00Z

But the return was choreographed to highlight the positive side of relations and began with the playing of both countries’ national anthems. ArtsBeat: Federal Officials Return Looted Antiquities to India 2014-01-14T19:42:57Z

All of these shows wedded varying degrees of melodic lushness and pop opera anthems to one defining scenic characteristic or another — the falling chandelier, for instance, in “Phantom” — that spoke to audiences the world over. Musical Revivals Offer Mixed Rewards 2014-05-27T04:00:00Z

It has been aided by Love’s increasingly elaborate holiday performances of that Christmas anthem for nearly three decades on “The Late Show With David Letterman.” She’s a rebel: Darlene Love returns to D.C. for the holidays — for her Howard Theatre show 2016-12-16T05:00:00Z

Not because I'd like to kiss my auntie all over, but I think she would appreciate this genuine lovers' anthem. Damian Lazarus Q&A 2012-10-05T23:05:22Z

Do you attempt to convey the gulf between the anthem’s aspirations and the historical realities of slavery and injustice? Sphinx Virtuosi and Catalyst Quartet at Carnegie Hall 2014-10-30T04:00:00Z

After years of releasing the kind of female empowerment anthems she’s championed since her Destiny’s Child days, she explored the grey areas of relationships with refreshing nuance and honest self-examination. Beyoncé One Year Later: What If It's a Breakup Album? 2014-12-12T05:00:00Z

In the southern town of Belgorod, organizers asked the rapper to perform the Russian national anthem before a concert. Russia’s Youth Found Rap. The Kremlin Is Worried. 2019-05-21T04:00:00Z

"It was just mind blowing, totally turned the song into a soul anthem and I was forever grateful for him for doing that," McCartney said in a statement released by his publicist. Joe Cocker, rock and blues star, dies at 70 2014-12-22T05:00:00Z

I wake up to the sound of my two daughters singing the Oscar-winning power anthem “Let It Go” at the top of their lungs as they get dressed for school. Translating 'Frozen' Into Arabic 2014-05-30T04:00:00Z

More than any version I’ve seen, the Fiasco “Into the Woods” justifies the anthem “No One Is Alone,” a song that in other contexts has smacked of needlework homilies. ‘Into the Woods,’ Stripped Down by Fiasco Theater 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z

A potential anthem, “7’s,” blurs past as the band pushes the melody to the point of collapse. Album review: Mission of Burma, 'Unsound' 2012-07-09T15:40:00Z

The encore, the grand finale of “Abbey Road,” summed up much of Mr. McCartney’s songwriting in its quick-changing suite: ballad, rocker, anthem, benediction. Paul McCartney Offers Guileless Romance at Irving Plaza 2015-02-15T05:00:00Z

Currency is a national bedrock that sits alongside anthems and flags; our cash — from pristine $100 bills to dog-eared 5 pound notes — seems solid, official and enduring. The Fiction That Makes the World Go Round 2020-09-08T04:00:00Z

The ultimate show-business survival anthem, “I’m Still Here,” was stripped of triumphal ferocity to become a calm assertion of Ms. Maye’s signature trait: good-humored resilience. Music Review: The Broadway That?s Forever Buoyant 2010-10-12T21:37:00Z

It's a Sin and Left to My Own Devices were retooled by Stuart Price into turbo-nutter rave anthems. Pet Shop Boys at Glastonbury 2010 2010-06-27T10:28:00Z

Then maybe, just maybe,” he said, “the cops will be like, ‘Well, I don’t want to pepper spray the anthem — what do I do?’” Best of Late Night in 2021: Trump’s Never-Ending Swan Song 2021-12-21T05:00:00Z

The president of the United States takes the key line of the anthem, and uses it to help push the bill through. Robert Caro and Carnegie Hall: Revisiting the ’60s 2018-01-11T05:00:00Z

A big rat anthem like “Remember My Name” is a hilariously silly idea, but not, after all, very different from one for a mermaid or a hunchback. ‘Ratatouille’ Review: What’s Small and Hairy With Big Dreams? 2021-01-03T05:00:00Z

Fans might love or detest campy dance anthems like "After Midnight," but the relatable themes -- as heard on "The Manual," a track about self-acceptance -- will appeal to all. Billboard CD reviews: Christina Aguilera, Korn, Jewel 2010-07-02T21:49:00Z

The succession of stars led to the inevitable sing-along of that anthem for the encore at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. 2010-02-17T07:26:00Z

If developing a Studio 54 musical — which includes disco anthems like “Y.M.C.A.” and “Stayin’ Alive” — on a Florida campus seems strange, even more surprising is that the scene has seldom been dramatized. Tommy Tune Recalls Studio 54 Glory Days in New Show 2011-11-15T23:13:43Z

When the Soviet Union was dissolved, a new and unloved anthem was introduced, but it was such a bust that the old anthem, revised yet again, was reinstated. Blood, gore, melody 2012-08-03T14:54:00Z

Usually a soloist performs the national anthem for the annual “Capitol Fourth” celebration in Washington. John Williams to debut new version of US anthem 2014-07-03T04:00:00Z

In other words, it’s not quite Walt Whitman hearing America singing its varied anthems; rather, it’s more like a Gen-Z deep-cut of a “CBS Sunday Morning” wanderlust segment: full of optimism and wide-eyed wonder. Three New Memoirs Offer a Glimpse Into the Writer’s Mind 2020-08-07T04:00:00Z

They opened with “Black Codes,” an anthem from a time when Mr. Marsalis’s working band was more of a combative peer group. Music Review: Away From His Desk, Up on the Bandstand 2011-04-01T22:58:20Z

Anne’s funeral also included a new anthem by Croft, “The Souls of the Righteous.” What Music to Expect at Queen Elizabeth II’s Funeral 2022-09-13T04:00:00Z

Why yes, that is the modern bluesman Rod Wave taking bits of “Teenage Dirtbag” and remaking them into an anthem about overcoming adversity and thanking the supporters who have kept him afloat. Gucci Mane’s Tribute to Takeoff, and 6 More New Songs 2022-11-18T05:00:00Z

If a No 1 song by a boyband from Oklahoma, inappropriately riling prepubescent girls, doesn’t sound like an obvious feminist anthem, that’s because it wasn’t. The 1990s: ‘It was a decade in which women could offer reason: people still talk about the Scully effect’ 2018-01-31T05:00:00Z

“It’s what I think of as the anthem of Carnegie Hall,” he declared. James Taylor?s Singular Voice, Steeped in 120 Years of Music 2011-04-13T07:58:57Z

In a rare interview from 2017, Dylan himself dismissed the notion that he was a jester, pointing to righteous anthems such as “Masters of War” and “A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall.” Happy Birthday, Bob Dylan, Our Most Underappreciated Comic 2021-05-24T04:00:00Z

On its journey to the new museum last year, the statue was accompanied by 11 horsemen in military dress, amid the sounds of the Egyptian national anthem. A glimpse behind the scenes of Giza’s Grand Egyptian Museum 2019-09-04T04:00:00Z

Drenched in strings the size of Led Zeppelin's Kashmir, it's a gigantic anthem about an ordinary bloke looking for answers, man, which seems destined to storm Glastonbury in June. Detroit Social Club: Existence 2010-05-27T22:50:00Z

Because it's sunny right now, here's a bongo-bashing summer party anthem. New music: Count & Sinden featuring Mystery Jets ? After Dark 2010-07-22T09:10:00Z

This sarcastic picture of the Scandinavian bourgeoisie suggests a photo-negative image of a cheery Abba anthem under whose surface roil anger, shame and frustration. | ?Happy, Happy': ?Happy, Happy,? Directed by Anne Sewitsky ? Review 2011-09-15T22:54:43Z

“Bandstand Boogie” became an anthem for generations of teenagers. Larry Elgart, Who Kept Swing Up to Date, Dies at 95 2017-08-31T04:00:00Z

Mr. Church has clawed his way into the country mainstream with a series of post-outlaw anthems, and he delivered them with verve and tension, as if he might not be allowed to for much longer. The Best Concerts of 2012, as Seen by Times Critics 2012-12-26T23:38:02Z

"Thank you for applauding cannibalism," we're informed at one point, while at another we are persuaded to rise to our feet to sing the Canadian national anthem, which seems perfectly logical at the time. Hansel and Gretel ? review 2010-12-19T21:29:01Z

Before Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj performed “Side by Side,” their frank boudoir anthem to women on top, Ms. Franklin confidently laid down a similar groove, setting the pace for “this funky dance all night.” Aretha Franklin Was the Personification of Black Woman Magic 2018-08-18T04:00:00Z

As a member of the Diplomats, best known for their earthshaking self-titled anthem, Cam’ron helped shape the sound of uptown rap in the late 1990s. 12 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2019-01-17T05:00:00Z

Finishing, he salutes to everyone like he just finished an Olympic routine and promptly turns toward a nearby flagpole and starts singing the Yemeni national anthem. Pommel horses and protesters 2012-08-25T12:00:00Z

Frightened Rabbit, a Scottish band that brought a saving modesty to the surging anthems of Britpop, may have summed up the hope that brought many musicians to SXSW: enough attention to keep making music. Less Underground Vibe at South by Southwest 2010-03-21T23:48:00Z

You likely have seen images of the former San Francisco 49ers quarterback kneeling through the national anthem, a protest against racism that spread among athletes in many sports. Review: ‘Colin in Black & White’ Finds Kaepernick Before He Took a Knee 2021-10-27T04:00:00Z

The band’s basic formula — ringing anthems, earnest-but-vague lyrics — was inflated to the point of absurdity. Coldplay’s ‘Ghost Stories’: This is what a conscious uncoupling sounds like

A young female zombie rises from a gallery floor and, to the sound of “Summer of ’69,” Bryan Adams’s rousing, nostalgic rock anthem, shuffles her way to a theater filled with other, grumbling waking dead. Art Review: Bruce High Quality Foundation’s Hits at Brooklyn Museum 2013-07-11T21:38:26Z

"Five hundred twenty-five thousand moments so dear/How do you measure, measure a year?" goes the Broadway anthem "Seasons of Love." 'Rent' with young, local cast, comes due at Seattle's 5th Avenue Theatre 2012-07-20T23:34:09Z

Now, Drama returns with his fourth offering "Quality Street Music," a 15-track album filled mostly with hard-thumping, high-energy street anthem songs. Review: DJ Drama gathers rap's best on new album 2012-10-01T15:00:15Z

The popular anthem was sung by Idina Menzel in the film and went on to be a worldwide hit, breaking the top ten in numerous charts including the Billboard Hot 100. Frozen Director Now Apologizes to Parents for 'Let It Go' 2014-12-15T05:00:00Z

Muse's greatest songs -- from storm-the-heavens anthems to melodramatic ballads -- are last chances, gambles with fate, challenges to the gods. Muse a contender for world's biggest band 2010-09-27T00:59:00Z

This Canadian indie rock band makes earnest, romantic guitar anthems that could go on a mixtape with Wolf Parade, Constantines and Weed — and that's a good thing. 7 days of Seattle music: From Ben Gibbard to Emanuel Ax 2012-11-09T20:04:04Z

There was platinum party anthem “Somethin’ Bout a Truck,” the deceptively soulful “Beer Money” and the quiet ballad “Hey Pretty Girl.” Country star Kip Moore weathers the Nashville storm to make a comeback 2015-08-20T04:00:00Z

The verses of the anthem were banned after World War Two because of their association with Nazism. Singer Pete Doherty quizzed in Germany over theft 2011-03-11T16:45:25Z

The friend-zone anthem cracked Rolling Stone’s top 100 pop songs and made VH1’s list of 100 greatest hip-hop songs of all time. Biz Markie, known for classic rap song ‘Just a Friend,’ dies 2021-07-16T04:00:00Z

“Fidelio” was the first opera performed in Germany after the end of World War II; the prisoner’s chorus, an ode to freedom, has become a veritable anthem. Perspective | Strong woman confronts unjust ruler — opera tells, and retells, the story 2017-02-16T05:00:00Z

“I can’t separate it from those memories now. It’s taken a different meaning to me, beyond an anthem.” The Twists and Turns of ‘La Marseillaise’ 2016-12-13T05:00:00Z

“Western World” takes inspiration from Pet Shop Boys’ “West End Girls” but flips it into a smoldering neo-cowboy anthem with an elastic Raekwon feature. Review | With funk-infused beats and vibrant soul, Lion Babe lights up Union Stage 2021-10-01T04:00:00Z

The new work seemed to puzzle more than please the audience, which didn't get fired up until the singer opened the rock part of the show with his famous, driving anthem, "Toranj." Iran's Namjoo ignites a thrilling musical ride 2011-02-27T02:17:04Z

Personal anthems such as “Me Against the World” and “Only God Can Judge Me” offer intimate and defiant looks at men who feel trapped by circumstance. In Tupac Shakur's 'Holler If Ya Hear Me,' an unlikely Broadway trip 2014-06-23T04:00:00Z

She sang, appropriately, the much-loved anthem “Broadway Baby” — “I don’t need a lot,/Only what I got,/Plus a tube of greasepaint and a follow spot” — nearly 60 years after landing her first Broadway role. Betty Garrett, Antsy Cabby in ?On the Town,? Is Dead at 91 2011-02-14T04:23:04Z

On Friday, the band released a Cup anthem for the U.S. team, "Represent," available for free on iTunes. Jay-Z, Stevie Wonder lead Bonnaroo on day 2 2010-06-13T01:30:00Z

Let the Sun Shine In" sounds like a sunny peace-and-love anthem today, to Paulus, "It's a plea, it's a cry for help. The real 'Hair' ? more than flower power, says director of Seattle-bound revival 2010-11-28T05:01:00Z

Advertisement Advertisement The song took a twisty path to becoming France’s national anthem. After Paris Attacks, ‘La Marseillaise’ Echoes Around the World in Solidarity 2015-11-16T05:00:00Z

The ceremony was a celebration of Britishness and the notion of monarchy, filled with sweeping allusions to the outsize grandeur of these tiny islands in hymns, anthems and readings. Sealed with 2 kisses 2011-04-30T05:15:58Z

At some point City fans adopted the melancholic "Blue Moon" as their anthem. Richer Than God: Manchester City, Modern Football and Growing Up by David Conn - review 2012-06-28T07:00:02Z

“Reunited” is the current anthem for the Jazz Passengers and the title of their first album in a dozen years, due out on Oct. Music Review: Not Exactly Your Top 40 ?Reunited? 2010-10-01T23:00:00Z

In preparation for her bathing suit, Parker fondly remembered working out to the C+C Music Company anthem. Sarah Jessica Parker Recalls Being Given Treadmill by Producer 2015-09-23T04:00:00Z

In March, the Metropolitan Opera put on a concert featuring Ukraine’s national anthem and a piece by the Ukrainian composer Valentin Silvestrov, among others. Carnegie Hall Musters Stars for a Benefit Concert for Ukraine 2022-05-24T04:00:00Z

Today “Ode to Joy” is the anthem of the European Union. At G-20, Beethoven Sends a Mixed Message to Trump 2017-07-09T04:00:00Z

They star in TV shows and movies and croon hit pop anthems. "The Boys" versus The Big Sellout 2022-06-05T04:00:00Z

Then came the gay rights anthem, “Same Love.” Inspired by Seattle scene, J.R. Celski skates past injuries 2014-02-07T02:18:12Z

Pink Floyd's distinctive slow, plangent anthems - like "Comfortably Numb" - are a big part of "The Wall." Music Review: Waters Points ‘The Wall’ Toward Abuse of Power 2012-07-07T13:03:25Z

In two minutes, she took the anthem and turned it into a mini-opera, asking us – the listeners and viewers – to carefully reconsider each word. Kot: Houston had a voice that served the song 2012-02-12T22:06:00Z

With Jools Holland, added: "This trio are making dance music that wears its heart and soul on its sleeve. Their countless electro pop anthems will fill many a festival tent next summer." Years & Years win BBC Sound Of 2015 2015-01-09T05:00:00Z

Thoughtlessly, I stood up, as I used to in Lahore when the national anthem was played, only to be greeted with a uniform chant from the row behind: "Sit down, you fascist!" 1963: from the Stones to Dr Strangelove, a year of social and cultural upheaval 2013-05-07T05:00:01Z

A Minor League Baseball game in Michigan started out on just the right note when a veteran sang the national anthem. WWII veteran sings national anthem before Michigan baseball game in viral video 2021-08-14T04:00:00Z

The score was donated by Handel, one of the hospital’s major benefactors, who gave benefit concerts there and even composed an anthem for his first one. London Tours Explore the Worlds of Opera and Classical Music 2023-07-01T04:00:00Z

An anthem, in the truest sense of the word, whose message has been arguably diluted by commerce in the years since its release. The Who: a beginner's guide 2012-08-22T09:55:00Z

He cuts a record, gets ripped off, turns to trafficking drugs, is betrayed, and dies a folk hero at the hands of the police as his song becomes an anthem. ‘The Harder They Come’: A Pop Classic That Has Hardly Faded 2019-08-21T04:00:00Z

Phil, he marched right up to the podium to conduct the anthem. Cutting the Hollywood Bowl down to size 2017-08-04T04:00:00Z

He invents new words for the Willie Nelson anthem, “On the Road Again,” to describe his circumstances. | 'Conan O?Brien Can?t Stop': One Ticked-Off Comic, Venting to the Faithful 2011-06-23T21:33:28Z

But the feel-good sentiments behind the song Jimmy Carter once said was "used almost equally with national anthems" have some serious Communist underpinnings. 25 famous songs with misunderstood meanings 2021-10-25T04:00:00Z

It's a great song, from a great album — a warm, hazy anthem about the South Seattle swimming/picnicking destination, home of the other three-mile jogging loop besides Green Lake. "Seward Park" in Seattle hip-hop, 2011 to 1984 2011-09-01T17:59:12Z

They have their own variants on Lorde’s glum anthems and sullen pride, and Lorde’s technique of nervously accelerating a verse or pre-chorus with a faster flow of words is no longer hers alone. Lorde Learns She Can’t Party Away Her Melancholy on ‘Melodrama’ 2017-06-16T04:00:00Z

This time around she gets the headlining anthem, "The Star-Spangled Banner," at the inauguration ceremony. Beyoncé to sing national anthem at Obama's inauguration 2013-01-09T15:50:47Z

These are people for whom Coldplay’s anthems — songs like “Clocks” and “Viva la Vida” — serve as release, for whom sympathetic rock songs like “Fix You” serve as stand-in for feeling. Music Review: Coldplay Unveils New Songs at the Beacon Theater 2014-05-06T21:32:31Z

Bose draws from the poetry of Rabindranath Tagore, the Nobel Prize-winning Bengali author whose lyrics were adapted for the national anthems of both India and Bangladesh. Review | In the galleries: Images in ‘Weather the Storm’ are both reassuring and ominous 2018-04-12T04:00:00Z

Patti LuPone did not do the angry anthem “The Ladies Who Lunch” — which she was to have sung in this season’s revival of “Company” — but the searching, tentative title number from “Anyone Can Whistle.” Review: For Sondheim’s 90th Birthday, a Collage of Aching Voices 2020-04-27T04:00:00Z

It’s named after the song he composed that closes the classic Python film, “Life of Brian,” and has since become an anthem of its own: commonly sung at soccer matches and funerals. For Eric Idle, Life’s a Laugh and Death’s a Joke, It’s True 2018-09-26T04:00:00Z

While is far from a pop punk album, it’s an effect that works well in the genre, offering a depth of sound that takes Sugar’s songs from ditties to powerful and memorable anthems. Sugar's Copper Blue Reissued: 20th Anniversary of Bob Mould's Groundbreaking Album 2012-07-24T14:00:09Z

Bruce Springsteen contributed an emotional “I Hung My Head,” a fitting response to Sting’s performance of the Jersey rocker’s 9/11 anthem “The Rising” when the Boss was an honoree. Kennedy Center rocks the honors roll to salute Sting, Green, Hanks, Tomlin, McBride

As the concert drew to a close, the aisles filled up with a chorus of young, black-clad Broadway performers joining to sing “Sunday,” the climactic anthem from “Sunday in the Park With George.” Music Review | 'Sondheim: The Birthday Concert': A Little Birthday Music for Sondheim 2010-03-16T19:50:00Z

Saturday Night Live mocked Vice President Mike Pence's walk-out of an Indianapolis Colts game last week after players kneeled during the national anthem. Alec Baldwin Returns as Trump on 'SNL' 2017-10-15T04:00:00Z

Likewise, One Direction's sensitive ballads and soft-rock anthems are pitched at teenage girls. Are One Direction really as wholesome as they appear? 2013-01-21T16:15:12Z

The resulting name has since become synonymous with the five-piece group’s energetic anthems like “Help Me Run Away,” replete with effervescent choruses and even livelier live performances. Pop & Rock Listings for Sept. 16-22 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z

In fact, all eyes are on Blake's 6ft 5in frame, particularly since Limit To Your Love, a cover of a song by Feist, went from underground anthem to the B-list at Radio 1. Blake's progress 2011-01-22T00:05:04Z

The crowd ended the memorial by surrounding the fountain and singing the “Les Misérables” anthem “Do You Hear the People Sing?” Mourning Kyle Jean-Baptiste, ‘Les Misérables’ Actor Who Plunged to His Death 2015-08-31T04:00:00Z

Not the soar of Amanda Gorman’s poem, or the thunderous power of Lady Gaga using a golden microphone to belt the national anthem. Perspective | American democracy finally passes the Bechdel test 2021-01-20T05:00:00Z

She was still faster than the average Super Bowl anthem of around two minutes. Guyton slows it down, ‘The Rock’ turns it up at Super Bowl 2022-02-13T05:00:00Z

Appearing on "Fox & Friends Weekend" on Sunday, D'Corey Johnson, just 9 years old, performed the national anthem before Sunday's races. Kentucky's D'Corey Johnson stuns with 'Star-Spangled Banner' before NASCAR's Daytona 500 2022-02-20T05:00:00Z

But new heartbreak anthems from “Rolling Up the Welcome Mat,” a spare, emotional EP she dropped in February, after she went through a high-profile divorce from the Australian country singer Morgan Evans, supercharged the show. Kelsea Ballerini Is Ready for Lift Off 2023-03-20T04:00:00Z

Atheist anthem “Eyeballs” questions “What happens when you die,” then answers, “No one knows, live your life ... get it right.” Art Vandelay album heavy and sometimes heavy-handed, too 2013-04-01T20:29:40Z

“I’m proud of who I am,” Kesha bellowed at the top of the second verse, the context transforming her testimony into a self-esteem anthem for kids who haven’t survived anything yet. Review | Everything feels heavy in 2017, even the Jingle Ball 2017-12-12T05:00:00Z

“I’ve always wanted to sing the national anthem at a major sporting event since I was a little girl,” she said. Watch Lady Gaga Perform the National Anthem at Super Bowl 50 2016-02-07T05:00:00Z

In 1987 she released the song “Barcelona”, an anthem to her native city, with Freddie Mercury, lead singer of British rock group Queen. Mourners bid farewell to legendary Spanish soprano Montserrat Caballe 2018-10-08T04:00:00Z

She told talk show host Jimmy Fallon the song was "a great anthem for people to use whenever somebody's trying to hold you down or bully you." Taylor Swift returns to streaming as rival Katy Perry releases album 2017-06-09T04:00:00Z

The piece joins a substantial catalog of crooked anthems in Ms. Bley’s repertory, but it also suggests some new approaches. Carla Bley, Still Improvising and Inspiring as She Turns 80 2016-05-10T04:00:00Z

Take That's big, booming anthems are just gibberish There comes a time in every boyband's life when they must put away childish things. Have Take That mastered the art of meaningless epic pop? 2010-12-03T12:51:00Z

The R&B duo Chloe x Halle, who will release their sophomore album “Ungodly Hour” on Friday, posted a cover of the classic civil rights anthem and protest song “We Shall Overcome” to Instagram. Music industry calls for Black Out Tuesday amid unrest 2020-06-01T04:00:00Z

But nothing says success like being ripped off, and no less than Taylor Swift stands accused of having copied 2NE1’s monster hit “Come Back Home” for her own revenge anthem “Bad Blood.” K-pop: Holding up a fast, fizzy funhouse mirror to American cultural imperialism 2015-08-18T04:00:00Z

It is impossible to make it through a night of karaoke without hearing someone grasp for the high notes of her quintessential kiss-off anthem, “Since U Been Gone.” Kelly Clarkson Is Nobody’s Puppet 2017-10-19T04:00:00Z

Memories of suburbia, questions of integrity, thoughts on time passing and portents of decline fill the ambivalent anthems on Arcade Fire’s third album. The Year in Culture: 2010 Anthems: From a Kiss-Off to Jolts of Hope 2010-12-16T19:28:05Z

Black Flag, The Circle Jerks, and other bands your parents have never heard of perform mosh pit-sparking anthems and show off their living conditions like a grungy proto-version of "MTV Cribs." 25 great rockumentaries every music (and movie) fan should see 2021-10-16T04:00:00Z

It's a rap-pop anthem, with classic World Cup themes -– unity, strength, perseverance –- sung mostly in English and Spanish, over production with a smattering of Latin touches. Brazilians cold on Pitbull's World Cup theme, 'We Are One' 2014-05-17T04:00:00Z

The period arrangements of modern songs, like the Eurythmics’ “Love Is a Stranger” and Blondie’s “Heart of Glass,” give these anthems a clumping momentum that might be described as disco polka. Review: In ‘Love Und Greed,’ Mad Jenny Doffs Her Hat to the Have-Nots 2016-04-05T04:00:00Z

If moviegoers thought of Gore in the ’90s it would have been for the prominent placing in the hit comedy First Wives Club of “You Don’t Own Me,” its anthem status undiminished. Remembering Lesley Gore, a '60s Queen of Teen Angst 2015-02-17T05:00:00Z

Mr. Mehta all but bounded to the Carnegie podium, in a program sponsored by the American Friends of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, to lead “The Star-Spangled Banner” and the Israeli anthem “Hatikva.” Review: Zubin Mehta Leads Israel Philharmonic in ‘Resurrection’ 2015-11-06T05:00:00Z

But the plaintive wish of “When I Grow Up” will linger in your ears, as will the uppercuts of the kids’ resistance anthem, “Revolting Children” — a number that aptly captures this production’s crisp, jabbing style. Review | The revolting children have comic bite in ‘Matilda the Musical’ 2019-07-01T04:00:00Z

Her work on Clotho, fearful anthem to ruthless Fate, exhausts her mental state completely”; “In his work of sacrifice, the sculptor wins the eternal life of an artist, bound with his muse for eternity.” Dance Review: Eifman Ballet of St. Petersburg at City Center 2012-03-11T21:20:48Z

A baseball fan since childhood, he hired a 40-piece band and eight background singers to record the national anthem as a gift for the Yankees in 1963. Jerry Vale, Crooned Smoothly of Love, Is Dead at 83 2014-05-19T04:00:00Z

And the slide is part of a trend that predates the recent widespread controversy over the national anthem and associated protests. The NFL Should Thank Trump for Finally Shaking Up Monday Night Football 2017-09-26T04:00:00Z

Common has already lighted up the awards season with his powerful perseverance anthem "Glory." Grammys 2015: Common's' 'Nobody's Smiling' deserves rap album honor 2015-02-03T05:00:00Z

Yet it was with her disco anthems that she would have the most impact in music, and it's how she was remembered Thursday as news spread of her death at age 63. Disco Queen Donna Summer endured after era faded 2012-05-18T10:35:09Z

What is absent from “This Is Country Music” is a big risk, like the one Mr. Paisley took with “Welcome to the Future,” the arena rock-style anthem that celebrated Barack Obama’s election. Arts & Leisure: Brad Paisley?s Country Underground 2011-05-14T04:00:07Z

Rant that the national anthem and the first pitch were done by men. Rant & Rave: Enough intrusive questions 2014-08-17T04:00:00Z

It sounds like the setup for a joke: An eminent composer and pianist walks into a fish market and starts to play a Chilean protest anthem. The Composer Frederic Rzewski: In His Notes, Protest and Politics 2016-05-05T04:00:00Z

And everybody went “awww” all over again, before Sunny was taken into the arms of an equally fetching little girl who then delivered a tuneful anthem of optimism. Theater Review: ‘Annie,’ Starring Katie Finneran, at the Palace Theater 2012-11-09T03:37:23Z

Dense and stately, with strands of melody filling every chink in the inner voices, it is anthem as hymn. New York Philharmonic’s Fourth of July Celebration 2014-07-06T04:00:00Z

Break the news gently to your children by reminding them that the film’s power anthem, “Into the Unknown,” made it into the best-song lineup, at least. Oscar Snubs and Surprises: Jennifer Lopez, ‘Frozen II,’ Female Directors 2020-01-13T05:00:00Z

Or his replacing the White Stripes' aggressive "Icky Thump" with Nick Cave's pensive hymn "There Is a Kingdom" as Aquaman's introductory anthem. Oh the humanity! "Zack Snyder's Justice League" wasn't necessary, but it brought what Whedon lacked 2021-03-23T04:00:00Z

“This is an anthem for the individual,” K. D. Lang said on Thursday night at Le Poisson Rouge, by way of introducing “Sing It Loud,” the title track of her new album. Music Review: Heaven, Love and Water, but No Dreaming 2011-04-15T23:00:12Z

The tune was a Nazi party favorite and the anthem of the European Union and of Rhodesia before it became Zimbabwe. War Machines (With Gymnasts) 2011-05-13T21:23:27Z

Mr. Colbert’s broadcast opened with a performance of France’s national anthem, “La Marseillaise,” performed by his house band, Jon Batiste and Stay Human. Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Fallon and Other Late-Night Hosts Respond to the Paris Attacks 2015-11-17T05:00:00Z

Soon after quarantined Italians took to their balconies to sing the national anthem in unison, people made memes replacing the anthem with American pop songs. The Unending Anxiety of Coronavirus Content 2020-03-18T04:00:00Z

It is a rousing anthem but, as French speakers can attest, hardly a song of peace. After Paris Attacks, ‘La Marseillaise’ Echoes Around the World in Solidarity 2015-11-16T05:00:00Z

He found the humor in Lancelot’s self-aggrandizing anthem “C’est Moi,” in which that preening knight describes himself as “a French Prometheus unbound.” Music Review: Operatic Slugger Drives Some Pop 2011-04-03T21:11:49Z

Tokyo is a place of pulsing clubs, steep-roofed temples, narrow lanes packed with smoky restaurants where meat sizzles on grills and karaoke pubs whose yowled anthems spill into the streets. Trip Tips: In search of lost time in high-speed Tokyo 2014-12-01T05:00:00Z

In fact, despite crises, fatherhood and being in their late 30s, Blink's audience are still largely adolescent, in thrall to insanely catchy pop-punk anthems and juvenile toilet humour. Blink-182 – review 2012-06-17T16:49:01Z

But after Cocker got his hands on it, it was a rousing, primal, tortured anthem. Joe Cocker: Remembering rock's 'mad dog' 2014-12-22T05:00:00Z

And would the U.S. president himself, currently embroiled in a row over American football players kneeling during the playing of the national anthem in protest, approve of the show? 'Hair' gets a little new styling for the age of Trump 2017-10-11T04:00:00Z

The title track became a smash hit and a feminist anthem. Disco Queen Donna Summer dies at 63 2012-05-17T23:47:03Z

They greeted our fair city with “Shattered,” that eternal anthem of New York squalor and survival. The Rolling Stones Played Old! They Played New! 2023-10-24T04:00:00Z

“Treats,” with its party-ready anthems and simplistic lyrics, was “like a denial record,” Mr. Miller said. Music: The Indie Band Sleigh Bells? New Album, ?Reign of Terror? 2012-02-14T12:00:01Z

I didn’t really think about my last record while going into this record, but I did know that I had a few good women anthems, and I have even more now too. Meghan Trainor on Why New Song 'No' Sounds Nothing Like Her 2016-03-04T05:00:00Z

The French national anthem, “La Marseillaise,” can resonate differently in an on-screen Moroccan setting. In ‘Little Birds,’ Anaïs Nin Erotica Gets a Revolutionary New Context 2021-06-04T04:00:00Z

Carry On manages to combine a teenage pop anthem with the maturity of Big Apple elders Paul Simon and Billy Joel, and hurls in a big choir and Slash-type wailing solo for good measure. Fun: Some Nights – review 2012-05-24T20:30:01Z

Photograph: Koen Van Weel/EPA A pop ballad composed for the Netherlands' new king has been withdrawn as the official anthem following ridicule and outcry by thousands of Dutch citizens. Dutch music lovers lead revolt against song to serenade new king 2013-04-22T11:40:15Z

"It's the anthem for my city," she said during last week's 'Idol' show. 'Idol' finalist connects with struggling hometown 2010-05-26T15:54:00Z

Susanna” to Woody Guthrie’s “This Land Is Your Land,” concluding with a rewritten version of the British national anthem “God Save the Queen.” Summer Arts Preview: This Season's Must-See Films, Shows, Art and More 2012-06-04T10:45:16Z

But it was actually a song transformed — throwing off associations with the far right to become an anthem of unity and hope. The Twists and Turns of ‘La Marseillaise’ 2016-12-13T05:00:00Z

The surprise performance by Obama came at the end of the playlist when the blues ensemble was singing "Sweet Home Chicago," the blues anthem of Obama's home town. Obama joins Jagger, B.B. King, to belt out blues 2012-02-22T13:28:08Z

And now, a future full of promising party-rap club anthems beckons. Florence + the Machine’s Conflicted Coronation, and 12 More New Songs 2022-02-25T05:00:00Z

In 1967, in a single evening, in a room with red velvet wallpaper and matching drapes, King and Goffin composed a soaring anthem, a song of passion and fulfillment. Carole King’s musical odyssey 2015-12-01T05:00:00Z

Celebrating the Fourth of July just got a little better, thanks to Canadian singer-songwriter Neil Young and his new Independence Day anthem, “Children of Destiny.” Neil Young drops the political, anthemic “Children of Destiny” for the 4th of July 2017-07-03T04:00:00Z

Lulu also gets the show’s best song, a barnburner of a feminist anthem called “Independently Owned.” Review: In ‘Shucked,’ a Glut of Gleeful Puns and ‘Cornography’ 2023-04-04T04:00:00Z

And last month, her caterwauling 1973 anthem “Woman Power” re-emerged on Billboard’s dance club charts, remixed for a new generation as a thumping dance track. Finding Yoko Ono’s New York 2015-05-07T04:00:00Z

He is currently recording new material with Years & Years, inspired by the ’80s dance anthems of the “It’s a Sin” soundtrack and beyond: Donna Summer, New Order, Pet Shop Boys. Olly Alexander Is Done With Shame 2021-02-19T05:00:00Z

Frey picked it up, turning “Take It Easy” into a joyous anthem of youthful searching. Don Henley says the Eagles are done. It was always Glenn Frey’s band. 2016-11-28T05:00:00Z

The platinum-selling group, performed the Canadian anthem “O Canada” before the MLB All-Star Game in San Diego on Tuesday, but a portion of it was altered to express support for the “All Lives Matter” sentiment. The Tenors Apologize for Altering Canadian Anthem 2016-07-13T04:00:00Z

It was the sort of big-tent anthem meant for group singalong, a throwback to an outmoded idea of what activist music might mean. Global Citizen Festival Brings Stars to Central Park 2014-09-28T04:00:00Z

“I never stood for the national anthem,” Schoolboy Q offered. How Schoolboy Q took it slow and had one of the best years in rap 2017-01-01T05:00:00Z

After that it was time for our national anthem. Grammys 2015: Transcript of Bob Dylan's MusiCares Person of Year speech 2015-02-07T05:00:00Z

The Pennsylvania native Pink will sing the national anthem. What’s on TV Sunday: Super Bowl, Puppy Bowl, Kitten Bowl 2018-02-04T05:00:00Z

Bassist Cavan McCarthy, who turned 20 the day before, is a classic ambler, infusing even big rock anthem The Sea with a lolloping ease. Swim Deep – review 2013-03-01T14:31:07Z

But, too often, arguments about the anthem center on critiques of Key. Colin Kaepernick and the Radical Uses of “The Star-Spangled Banner” 2016-08-29T04:00:00Z

Later, Team GB were afforded the most dignified and electrifying entrance possible accompanied by David Bowie's Heroes – a record that resonated like a national anthem beamed from an alternate universe. Underworld's brief to 'frighten people' at the London 2012 opening ceremony 2012-08-02T19:00:09Z

Best of a so-so crop is the Gregory Brothers' number, DJ Play My Song, a spoof dancefloor anthem in which a DJ finds a gyrating diva's attentions increasingly unwelcome. YouTube Comedy Week, day four: Crabstickz, the Gregory Brothers and Psy 2013-05-23T12:09:06Z

But Seeger wasn’t just prolific: He used his music to support a litany of political causes and movements, becoming known as a thoughtful and thought-provoking writer and performer of left-wing political anthems. Songs of Peace and Protest: 6 Essential Cuts From Pete Seeger 2014-01-28T15:01:48Z

The right to show your disappointment at systemic racism in the United States by not standing during the national anthem? Welcome to your local NFL stadium: Home of the sensitive and easily offended 2016-09-10T04:00:00Z

The best song of the evening had an almost opposite message — "Stupid Hoe," a frantic dance anthem about cutting women down for their physical appearance, among other qualities. Nicki Minaj juggles uplift and fire at the Paramount 2012-08-12T19:01:05Z

There will be some sort of anthem/coronation song. Previewing final week for 'American Idol': Weak season could use strong ending 2010-05-22T20:31:00Z

The album’s finale is “Mouth Guards of the Apocalypse,” a shimmering instrumental anthem at beginning and end, sandwiching a burst of despair from Mr. Drew: Broken Social Scene Pits Creativity Against Collapse on ‘Hug of Thunder’ 2017-07-05T04:00:00Z

Vladyslav Buialskyi stood center stage at the Metropolitan Opera, his hand on his heart, and sang the national anthem of his country, Ukraine. Review: With Anthems and Flags, the Met Opera Plays for Ukraine 2022-03-15T04:00:00Z

Mr. De Shields, who played the title role in “The Wiz,” sang its uplifting anthem, “Believe in Yourself,” as he swirled around the stage in a flamboyant red-and-white costume with cape. Honoring a Century of African-American Work on Broadway 2014-06-24T04:00:00Z

With a bitterly comic/realistic outlook and an anthem chorus, it taps into the strength it takes to wake up and live another day in hell. Dutchess and the Duke breaks up, plays final concert 11/26 at Tractor Tavern 2010-10-06T17:13:00Z

Fans seemed to understand the song as a romantic anthem. The Cute Little Devices Are Watching You 2020-05-05T04:00:00Z

From there, it launches into their rock anthem, titled What About Men?, during which they ask that question ad nauseam, flanked by other white men. Portlandia takes on men's rights movement with new music video 2016-10-07T04:00:00Z

On Monday, when the Met hosts a concert in support of Ukraine, he will be featured in a rendition of its national anthem. On a Stage 5,000 Miles Away, He Sings for His Family in Ukraine 2022-03-13T05:00:00Z

The "Recovery" campaign instead begins with a vivid kiss-off whose bloodlines easily trace back to "Lose Yourself," Em's Academy Award-winning "8 Mile" anthem. Billboard singles reviews: Eminem, Ozzy Osbourne 2010-05-14T23:56:00Z

The song has become the anthem of protests that have swept through Iran in recent months, evoking grief, anger, hope and a yearning for change. ‘Baraye,’ the Anthem of Iran’s Protest Movement, Wins a Grammy 2023-02-05T05:00:00Z

“Diamonds” feels out of place sonically, but it’s the closest thing the album has to an anthem. REVIEW: Common Speaks to Chicago on New Album Nobody's Smiling 2014-07-26T04:00:00Z

It’s the voice of a hipster chronically ditching school, and then growing up to belt survival anthems with one-of-a-kind “a” and “o” vowel slurs. Perspective | Are jukebox musicals like ‘The Cher Show’ dumbing down Broadway, or just giving us what we want? 2019-02-20T05:00:00Z

"The entire performance was live except for the national anthem," Sergeant duBois said. ArtsBeat: Marine Band Confirms Beyoncé Inauguration Performance Was Pre-Recorded 2013-01-22T18:24:38Z

Specifics aside, there does seem to be interest in establishing a go-go anthem for D.C. If D.C. makes go-go its official music, what would its official song be? 2019-11-08T05:00:00Z

As Nirvana titled their slacker anthem, “Smells Like Teen Spirit” — and pretty age-appropriate, if you ask me. Social Q?s: Social Q?s 2010-07-01T23:16:00Z

Sure, those who were heavy into it would eventually find their anthems, like “Brass Goggles” by Steam Powered Giraffe or “Steampunk Revolution” by Abney Park. How Steampunk Became a Stylish Protest to the Digital Age 2018-05-14T04:00:00Z

To Soviet leaders, the Ninth sounded like a Communist anthem; during the Cultural Revolution, it was one of the few Western works of music not banned in China. At G-20, Beethoven Sends a Mixed Message to Trump 2017-07-09T04:00:00Z

Yet when she rasps out the anthem “Before the Parade Passes By,” you hear her voice as that of a nightingale. Review: ‘Hello, Dolly!’ Is Bright, Brassy and All Bette 2017-04-20T04:00:00Z

Inside, a young man was singing the national anthem to a small, milling crowd. The Republican Party’s Unrequited Love of Rock Music 2016-07-20T04:00:00Z

He didn’t have to teach the chorus Ukraine’s anthem, which they also sang before Verdi’s “Don Carlos” on Feb. 28, the night Buialsky made his Met debut as a Flemish Deputy. Metropolitan Opera holds special benefit concert for Ukraine 2022-03-14T04:00:00Z

On “The Daily Show” Monday, Trevor Noah responded to President Trump’s condemnation of N.F.L. players who protest racial inequality by kneeling for the national anthem. Trevor Noah Sticks Up for N.F.L. Players in War of Words with Trump 2017-09-26T04:00:00Z

And “That’s Entertainment” has become a showbiz anthem, including the immortal couplet that reprises the plot of Hamlet in a dozen succinct words: “Where the ghost and the prince meet / And everyone ends in mincemeat.” Review: Musical Triplets: 'The Band Wagon' Times Three 2014-11-16T05:00:00Z

A version of "The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll" turned the political anthem into a rollicking, gospel song. Bob Dylan Is Animated At KeyArena Concert 2012-10-14T17:56:02Z

She’d been posting songs to TikTok for a few months at that point, including brassy, clever, uproarious feminist country anthems like “Thick Thighs” and “PMS.” Priscilla Block Wants Country Music to Sparkle 2022-02-10T05:00:00Z

Wiz Khalifa's a fixture on mainstream rap radio these days with "Black and Yellow," a tough yet sing-song anthem with a chorus nodding to the colors of the Pittsburgh Pirates baseball team. Concert preview: Wiz Khalifa and Yelawolf at Showbox SoDo 10/15/10 2010-10-14T20:13:00Z

The finale, rightly and inevitably, was “We Shall Overcome,” the spiritual that Mr. Seeger disseminated to become a civil rights anthem. Musicians Join in a Seeger Tribute at Lincoln Center 2014-07-21T04:00:00Z

And I said, “Well, you know, I haven’t sung for a number of years. And the national anthem is not an easy song to sing. I’m not sure I can pull it off.” He Quit Singing Because of Body Shaming. Now He’s Making a Comeback. 2023-01-23T05:00:00Z

Some of these anthems are very pretty, with richly layered vocal and orchestral harmonies. Theater Review: ‘Giant,’ With Brian D’Arcy James, at the Public Theater 2012-11-16T03:00:12Z

Beyonce's sixth solo album "Lemonade," which contains the single "Formation," was viewed as a power anthem to race and feminism. Amy Schumer defends her 'Formation' video, says Beyonce approved it 2016-10-28T04:00:00Z

It can be difficult for pop artists to break the mold of what made them successful — in Styles' case, a mix of upbeat pop bangers, heartfelt anthems and flashy rockers. How Harry Styles became an even bigger star – and the one we needed the most – in 2022 2022-12-26T05:00:00Z

Fans of mellow rap rejoice: Seattle-centric crew The Physics has made your summer anthem with "Seward Park," a highlight of their second album "Love is a Business." Review roundup: five local, late-summer albums of note 2011-08-19T19:01:15Z

The Clark Atlanta University Philharmonic Society Choir will perform “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” often referred to as the Black national anthem. Knight, Cara, HBCU bands among NBA All-Star Game performers 2021-02-23T05:00:00Z

Perry, who rose to superstardom after her first hit, "I Kissed a Girl," which became an anthem of young desire in 2008, is one of the most successful pop stars in recent history. Katy Perry to play Super Bowl halftime show? 2014-10-10T04:00:00Z

A Broadway star who crossed over into pop culture fame with the megahit “Frozen” anthem, “Let it Go,” Ms. Menzel will tour with her latest Broadway show, “If/Then,” beginning this fall. Idina Menzel to Tour in 'If/Then' 2015-05-08T04:00:00Z

That confidence lets Clarkson play joyfully in this collection of soulful anthems mixed with rollicking empowerment pop. Kelly Clarkson Delivers Soul and Sass to 'Meaning of Life' 0002-11-29T05:00:00Z

Before the match, The Iron Sheik proudly waved the Iranian flag, while Volkoff gave a throaty rendition of the Soviet national anthem. See the Greatest Pro Wrestling Entrance Ever 2015-03-29T04:00:00Z

Woody Guthrie painted “This Machine Kills Fascists” on his guitar and sang folk anthems about rights and justice. The Music Itself Is a Form of Protest 2015-04-21T04:00:00Z

Meat Loaf struck a nerve with me — with millions of others, it turned out — because here was teenage angst given serious attention and empathy, given powerful anthems, given belief. Meat Loaf taught me it's OK to have big dreams 2022-01-22T05:00:00Z

This show celebrates her 25th studio album, “Closer to the Truth,” as well as the infinite potential within an evening of sparkling headdresses and feisty disco-pop empowerment anthems. Pop/Rock Listings for Sept. 12-18 2014-09-11T04:00:00Z

Community members prepare and serve soup joumou, along with pâté baked in flaky puff pastry, and sing the Haitian national anthem. With a Fortifying Soup, Haitians Share Their Pride in Independence 2020-12-29T05:00:00Z

He said it had started out as "a bit of a joke", but the song – from the band's 2005 album Achtung Bono – has now become an unofficial anthem of the station. Campaign to save 6 Music takes the Biscuit 2010-04-07T14:41:00Z

The band builds anthems around theological musings, even as it rejects religious dogma. Critics? Choice: Brooding Now Laced With Hope 2011-05-30T21:33:36Z

Then he switched direction for a reasonable stab at covering Fever, and his singalong drug anthem, Sugar Man. Rodriguez – review 2012-11-19T17:57:43Z

As for Rage Against the Machine, they wrote undeniably intoxicating rock anthems throughout the 1990s but were rarely taken as seriously as they took themselves. Prophets of Rage and the trouble with fighting today’s wars using yesterday’s weapons 2016-08-20T04:00:00Z

Canonical anthems such as Julia Ward Howe’s “The Battle Hymn of the Republic” are filed alongside such modern compositions as Aaron Copland’s “Fanfare for the Common Man.” Perspective | A song doesn’t have to scream U!S!A! to be patriotic. Just ask the NFL. 2020-09-02T04:00:00Z

“It’s a very complex story,” he said, of his country’s anthem. “Deutschland über Alles” and “America First,” in Song 2017-02-18T05:00:00Z

But the debate ended when President Hoover signed the bill into law, and "The Star-Spangled Banner" has remained the national anthem ever since. How 'The Star-Spangled Banner,' racist or not, became our national anthem 2016-09-06T04:00:00Z

In a country where schoolchildren salute the flag before lessons and sports fans stand for the national anthem before football matches, tracks like Hang On In There are powerfully charged. John Legend and the Roots: hearts, minds and soul 2010-10-19T21:00:00Z

Havens's improvised version of the gospel song Motherless Child evolved into Freedom at Woodstock and became an anthem of the 1960s hippy generation. Richie Havens dies aged 72 2013-04-22T22:21:35Z

A few years later she appropriated another Sondheim number as her own, his rousing anthem to show-business survival, “I’m Still Here.” Elaine Stritch: How to Be a Broadway Diva 2014-07-17T04:00:00Z

At the lower end is a thunderous growl, at once heroic and ominous, that transforms his signature song, “The Impossible Dream,” from sentimental kitsch to an anthem of demonic obsession. Music Review: Brian Stokes Mitchell?s Broadway Songbook at Town Hall 2010-04-18T22:13:00Z

But she saps the anxiety from "Another Hundred People," a penetrating anthem to New Yorkers and their struggle to connect. Theater review: 'Company' 2011-04-08T20:40:13Z

If the anthem is played without the flag displayed, those present "should face toward the music and act in the same manner they would if the flag were displayed there." How 'The Star-Spangled Banner,' racist or not, became our national anthem 2016-09-06T04:00:00Z

While it is billed as a live album, "Mirrorball" slips in three new studio songs: "Undefeated," which Elliott called a "classic arena rock anthem," "It's All About Believin'" and "Kings of the World." Def Leppard has eye on legacy with live album and tour 2011-03-06T19:27:02Z

“It’s always nerve-wracking to sing the national anthem,” he explains. Country star Scotty McCreery knows pressure NFL players face 2021-09-13T04:00:00Z

It’s an electric sitar-laden payback anthem in the shape of a ersatz thriller — soulful, but only by component. Review | St. Vincent gets trapped in ’70s revivalism on ‘Daddy’s Home’ 2021-05-19T04:00:00Z

“Donatella” could have been a solid body image anthem, one that announces in the pop radio format that it’s okay to be imperfect in your body, in your clothes, and with your money. Lady Gaga’s New ARTPOP Doesn’t Always Live Up to Title 2013-11-11T17:12:01Z

Other popular tattoos include the phrase "May I be your humble servant in all my lives" and lyrics from the royal anthem. Thais turn to tattoos to remember late King Bhumibol 2016-10-18T04:00:00Z

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

It was an audio tattoo rivaled only by the Saints football team's " Who Dat " for downtown anthem status. Field trip to New Orleans 2010-10-25T21:03:00Z

After the attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon on September 11, 2001, for example, the playing of the national anthem symbolized standing up to terrorism. Perspective | The national anthem reminds us how much Americans need to work together 2021-02-17T05:00:00Z

“We Are Alive” evoked Johnny Cash, and Curtis Mayfield’s civil-rights anthem “People Get Ready” echoed through “My City of Ruins” and “Land of Hope and Dreams.” Concert review: Bruce Springsteen at Wrigley Field 2012-09-08T12:25:00Z

“Respect” became an anthem for us, because it seemed like an anthem for her. Aretha Franklin Had Power. Did We Truly Respect It? 2018-08-16T04:00:00Z

"Glory" recently won the original song Golden Globe and is already becoming an anthem of sorts for equal rights protesters in the wake of the recent killings of unarmed black men by police. For John Legend, love and social protest make for an 'interesting mix' 2015-02-03T05:00:00Z

Einstein recorded several Hebrew language songs regarded as Israeli anthems, bringing together folk and more modern pop music. Israeli singer Einstein dies aged 74 2013-11-27T09:45:22Z

Nearing the end, Mr. Glasper shifted seamlessly into “You Got Me,” the neo-soul anthem by the Roots, and “Blue in Green,” by Miles Davis and Bill Evans. Review: The Robert Glasper Trio Presents Moody Covers at the Village Vanguard 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z

Each team handles the booking of the anthem singers differently. O Say, Can You Sing at the Ballpark? It’s a Tough Song 2013-07-04T00:02:52Z

Bieber’s “Purpose” is full of apology anthems, none of which seem remotely sincere. Justin Bieber regroups as One Direction fades away 2015-11-12T05:00:00Z

I also thought this was in some ways self-inflicted; playing the anthem before every trivial game had bred this indifference and disrespect. I stood up for the national anthem by sitting down for it 2016-08-30T04:00:00Z

Even during anthems, dances and elegies, Borodin tapped into depths of sadness that seem part of the Russian culture and heritage. Music Review: A New Vision for ‘Prince Igor’ at the Met 2014-02-07T11:38:03Z

For one lone woman, the gentle waltz of Gaye’s account of “My Funny Valentine” becomes an anthem of melancholy introspection but also hard-won independence.  “What’s Going On”: Dance tribute to Marvin Gaye offers comfort and defiance 2016-11-13T05:00:00Z

A country rife with deranged dissenters marching to the beat, as the musical declares, of “another national anthem.” Perspective | In words and music, New York theaters take aim at an America at war with itself 2021-11-14T05:00:00Z

Only this version of the national anthem is a bit different: it's by Neil Young, guitars raging. Neil Young and Crazy Horse – Americana: album stream 2012-05-29T10:23:00Z

As a substitute, and with the support of a small choir, he performed an anthem of redemption and resuscitation he wrote for his musical hometown of Asbury Park — “My City of Ruins.” Springsteen’s “Rising”: How Bruce reclaimed his role as a vital voice for America 2017-07-30T04:00:00Z

On cello he fashioned equally imaginative elaborations on themes from Bizet’s “Carmen” and ended with a reeling reinvention of “Bring Me to Life,” a bombastic emo-metal anthem by the rock band Evanescence. Music Review: The Here and Now Series at Bargemusic - Review 2011-09-04T23:02:52Z

Queen hit the big time in 1975 with its fourth album, A Night at the Opera, which included the Mercury-composed anthem Bohemian Rhapsody. Sacha Baron Cohen to play Freddie Mercury in Queen film 2010-09-17T11:41:00Z

Clear-eyed, self-reliant, and never ruffled, BbyMutha translates her best qualities into anthems that make you want to walk a little taller and, perhaps, raise your middle fingers a little higher, too. Eight Albums That Defined 2018 for Me 2018-12-20T05:00:00Z

Sperry was commissioned to compose an anthem that will be sung at the end of each of the festival’s concerts. Acclaimed composer Morten Lauridsen comes home to the Pacific Northwest, as Seattle Sings Choral Festival pays tribute 2019-10-01T04:00:00Z

They also wrote the civil rights anthem "People Got to Be Free" after the 1968 assassinations of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy. ArtsBeat: Rascals to Reunite for Three Shows 2012-09-25T21:24:09Z

The performances weren't without glitches - she botched a line in the national anthem and took a spill on the Grammys stage. Christina Aguilera, ex finalize divorce in LA 2011-02-15T03:09:08Z

So is Hart enjoying the group's massive, multiplatinum anthem about buying used clothes? With 'SNL' gig, Kevin Hart continues to rise 2013-02-28T18:15:12Z

But McKenzie sang it and it has stood as an anthem for the 1960s counterculture movement. Scott McKenzie, singer of 'San Francisco,' dies 2012-08-20T11:46:04Z

Click here to view"I want to do the music I want to do," says Hoff, who has moved lately from rock anthems to show tunes. David Hasselhoff: 'If we have to go with the Hoff to pay the rent, let's go with the Hoff' 2012-08-05T19:00:01Z

The songs by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul include the iconic anthem “You Will Be Found,” “Waving Through a Window,” “For Forever” and “Words Fail,” but some didn’t make the transfer to film. ‘Dear Evan Hansen’ filmmakers refine a hit Broadway musical 2021-09-21T04:00:00Z

In Mr. Batiste’s hands, the national anthem seethes, mourns and aspires, drawing on the rollicking stride piano of Fats Waller and the volcanic eruptions of Art Tatum. Jazz Is Built for Protests. Jon Batiste Is Taking It to the Streets. 2020-06-24T04:00:00Z

By that point, the tradition of standing for the anthem—the one that Kaepernick powerfully opposed—had emerged. Colin Kaepernick and the Radical Uses of “The Star-Spangled Banner” 2016-08-29T04:00:00Z

In the meantime, out come more of those old signature anthems, and the bellowing starts again. Alanis Morissette – review 2012-06-28T17:09:37Z

Ms. Awad’s emphatic rendition of “Fragile” lent it the immediacy of a peace anthem. Music Review: Mira Awad at the Metropolitan Room 2013-06-05T21:59:30Z

Donna Summer explored this too but on a larger scale and with a bigger beat – she became a superstar and it became an anthem, especially in gay clubs like Heaven in London. From Donna Summer to Derek Jarman: gay stars reveal the artworks that changed their lives 2017-07-21T04:00:00Z

Presidential daughter Caroline Kennedy was the inspiration for "Sweet Caroline," now a Boston Red Sox anthem. Dr John, Darlene Love, Neil Diamond inducted into Rock Hall of Fame 2011-03-15T13:07:00Z

It later became the anthem for Bill Clinton’s presidential campaign. Former Fleetwood Mac Member Bob Welch Found Dead 2012-06-07T23:20:05Z

The 74-year-old producer and songwriter is most famous for his 1970s disco anthems with Donna Summer. Giorgio Moroder records with Britney 2014-11-18T05:00:00Z

On Sunday, the Killers briefly covered Side by Travis, another unofficial national anthem. T in the Park – review 2013-07-15T17:10:14Z

The album was funded by MGM Resorts International and its songs are intended to function as wedding anthems for same-sex couples. Bob Dylan Sings About Gay Love 2018-04-05T04:00:00Z

Kaepernick helped start a wave of protests by kneeling during the national anthem to raise awareness to police brutality, racial inequality and other social issues. Cardi B declined Super Bowl halftime with ‘mixed feelings’ 2019-02-01T05:00:00Z

Perry, 33, described her 2017 single, “Swish Swish,” as “a great anthem for people to use whenever somebody’s trying to hold you down or bully you.” Katy Perry and Taylor Swift put end to their bad blood 2018-05-08T04:00:00Z

Producers shoved the World Cup anthem down our throats. 10 pressing observations on the 2014 Billboard Music Awards 2014-05-19T04:00:00Z

His father, Maurice, was a music publisher whose catalog included the 1890s anthem “The Sidewalks of New York,” which furnished the family with a handsome annuity until it entered the public domain. Howie Richmond, Music Publisher, Dies at 94 2012-05-28T23:28:41Z

But it did something even better: Offer a critique of white suburbanites who co-opt hip-hop culture while simultaneously becoming a nerd anthem. The Internet Should Have Killed Weird Al. It Only Made Him Stronger 2014-07-21T04:00:00Z

Protests of the anthem have also come in a variety of forms. How 'The Star-Spangled Banner,' racist or not, became our national anthem 2016-09-06T04:00:00Z

Guthrie appreciates the irony of an anti-authority anthem making a list issued by the government. Tony Bennett, Fleetwood Mac and Run-DMC preserved for the ages at Library of Congress 2018-03-20T04:00:00Z

Robert Burns Jr., the founding drummer of Lynyrd Skynyrd, the Southern rock band known for the power ballad “Free Bird” and the anthem “Sweet Home Alabama,” died on Friday in an automobile crash in Georgia. Robert Burns Jr., First Lynyrd Skynyrd Drummer, Dies at 64 2015-04-04T04:00:00Z

Ragged, grungey anthems like Someday I Will Treat You Good are moments of glorious release, but many of the other songs are slow, restrained and very sad, with Linkous' vocals reduced to a half-whispered croon. My favourite album: Vivadixiesubmarinetransmissionplot by Sparklehorse 2011-08-22T10:54:28Z

A story of medals, smiles and national anthems playing. Perspective | Olympics athletes show how to be resilient. They fall, get up and try again. 2018-02-28T05:00:00Z

Regardless of whether Mr. Kurlansky has exaggerated the importance of one song as “the” anthem for so much history and change, he ends his book with a fascinating look at the song’s legacy. Books of The Times: ‘Ready for a Brand New Beat’ Looks at a Martha Reeves Oldie 2013-07-04T22:52:12Z

But there she goes, straining at the task on “Let Freedom Reign,” the titular anthem of her third album on Def Jam. Playlist: Straightening Out, Rapping and Leading a Band 2010-12-10T20:18:00Z

The anthem unashamedly praises a body type that seldom appeared on billboards, in movies or on catwalks, and it treats pop culture’s historic sidelining and pigeonholing of people of color for what they are — racist. We cannot lie: The cultural significance of Sir-Mix-a-Lot’s ‘Baby Got Back’ 2017-05-03T04:00:00Z

Victims and opponents of apartheid there especially admired his anthems of struggle. Malik Bendjelloul, 36, Dies; Directed ‘Sugar Man’ Movie 2014-05-13T04:00:00Z

His song "I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free," became an anthem for the civil rights movement. Jazz musician Billy Taylor dies at 89 2010-12-29T22:09:02Z

The kicker comes on the following tune, “Country Nation,” an anthem of blue collar solidarity and a show of aw-shucks dominion. New Releases From Brad Paisley and Ty Segall 2014-08-25T04:00:00Z

I’m looking forward to hearing the show’s anthem, “Rise Above,” and its best song, “Boy Falls From the Sky.” Times Writers Share Last Chance Theater Picks 2013-12-26T21:06:11Z

With the title track, they created a marvellous anomaly: a club anthem about enduring monogamy. Mercury prize 2010: A dozen of the best 2010-07-17T23:05:00Z

On songs like “Times Like These,” the 2003 hit that has become an anthem of perseverance and renewal, Mr. Hawkins is a hard-driving force, punctuating the verses with rat-a-tat fills. Taylor Hawkins, Foo Fighters’ Drummer, Dies at 50 2022-03-25T04:00:00Z

I understand that some people object to the national anthem. Perspective | The national anthem reminds us how much Americans need to work together 2021-02-17T05:00:00Z

The winning anthems will be recorded in Studio One, home to the recording of the "Star Wars" movie title sequence and The Beatles' live satellite performance of "All You Need Is Love." Abbey Road studios launch 80th anniversary contest 2011-03-09T14:17:57Z

Since the invasion, the song has emerged as a popular anthem for the Ukrainian cause. A Finnish Official Plays the Cello to Support Ukraine, Irking Russia 2023-07-12T04:00:00Z

Like many revolutionary anthems past, this one is the work of young jazz-trained musicians. Jazz Has Always Been Protest Music. Can It Meet This Moment? 2020-09-03T04:00:00Z

The assurance, wit and erudition of her vocal embodied R-E-S-P-E-C-T to such a resounding degree, the recording went on to become one of pop’s most stirring anthems of both feminism and black pride. Aretha Franklin’s 20 Essential Songs 2018-08-16T04:00:00Z

The music video which serves as an anthem of queer acceptance portrays a heavenly Lil Nas X in what appears to be some version of the garden of Eden. Nike files lawsuit following right-wing outrage over Lil Nas X's satan shoes 2021-03-29T04:00:00Z

This little anthem to outsider solidarity, delivered with a gender-neutral lift, is both cute and furious, a joke and a call to arms. ‘I’m Nobody’? Not a Chance, Emily Dickinson 2017-01-19T05:00:00Z

“I just loved watching him perform. He wrote a national anthem for our city.” Divas, choirboys, songbirds, angels: None of them sound like Serpentwithfeet 2018-11-19T05:00:00Z

Since the late 1970s, Chinese music has bloomed from a monochromatic array of traditional operas and communist anthems into a soundscape as diverse as the country's 1.3 billion people. China in your hand: the lowdown on Chinese pop 2012-12-25T22:20:21Z

Among national anthems, the South African one is unusual in reflecting the great choral tradition of its people, where communal singing is part of the social fabric. Music Review: Trinity Wall Street’s ‘Messiah’ 2013-12-08T22:27:39Z

At her concert in Glasgow on Thursday night, she sang her rousing political anthem “Freedom” a cappella in front of a screen bearing the names of police brutality victims. Jay Z and Beyoncé: Activism Gone Vocal 2016-07-08T04:00:00Z

In short, it is how the anthem might have sounded 200 years ago, when Francis Scott Key wrote new lyrics to an old British melody aboard a ship in Baltimore’s harbor. ‘The Star-Spangled Banner’ Has Changed a Lot in 200 Years 2014-06-27T04:00:00Z

Which is a big anthem and huge hit. David Hasselhoff: 'If we have to go with the Hoff to pay the rent, let's go with the Hoff' 2012-08-05T19:00:01Z

PG: Many of your songs, even some in “Kinky Boots,” are called anthems. Table for Three: Cyndi Lauper and David Byrne Discuss Creating Hits, On and Off Broadway 2014-03-14T23:21:20Z

It sounded like an existential crisis, an appeal to personal bravery, a reassuring anthem of empathy. Growing Up with David Bowie 2016-01-11T05:00:00Z

Rice will accompany the orchestra for Mozart's Piano Concerto in D minor, before joining Franklin to perform classic soul anthems and a selection of arias. Aretha Franklin to perform with Condoleezza Rice 2010-07-01T09:14:00Z

And Key’s roots in Maryland and his legacy as a slaveholder overshadowed Civil War battles about the “Banner,” as both the North and South fought for the right to the anthem. Colin Kaepernick and the Radical Uses of “The Star-Spangled Banner” 2016-08-29T04:00:00Z

Throughout the four-verse anthem, students will have a choice of using the word "fan" or "man," according to the university. University of Utah changes lyrics to fight song 2014-07-03T04:00:00Z

Now singing “Our Time” — an anthem that sounds like what dew on a cobweb looks like — they appear in all their unpolluted promise, anticipating important lives and unbreakable bonds. Review: ‘Merrily We Roll Along,’ the Way It Never, Ever Was 2019-02-20T05:00:00Z

Together with Anderson-Lopez, he won an Oscar and Grammy for the song "Let It Go," the popular anthem from "Frozen" that some of us are still trying to melt from our minds. 'Frozen' team premieres 'Up Here,' a quirky, pleasing, undercooked musical 2015-08-11T04:00:00Z

It is so well known it is sometimes referred to as Denmark’s unofficial national anthem. Denmark Has a National Songbook. Should It Mention Ramadan? 2019-08-12T04:00:00Z

“Frozen,” the Disney blockbuster — with its anthem of empowerment, “Let It Go” — arrives on network television. What’s on TV Sunday: ‘Frozen’ and ‘The Dick Van Dyke Show — Now in Living Color!’ 2016-12-11T05:00:00Z

Last season, Kaepernick transcended his station as a backup on a bad team when he began kneeling during the national anthem—his way of drawing attention to issues of police brutality and inequality. The Political Athlete: Then and Now 2017-03-22T04:00:00Z

And he just constructs the national anthem in front of an entire stadium. How Dick Cheney and Marvin Gaye Inspired 'A Most Violent Year' 2015-01-02T05:00:00Z

There are musicals that hit you over the head with the instant familiarity of pop songs, or with the thrill of anthems belted to the back of the rear mezzanine. ‘Los Otros’ Review: A Slow-Burning Tale of Melancholy 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z

Foremost was “Up Against the Wall, Redneck Mother,” a boozing, brawling anthem written by Ray Wylie Hubbard that appeared on Mr. Walker’s 1973 album, “Viva Terlingua.” Jerry Jeff Walker, Who Wrote and Sang ‘Mr. Bojangles,’ Dies at 78 2020-10-24T04:00:00Z

Von Fallersleben set his stanzas to the tune of an imperial anthem by Joseph Haydn, but imperialism wasn’t what he had in mind. “Deutschland über Alles” and “America First,” in Song 2017-02-18T05:00:00Z

Small-town hockey fans howl their biggest anthems in parking lots after games; assistant professors of Canadian literature listen to their later work while jogging. Watching Canada’s Biggest Rock Band Say a Dramatic Goodbye 2016-08-20T04:00:00Z

The National Association of the Deaf began working with the NFL in 2010 to connect the league with deaf artists to perform the anthem in ASL. Deaf musicians part of Super Bowl halftime show for 1st time 2022-02-11T05:00:00Z

The latter comparison was not helped by Sheryl Crow singing the national anthem—not well—right before the proceedings. The real debate winner was Anderson Cooper: Who knew good journalism still makes for great TV? 2015-10-14T04:00:00Z

It’s interesting how people can run at the argument surrounding athletes standing or kneeling during the national anthem but remain silent when actual players are being attacked. Patriots fan pours beer on Tyreek Hill: Boozy, toxic sports culture needs a serious cleanse 2018-10-16T04:00:00Z

“I was really excited to write an anthem that said, ‘Screw fear and shame, be yourself, be powerful,’” she said. The Carpetbagger: How Tina Fey and Amy Poehler Inspired a Disney Princess 2014-02-19T18:05:47Z

America’s first homegrown composer, William Billings, who lived during the War of Independence, created an anthem that puts Bostonians in the role of oppressed Judeans and the British oppressors in the role of Babylonians. Frederick Douglass, July 4th, and remembering Babylon in America 2018-07-04T04:00:00Z

Pond, an Australian rock band, toppled the stateliness of Britpop anthems into psychedelic turbulence, melting down grandiose riffs or pushing them toward screaming tantrums. Critic?s Notebook: Springsteen Gives Keynote at SXSW Festival 2012-03-18T22:27:10Z

It’s more a matter of degree for two U.K. bands that specialize in arena-sized anthems. Lollapalooza day-by-day: Which day is the best if you can only do 1? 2011-06-07T13:03:44Z

But “Padam Padam” is also part of a longer list of diva anthems — from Lady Gaga, Madonna, and many others — that become, in effect, gay canon. Kylie Minogue’s ‘Padam Padam’ and the Queer Club-Pop Canon 2023-06-27T04:00:00Z

The show starts off in a grating key of deep earnestness, as a chorus of Ganderians step to the edge of the stage to deliver an anthem of hearty regional identity. Review: ‘Come From Away,’ a Canadian Embrace on a Grim Day 2017-03-12T05:00:00Z

Which is precisely how the program ended, with a hearty singalong of the 2011 anthem. CSO's Muti, Yo Yo Ma close youth festival with flair 2011-05-16T00:58:33Z

Many of these evanescent would-be Utopias, independent communes and mayfly principalities hardly did more than design a flag and choose a national anthem. Review | Oh, the places you’ll want to go! Two new books offer the most magical of escapes 2021-06-22T04:00:00Z

And with temporary workers, with the motivational anthems being sung in the morning, with this competition and the promotional smile, like the poor guy who works in Starbucks or the Gap. A Portrait of Italy Today Based on an American Thriller 2014-12-16T05:00:00Z

The track’s straightforward, unadorned lyrics allowed it to quickly become a black pride anthem that promised “we won’t quit movin’ until we get what we deserve.” The soundtrack of the Sixties demanded respect, justice and equality 2018-11-03T04:00:00Z

Fleming, who lives in New York City, sang the national anthem before Game 2 of the 2003 World Series at Yankee Stadium. Opera star Renee Fleming to sing national anthem at Super Bowl 2014-01-21T21:09:26Z

In recent weeks, as more players in the N.F.L. have locked arms, taken a knee or raised their fists during the national anthem, some students have again taken similar actions. High School Students Explain Why They Protest Anthems and Pledges 2017-10-21T04:00:00Z

She cries after each performance of the Silvestrov symphony, and when the orchestra plays an arrangement of the Ukrainian national anthem as an encore. An Orchestra Supports Ukraine, and Reunites a Couple Parted by War 2022-08-14T04:00:00Z

And near the end of “My Where I Come From” — the sort of rural pride anthem that is de rigueur for the genre — Brown issues a little bit of a challenge: Nashville Embraces Kane Brown and Jimmie Allen, Black Singers Upholding Genre Traditions 2018-11-21T05:00:00Z

It's extraordinary to watch so many people communally, euphorically connecting with these immaculate anthems of introspection and despair. The National – review 2013-06-27T13:57:16Z

She puts palpable feeling into reinvention anthem Brand New Me, and knows precisely when to hold back so the crowd sing along with Fallin'. Alicia Keys – review 2013-05-20T16:59:00Z

As films of the teenage Girls Aloud show them looking wide-eyed and vulnerable, their Abbaesque version of the Pretenders' I'll Stand By You transforms into an anthem of togetherness and endurance. Girls Aloud – review 2013-02-22T13:05:30Z

Those disco hits now seem like anthems for these eager American conquistadors, who back in Israel produced well-received films like “I Love You Rosa” and many more disreputable titles. Film Society of Lincoln Center Lauds Cannon Films 2015-02-18T05:00:00Z

For the first time in Judds history, the ever-punctual Naomi was late, flustered by the unseasonably cold weather and an edit made to shorten her anthem for television. Wynonna Judd, on Her Own 2023-01-31T05:00:00Z

But this time, with the driving Fleetwood Mac anthem “The Chain” playing as the rapid action unfolded, the show built up to a tense, satisfying finish. 'The Americans' Recap: Never Break the Chain 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z

She gyrated to her big dance anthem “Waiting for Tonight,” then segued into “If You Had My Love.” Parkland Survivors Are the Stars at Time 100 Gala 2018-04-25T04:00:00Z

Gainsbourg was accustomed to her father's antics as an arch-provocateur, burning cash on TV or making a reggae version of the French national anthem. Charlotte Gainsbourg: 'I'm always looking for what will make me feel bad' 2011-08-05T18:59:01Z

And there’s one of the edgiest tracks yet from the band — “Cutthroat,” an anthem about killing the critic inside of you. New this week: ‘Cinderella,’ Imagine Dragons, Selena Gomez 2021-08-30T04:00:00Z

A virtual chorus sang the national anthem in red, white and blue T-shirts. A D.N.C. Opening Night for the New Abnormal 2020-08-18T04:00:00Z

He frequently sang "The Star-Spangled Banner" at Yankee Stadium and his gold record of the national anthem was displayed at the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York. Jerry Vale, 1950s crooner, dies in California at age 83 2014-05-19T04:00:00Z

And directly behind the presidential seal, which was affixed to the Blue Room balcony, was his entertainment: a wedding-reception muddle of pop hymn, patriotic anthem and hoi-polloi opera. The presidency has been swamped by the Trump Aesthetic 2020-09-15T04:00:00Z

Macron embraced and exchanged words with Aznavour’s widow Ulla and relatives before standing side-by-side with Armenian leaders for a ceremony that began with an army band rendition of Armenia’s national anthem, then France’s. France bids adieu to Aznavour, pays tribute to Armenian roots 2018-10-05T04:00:00Z

A Confucius Centre offering Chinese language classes subsidized by Beijing opened in Maputo in October, with a Mozambican choir singing the Chinese national anthem in fluent Mandarin. Soap operas give Brazil the edge in Mozambique rush 2012-12-21T15:35:14Z

She'll sing the national anthem at Game 4 of the Major League Baseball seven-game series between the St. Louis Cardinals and the Texas Rangers. Deschanel, country stars to sing at World Series 2011-10-19T22:10:27Z

Jay-Z opened the show with the hometown anthems "Where I'm From," a song about his upbringing in Brooklyn's Marcy projects complex, and "Brooklyn Go Hard." Jay-Z christens Barclays Center with Brooklyn love 2012-09-29T18:01:04Z

National anthem deconstructed and re-formed as protest against the Vietnam war. Readers recommend: discordant songs ? the results 2011-02-10T17:22:20Z

By the time Idina Menzel, famous for the showstopping “Frozen” anthem “Let It Go,” belts a new ballad that includes the lyric, “Let it grow, let it glow,” you may find yourself craving fresh ideas. ‘Disenchanted’ Review: Middlingly Ever After 2022-11-18T05:00:00Z

He played something maybe five or six times in a row, until the dance floor was packed and it became a Garage anthem. | Memories of the Paradise Garage, From Those Who Danced There 2014-05-09T16:56:28Z

Key led an interesting life, but the lyrics he wrote for our national anthem are his only claim to fame. Book review: ‘What So Proudly We Hailed,’ by Marc Leepson

Patriotic American music does get a look in and includes Irving Berlin's God Bless America as well as the national anthem of the , The Star Spangled Banner. New York state of mind: listeners pick 9/11 soundtrack to mark anniversary 2011-08-26T20:53:53Z

He suggests that cops would likely respect someone singing the anthem more than someone who defends the nation. Trevor Noah's wit is an effective weapon against white supremacy and defense of police violence 2021-04-21T04:00:00Z

Some foreigners think "Edelweiss" - composed for the musical by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein - is Austria's national anthem. Sound of Music comes to Salzburg 2011-11-22T12:01:05Z

Fortunately, Like Clockwork feels like a return to the smart but incisive grooves and melodies that made those songs such enduring anthems. Queens of the Stone Age: Like Clockwork – review 2013-05-30T21:30:01Z

But even if the highest notes on “land of the free” are difficult to reach, the anthem’s hot-blooded history elevates it to the level of American iconography — a reminder that partisanship is crucial to democracy. ‘The Star-Spangled Banner’ Has Changed a Lot in 200 Years 2014-06-27T04:00:00Z

Life On TV could be a cut from Daft Punk's lost rap album, while Big N Bad resurrects the riff from Yazoo's Don't Go and turns it into a strobe-lit dancefloor anthem. Sister Act 2010-04-27T07:13:00Z

And when he got into the classroom again and started performing, he sang in such a way that the "Sunset Boulevard" song became his story -- his anthem. The genius of Chris Colfer 2011-04-27T14:28:00Z

The protest ended with the French national anthem La Marseillaise, which is considered a song against tyranny. Hungary protest against rightist theater director 2012-02-01T19:32:12Z

But mostly, there are songs for pressing on, anthems for keeping the faith in yourself. Listeners Found Beverly Glenn-Copeland. It Was Time. 2020-09-14T04:00:00Z

He designs uniforms for them and teaches them anthems. Justin Bieber: Teen pop idols never die. They're gradually unfollowed 2013-01-27T19:59:01Z

The hymns, processional music, anthem and blessing were all incredibly moving – there was literally not a dry eye in the house! | Designing a Dream Daytime Wedding 2014-02-06T14:00:33Z

"I'm the treadmill girl," said the pop star famed for such fist-pumping anthems as "Raise Your Glass" and "Get the Party Started." 'Rose Ave.' mixes Pink, City and Colour for a muted shade of music 2014-10-18T04:00:00Z

His 11 o’clock number, an angry what-I-stand-for anthem, is especially affecting, though the song seems to be built on much the same vamp that Mr. Kander employed in “Willkommen” in “Cabaret.” Theater Review | 'The Scottsboro Boys': Kander and Ebb Revisit an Infamous Case 2010-03-11T05:17:00Z

"It's Time" - the breakthrough anthem for the band - was built from Reynold's personal issues. Rising in rock: Imagine Dragons making moves 2013-03-04T16:52:11Z

And at the beginning of that final match, we'll see Francois' parents standing with their housekeeper, singing the newly adopted South African national anthem. 2009-12-11T03:16:00Z

Marian Anderson performed the spiritual "He's Got the Whole World in His Hands" and Mahalia Jackson delivered the gospel anthems "I've Been 'Buked and I've Been Scorned" and "How I Got Over." Music that declared an era 2013-08-23T16:38:51Z

Artist Jeremy Deller was attempting to get a brass band to record acid house anthems; the strange music that closes Four Lions is indeed from the resulting album Acid Brass. Band of art brothers: does great music inspire great art? 2010-09-21T15:36:00Z

The music is like an episodic rumination on “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” often called the “Black national anthem.” Review: Sphinx Virtuosi Bring an Intriguing Vision to Carnegie Hall 2021-10-17T04:00:00Z

Her band She & Him just released a Christmas album, and last month she sang the national anthem at the World Series. Zooey Deschanel separates from musician husband 2011-11-02T01:31:04Z

Trim, hearty, all smiles, he began the show with the peppy "It Don't Come Easy," bounced through "Honey Don't," and against a flowers-and-stars light show, sang one of his sincere, up-tempo peace anthems, "Choose Love." Review: Ringo, with a little help from his All-Starr friends, rocked the crowd in Woodinville 2010-08-01T23:50:00Z

Apparently something of an anthem at European dance festivals this summer; even if you weren't actually present, it'll take you there in spirit. Nicki Minaj's Super Bass and the year's best summer jams 2011-08-17T16:15:54Z

Small wonder that the one song that matters most to both of Jackson’s flamboyant yet subtle tales is that scorched-earth anthem, “Ring of Fire.” Review | Murder and music coincide in ‘Destroy All Monsters’ 2018-10-19T04:00:00Z

He’s accomplished this not with virtuosic musical innovation, genre-crossing celebrity collaborations or by hosting a television singing competition, but by cranking out one irrepressibly catchy, widely relatable meat-and-potatoes country anthem after another. Can Luke Combs, Country’s Everyman, Grow Up Without Losing Touch? 2022-06-15T04:00:00Z

They also sweated over writing better songs, learning how to use the computer properly and editing hour-long jams into catchy, four-  minute anthems. How Two Door Cinema Club became shock blockbusters 2010-12-16T22:55:01Z

I spend half my life in Italy, where Battisti's songs are anthems to the struggles in people's lives. Portrait of the artist: Nigel Coates, architect 2010-10-11T21:29:00Z

Marley's anthems calling for love and unity still resonate with many Jamaicans, even if most younger islanders have long ago moved on to the brash reggae-rap hybrid of dancehall reggae music. Reggae fans in Jamaica mark Bob Marley's death 2011-05-11T21:47:09Z

However, the family has since decreed that any player who takes a knee during the anthem will not play in that game. Keeping the Cowboys Cool, as N.F.L. Takes the Heat 2017-12-19T05:00:00Z

These are girl power anthems for the current moment, as Ban Bossy and the summer of the squad bring new ideas about female empowerment and female friendship to the forefront of pop culture. Fifth Harmony: Sleek, slick and relatable 2015-08-27T04:00:00Z

“Frightened, under attack,” he attests over the strobing agitation of the album’s titular anthem. New Music: ?Glory,? by Jay-Z - Review?Int?ntalo,? by 3ballMTY - ReviewSnow Patrol?s ?Fallen Empires? - Review 2012-01-09T23:43:41Z

One of the many ways he demonstrated his hostility to Mussolini was his defiance of the law that the Fascist Party’s anthem, “Giovinezza,” be played at the start of every public performance. A Life of Toscanini, Maestro With Passion and Principles 2017-06-27T04:00:00Z

It’s quite the opposite to the national anthem — it’s more the emotional anthem to a nation. Ticking Watch. Boat Engine. Slowness. The Secrets of the ‘Dunkirk’ Score. 2017-07-26T04:00:00Z

One good thing about “Bullet in the Face,” a new series starting Thursday night on IFC, is the theme song, a jazzy, torchy spoof of a “Goldfinger”-era James Bond anthem. Television Review: ‘Bullet in the Face’ Is IFC’s Spoofy New Series 2012-08-15T22:40:01Z

An arrangement of the anthem was not immediately available, and Higginson felt that patriotic tunes had “no place in an art concert.” The “Star-Spangled Banner” Controversy That Altered the Course of American Music 2019-07-02T04:00:00Z

On the podium, while the national anthem plays, Smith and his bronze-medal-winning teammate, John Carlos, famously raise their black-gloved fists to protest injustice in America. Sports Stories That Transcend Sport 2022-10-07T04:00:00Z

Download chillout anthem "Do You Have Time" here: Then at 9, the Red Bull Emsee rap battle happens at the Croc, where area rappers assert their lyrical dominance, "8 Mile"-style. Late notice: THEESatisfaction at Olympic Sculpture Park (free), Red Bull Emsee rap battle tonight 2011-07-28T16:01:04Z

Part of her big comeback, via Arista Records, “Freeway” tapped Ms. Franklin’s Detroit roots to create one of the great American anthems of automotive freedom. Aretha Franklin’s 20 Essential Songs 2018-08-16T04:00:00Z

For Robert Wyatt the dream is still alive as he interprets the socialist anthem The Red Flag. Readers recommend: songs about leftwing politics – results 2013-04-18T10:56:59Z

As songs become folk songs, and folk songs become anthems, their edge is often dulled by revision and repetition. “Deutschland über Alles” and “America First,” in Song 2017-02-18T05:00:00Z

Sir Paul added that he would be "forever grateful" to Cocker for turning With A Little Help From My Friends into a "soul anthem". Tributes paid to singer Joe Cocker 2014-12-23T05:00:00Z

Her 2013 follow-up, "Prism," is nearly as potent, and features the empowering anthem "Roar." Katy Perry to play Super Bowl halftime show? 2014-10-10T04:00:00Z

It is jarring, in our era of rosy empowerment anthems, to hear a man earnestly sing, “Hold my breath as I wish for death.” Solving the Riddle of Metallica 2018-11-15T05:00:00Z

I love women anthems, and I know the world likes hearing them—even guys. Meghan Trainor on Why New Song 'No' Sounds Nothing Like Her 2016-03-04T05:00:00Z

Another outlier is Cypress Hill, who will no doubt offer pot-scented anthems to weed and Southern California. Made in America lineup is a vivid look at rap's competing interests 2014-08-29T04:00:00Z

Displaying quite a range, he belted power rock anthems and sweet ballads. Adam Lambert worth waiting for at The Puyallup Fair 2010-09-22T21:30:00Z

His stepfather, a crackerjack guitarist, taught him the bluegrass songbook and Black Sabbath anthems. How Billy Strings Picked His Way to the Other Side 2021-09-27T04:00:00Z

The scene itself – the clubs, producers, DJs – is bursting with energy, with packed-out nights all weekend, every weekend; seriously euphoric vibes; and massive anthems coming out thick and fast. Jackin proves dance music is alive and bouncing – but mostly outside London 2013-05-28T15:51:00Z

Slowly, the tradition caught on, especially after “The Star-Spangled Banner” was officially adopted as the national anthem in 1931. Perspective | The national anthem reminds us how much Americans need to work together 2021-02-17T05:00:00Z

Queen hit the big time in 1975 with its fourth album, "A Night at the Opera," which included the Mercury-composed anthem "Bohemian Rhapsody." "Borat" star to play Freddie Mercury in movie 2010-09-17T02:42:00Z

Like a pop version of the French anthem, with a sentiment that everybody takes to heart. Table for Three: Cyndi Lauper and David Byrne Discuss Creating Hits, On and Off Broadway 2014-03-14T23:21:20Z

Last, Obama is signaling that she embraces the song as an anthem for black womanhood — and is, clearly, not afraid to cause her own conversation. Perspective | Michelle Obama just ripped up the playbook for former first ladies 2017-09-06T04:00:00Z

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

One of the nice surprises on “Juice” is a cover of the Doors anthem, “Light My Fire,” an idea Medeski says may have come to Wood when they heard the song in an elevator. Boogaloo at the Zoo with MSM & W | Concert preview 2014-06-13T04:00:00Z

The national anthem, the pledge, it’s all showing respect to people doing their duty overseas in order for us to have the freedom to protest. High School Students Explain Why They Protest Anthems and Pledges 2017-10-21T04:00:00Z

At first glance, it is a victim’s anthem. I Love Performing Those Songs. But What About the Gender Politics? 2018-07-13T04:00:00Z

Ms. Gurwitch did not expect that aging would bring with it this kind of wallop; she pretty much took Deborah Harry’s 1979 tune “Die Young Stay Pretty” as her personal anthem. Books Of Style: Annabelle Gurwitch’s New Book Asks Questions About Aging 2014-03-21T21:06:42Z

For Mary Lambert, her “Same Love” has become a gay-marriage anthem, plus earned her a major-label deal of her own with Capitol Records. Ryan Lewis speaks on the year of Team Macklemore 2014-01-26T01:13:42Z

“I’m walking past him, he sniffing my breeze,” the rising star Ice Spice spits expeditiously on this unbothered anthem; before he can even process the insult, she’s gone. Best Songs of 2022 2022-12-07T05:00:00Z

“It was just mind-blowing, totally turned the song into a soul anthem,” he said, “and I was forever grateful for him for having done that.” Joe Cocker, Raspy-Voiced Rock Star With Distinctive Moves, Is Dead at 70 2014-12-22T05:00:00Z

It also plays power ballads, heartland rock, U2-like anthems and, in songs like the new “Action Needs an Audience,” grunge. Music Review: Growing Older With Less Empathy 2010-10-15T22:59:00Z

A couple of days earlier we had been talking about kneeling for the anthem. High School Students Explain Why They Protest Anthems and Pledges 2017-10-21T04:00:00Z

He then played his song "Free Nelson Mandela", an anthem that was banned in South Africa at the time. Paul Simon fetes Graceland with London extravaganza 2012-07-16T12:09:40Z

The apotheosis of the style was “Make It Rain,” originally released in 2010 and one of the great hip-hop anthems of recent years. New Music: New Releases From Travis Porter and Melody Gardot 2012-05-28T22:04:52Z

This song became her anthem as it pretty much voiced what she felt. Family life 2013-04-27T06:15:02Z

While most of the song’s lyrics work well as a feminist anthem, at one point Jett sings, “It never gets better, anyway.” All of Your Heroes Teamed Up to Make a PSA Encouraging Women to Vote 2014-10-29T04:00:00Z

Like if you want to know who I am, my views, my perspective, things I love, things I hate, my convictions, my anthems. 'You have to bust your ass' 2010-08-06T23:02:00Z

Gaga headlined the Super Bowl halftime show in 2017 and she performed the national anthem at Super Bowl 50 in 2016. Lady Gaga to headline pre-Super Bowl concert in Miami 2019-12-04T05:00:00Z

The crowd hollers as a beloved reggaeton anthem echoes in the distance. Two New Documentaries Give Caribbean Stories the Depths They Deserve 2021-07-19T04:00:00Z

"Have you ever heard it sung any better," play by play announcer Joe Buck said as fans cheered wildly after Fleming's 2-minute rendition of the national anthem. Queen Latifah, Renee Fleming nail it at Super Bowl 2014-02-03T00:04:41Z

Over the Easter holidays, my daughter heard another girl singing Let It Go, Frozen's centrepiece anthem, and they became instant friends, like two men at a barbeque realising that they support the same football team. Frozen-mania: how Elsa, Anna and Olaf conquered the world 2014-05-13T04:00:00Z

There were a handful of playbook top-ten hits, too: a generically gritty anthem from Pink, a ballad from Kelly Clarkson, a goofy Maroon 5 song, quite a bit of Drake. The Weird Little Earworms of 2016 2016-12-12T05:00:00Z

A YouTube commenter wrote, under the track, six months ago, “if I was the president of my country . . . this would be the anthem!!!” The Music of “Hustlers” and the Soaring, Stupid National Mood Circa 2008 2019-09-27T04:00:00Z

“Ceremonials” is an album of anthems, as construed by both the church and the arena concert. New Music by Florence and the Machine and Meshell Ndegeocello 2011-11-07T22:33:38Z

The tune of “Ode to Joy” became Rhodesia’s anthem, only to be discarded with the end of apartheid and the birth of Zimbabwe. At G-20, Beethoven Sends a Mixed Message to Trump 2017-07-09T04:00:00Z

A small college in northern that decided to stop playing the national anthem at sporting events will play "America the Beautiful" instead. 'America the Beautiful' not anthem for college 2011-08-24T13:40:00Z

After she was first treated for cancer in 2013, Miss Jones transformed two sassy breakup songs, “Retreat!” and “Get Up and Get Out,” into spirited anthems about her plight. Sharon Jones, powerful soul singer with throwback style, dies at 60 2016-11-19T05:00:00Z

By creating an unabashedly angry anthem for survivors, Cho says she has found solace. Margaret Cho: ‘My rage is really keeping me alive’ 2015-11-20T05:00:00Z

Is there a song that could be the gas fitters' anthem? Joe Cocker: 'I took black acid once ... it was a very dark trip' 2013-01-31T16:48:52Z

In both songs, Leventhal plays all the instruments, melding the lucidity of a string band with the gravity of anthems. Rosanne Cash Takes the Long View on ‘She Remembers Everything’ 2018-10-31T04:00:00Z

And it's right and proper I chose Big Time as the anthem of my formative years in Belfast. Old music: Rudi – Big Time 2012-06-21T08:33:48Z

Songwriter whose tunes became anthems for a people’s struggle. Aretha Franklin Was the Personification of Black Woman Magic 2018-08-18T04:00:00Z

A trailer released yesterday on YouTube included a segment of this new anthem, which is lacking the original’s poetry. “South Park” still has teeth: 20 seasons in, the cartoon’s irreverent insights keep landing 2016-09-14T04:00:00Z

U2, Gallagher and thousands of fans united in singing the anthem, ending a show that proved the enduring relevance and appeal of 1980s and 1990s rock music. Thirty years on, U2 still find relevance in 'The Joshua Tree' 2017-07-08T04:00:00Z

It’s a glamour hippie celebration, and also a strip-club ready anthem, with one showstopping line that functions in either setting: “You cannot police me/ So get off my areola.” Janelle Monáe, and Other Wondaland Artists, Step Back in Time at the Highline Ballroom 2015-08-16T04:00:00Z

Pop anthem by maestro Morgan Geist and his new partner he found on the New York subway. DJ Kristian Beyer Q&A 2012-06-29T23:05:00Z

R&B singer H.E.R. won two honors, including song of the year for her protest anthem “I Can’t Breathe,” becoming one of the rare R&B songs to win the top prize. Who run the Grammys? Beyoncé, Taylor Swift make history 2021-03-14T05:00:00Z

Clarkson’s anthem is the achievement of clarity that any heartbroken person can hope to achieve. Rating Breakup Anthems: How Does Gotye?s ?Somebody That I Used to Know? Stack Up? 2012-05-15T10:00:50Z

She’s such an Israeli icon that she was chosen to sing the national anthem in 1998 at the country’s main jubilee celebration, answering a personal plea from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Pop star’s new album in Farsi 2012-07-03T14:15:00Z

The poem is an anthem for all those who have failed through inaction, which probably includes us all at some time, and which no doubt is what provides it with its great poignancy. John Stammers's top 10 love poems 2011-02-09T10:26:17Z

Gliding eastward with no real destination, Macklemore, king of obviousness, blasts "White Walls," an anthem about this exact car and these specific tires. Macklemore is back with a little help from his friends 2012-10-08T13:01:24Z

I tallied these formative misses while writing a new biography on Stritch, titled “Still Here,” after the Stephen Sondheim song from “Follies” that became an anthem of her endurance. Love Elaine Stritch? Thank the Parts She Didn’t Get 2019-10-16T04:00:00Z

Even as the anthem settled into American patriotic lore, though, it remained a malleable entity. Colin Kaepernick and the Radical Uses of “The Star-Spangled Banner” 2016-08-29T04:00:00Z

"Freedom" is the new cut from Pharrell Williams, and it's the chosen anthem for the service's early days. Apple Music launches with new Pharrell single 'Freedom' 2015-06-30T04:00:00Z

Clark played the anthems of our youth and introduced us to the greatest singers. AP writer recalls appearance on 'Bandstand' 2012-04-19T06:52:15Z

As excellent as it is, this icy street anthem is more than two years old. Perspective | 2017 was the greatest year in DMV rap history. These 25 songs prove it. 2017-12-21T05:00:00Z

From a distance, it's hilarious that "The Pill" was widely censored on country radio, because it's hardly a liberation anthem. Loretta Lynn's music: That's how the Republican women I grew up with talked (behind men's backs) 2022-10-07T04:00:00Z

The Beyoncé songbook is jammed with female empowerment anthems, but this 2011 single might be the most straightforward of them all. The many ways pop culture warned us about the 2016 election 2016-10-28T04:00:00Z

Her drawings of the Occupy Wall Street protest in 2011 became the visual anthem of the movement. When anger turns to ink 2016-01-07T05:00:00Z

“Draw on Sweet Night” promises an evening of madrigals, anthems and catches — a type of round — by composers including Thomas Tomkins, Thomas Weelkes and Henry Purcell. A&E highlights: Plate of Nations, tulips, Rihanna 2013-03-28T00:24:18Z

The festival culminates with a national sing-a-long of the national anthem Saturday, marking the 200th anniversary of the Star-Spangled Banner at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History. Kennedy Center opens weeklong choral festival 2014-06-08T04:00:00Z

Visitors hear, at various times, the chanting of Tibetan nuns, an aria, a lullaby and a Russian war anthem commissioned by Stalin. ‘The Murder of Crows’ at Park Avenue Armory 2012-08-09T15:11:07Z

And then she sang along to Adele’s sappy anthem “Someone Like You,” wavering on and off pitch as her mascara ran. Dance Review: Ann Liv Young as Sleeping Beauty at Abrons Arts Center - Review 2012-01-13T23:31:08Z

At its core was the UK top 10 single Dancing On My Own, a juddering heartbreak anthem featuring quite possibly the saddest ever "oh, oh, ohhs" in recorded history. Robyn ? Body Talk Pt 2: Exclusive album stream 2010-09-06T10:35:00Z

With the Wailers, Tosh co-wrote the black power anthem “Get Up, Stand Up” and penned songs like “400 Years,” a scathing song about slavery. Late Reggae Icon Peter Tosh Receives Jamaica Honor 2012-10-16T02:02:42Z

From the flower-power anthems to the heavy metal lixx, the crowd knew every word – a poetic if unexpected fate for the band once forced to open for a puppet show. This Is Spinal Tap at 35: the faux-rockers reunite at Tribeca film festival 2019-04-28T04:00:00Z

For me, to stand for the anthem and to put my hand on my heart feels a bit ironic considering the fact that we are not living an American dream. High School Students Explain Why They Protest Anthems and Pledges 2017-10-21T04:00:00Z

By the end, it feels like an anthem; the guitar and drums surround her, the singing is righteous, and the song has transcended loneliness. Listen to Sinéad O’Connor 2014-11-05T05:00:00Z

Mr. Minchin’s score, one of the most original in years, balances melody on the edge of dissonance, so that even can-do anthems have an undertow of apprehension. | 'Matilda': ?Matilda,? by the Royal Shakespeare Company in London 2012-01-31T11:00:00Z

Known as the San Francisco Bay Area’s premier pot-smoking anthem, the track gets a makeover as the trailer turns darker — slowed down, then beefed up with orchestral overdubs, becoming a terrifying, atmospheric motif. How ‘Us’ Turned Weed Anthem ‘I Got 5 on It’ Into a Creepy Horror Theme 2019-03-25T04:00:00Z

Mr. Cocker’s “I’m Still Here” is decidedly unorthodox: a song typically performed by an elegant woman as a showstopping anthem of staying power is rendered instead by a scruffy man as a smoky bar ballad. Send in the Cameras: Sondheim on TV 2013-12-06T21:32:34Z

We were, at the time, an empire, and what's more we knew the words to our national anthem; to be reduced to simple strip of tarmac was a real slap in the face. Whip It? You mean it's not about an undernourished British dog? 2010-04-13T14:45:00Z

That’s why there are so many ditties penned to voice the heart’s reaction to dark moments – break-up anthems, funeral hymns, power ballads, Broadway standards. The "Transparent Musicale Finale" is a fitting eulogy for a wacky, messy series 2019-09-28T04:00:00Z

She struts out to Madonna’s transcendent karaoke anthem, “Like a Prayer.” Hannah Gadsby broke comedy. So what’s she building now? 2019-07-11T04:00:00Z

One night, Pictureplane, a rising electronic producer, was cranking through Gucci Mane anthems when a young woman requested something from Burial. Boîte: The Flat, a New Brooklyn Bar 2012-08-08T20:18:03Z

The Schönberg anthems retain their kick, smartly arranged for the screen and performed by a cast that is nothing if not game. Les Misérables: The YouTube Version 2012-12-11T13:00:47Z

Fifty years ago, Aretha Franklin went into a studio to record her version of Otis Redding’s “Respect,” an empowerment anthem for generations of feminists and one of the finest pop songs of all time. Pop, Rock and Jazz in NYC This Week 2017-03-02T05:00:00Z

Downside: “Head Over Feet” became a Nice Guy™ secret heartbreak anthem. 2015′s pop culture-versaries: The films and albums celebrating milestones this year 2015-01-05T05:00:00Z

And “Enough” is a motivational anthem on par with some of Jeezy’s best early work, a song that relies on the firmness of the message, not the quirkiness of the delivery. New Music From Earth, Yob and Jeezy 2014-09-01T04:00:00Z

The heart of “Zero Station” was the two naked women rolling and loosely wrestling on the floor — at one point to “Let It Go,” that anti-Disney-princess Disney princess anthem. At River to River, Dancers Tackle Weighty Topics With a Smile 2023-06-19T04:00:00Z

Over euphorically scorching guitars, Denial bellows and wails a warning shot to privileged groups in power on the standout “Killer Whale,” a vital and visceral post-punk anthem. Puget Sounds: The top 12 new albums from the Pacific Northwest 2019-07-03T04:00:00Z

He also played anthems from the Truckers era: “Decoration Day,” steeped in gothic family lore, and “Never Gonna Change,” a rough character study. Review: Jason Isbell, Slowing Down to Feel the Americana 2016-02-26T05:00:00Z

Albin's umbrage at Jean-Michel's betrayal is manifested in the show's iconic song "I Am What I Am," which has become an unofficial gay anthem. Kelsey Grammer shines in "La Cage Aux Folles" 2010-04-20T01:27:00Z

Still, Russia's flag cannot be flown at the Olympics and their anthem cannot be played when their athletes win. Teenage figure skater Kamila Valieva is the latest casualty of Russia's athletic glory at any cost 2022-02-11T05:00:00Z

Their song Things Can Only Get Better had been co-opted as the Blairite anthem. Brian Cox: Physics is better than rock'n'roll 2011-03-24T08:01:00Z

But it is also an anthem to the spirit that keeps that this show alive and well. ‘The Book of Mormon’ on Broadway Retains Its Charms 2014-08-20T04:00:00Z

However, this wasn’t his first time performing the national anthem at a Whitecaps game. WWII veteran sings national anthem before Michigan baseball game in viral video 2021-08-14T04:00:00Z

THE title of Lisa Cholodenko’s wonderful new film, “The Kids Are All Right,” quotes an ancient youth-culture anthem by the Who: a song released before the parents of many of today’s teenagers were born. Film: They Grow Up So Quickly, Don?t They? 2010-07-09T04:31:00Z

The show’s most exquisite moment came almost straightaway during “Sunday Bloody Sunday,” an anthem from 1983 that throws a riddle at the war machine: “How long must we sing this song?” Review | U2 goes MAGA at FedEx Field 2017-06-21T04:00:00Z

The South African soprano who performed an anthem for freedom at the Commonwealth Games opening ceremony this week explained the task of singing in a Scottish accent. Scottish lessons for Commonwealth singer 2014-07-27T04:00:00Z

In addition, I wish that patriotism has a renaissance in our country, with kids saluting the flag and singing the national anthem in school. New Year's wishes from Americans include this fervent hope: 'Never see a face mask again' 2021-12-31T05:00:00Z

The anthem was formally adopted in January 1992 by legislative officials in Ukraine’s parliament. Ukrainian national anthem unites the world amid Russia-Ukraine war 2022-03-03T05:00:00Z

And powering the climactic “Being Alive,” from “Company,” Julian Ovenden reclaimed a potentially histrionic anthem as unexpectedly fierce and very much alive. Review: Old Favorites, With New Tricks 2010-08-10T14:33:00Z

When the national anthem ended, one audience member bawled out, raucously, “God save President Trump!,” eliciting from the public a frisson of protest, or of simple perplexity. Review | NSO gets off to an energetic, all-American start 2017-09-28T04:00:00Z

In 1931, he took credit for making the “The Star-Spangled Banner” the national anthem. Curious cartoonist Robert Ripley inspired a century of oddities 2018-12-18T05:00:00Z

Hold Me is another big, boozy, triumphal anthem, but when Odell returns clutching a beer and suggesting he might "get wrecked" after the show, there's at least the possibility that success will bring fireworks. Tom Odell – review 2013-03-04T18:44:20Z

Pop group Clean Bandit, whose dance anthem Rather Be is up for best single, said the dominance of "white boys" in the main categories was "a bit weird and a problem". Stars descend on London for Brits 2015-02-24T05:00:00Z

The wrestling ring was decorated with a lush rug; a Bhangra dance team made its way down the entrance ramp; a woman in a purple salwar kameez sang the Indian national anthem. How Jinder Mahal, an Indian WWE Star, Is Turning Up the Heat 2017-08-18T04:00:00Z

No longer fashionable and mostly bald as coots, they have seemingly traded their hair for festival-thrilling anthems. Bingley Music Live 2010-09-05T21:30:00Z

But Soviet officials so prized “Swan Lake’s” soothing beauty and its orderly, militaristic rows of leggy young women that the ballet was like a national anthem, performed endlessly in theaters and on television. ‘Like a Bomb Going Off,’ by Janice Ross 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z

These feelings mirror Evan Hansen’s, and nowhere is that more beautifully expressed than in the uplifting anthem that closes the first act, “You Will Be Found.” How sign-language interpreters convey the raw emotion of ‘Dear Evan Hansen’ 2019-08-14T04:00:00Z

The address quickly became the title of a Tristano School anthem. Tristano School, Back in Session 2011-01-09T02:34:14Z

I don't know what Kanye said to Trump today, but I just saw on @CNN that "Jesus Walks" is the new national anthem? Celebs React Online to Kanye West's Visit to Trump Tower 2016-12-13T05:00:00Z

The 20th season takes on the national anthem. What’s on TV Wednesday: Archie Panjabi on ‘Blindspot’ and ‘South Park’ Hits 20 2016-09-14T04:00:00Z

The whole thing doesn’t quite measure up to the irresistible drama of the beloved 2019 anthem “Gone,” but hey, the girls will take it. Post Malone and the Weeknd’s Emo Synth-Pop, and 12 More New Songs 2021-11-05T04:00:00Z

Would he say that all these years later, his black power anthems and bold declarations had lost their ability to direct change? Watching James Brown tribute at the Bowl, thinking of Ferguson 2014-08-14T04:00:00Z

First Cut Is the Deepest, sung with eyes closed, delivered an emotional kick, and You're in My Heart, with the audience on backing vocals, was moving as only a mawkish rock anthem can be. Rod Stewart 2010-05-31T21:01:00Z

An unabashedly syrupy tween-pop anthem about infatuation at first sight, the song was so sticky and ubiquitous that it transcended the term “hit.” Carly Rae Jepsen and the Rise of the “Mindie” Artist 2015-09-24T04:00:00Z

But Scott McKenzie, who has died aged 73, also sounded like just the right kind of name for the singer of the old flower-power anthem. In praise of … stage names 2012-08-20T19:57:43Z

A few minutes later, Jay Z took over for “Empire State of Mind,” his New York City anthem, and he wasn’t apologizing for anything. Justin Timberlake and Jay Z at Soldier Field concert review 2013-07-22T14:57:00Z

The other aspect of the word anthem, if you look at the definition, it’s an uplifting song. Q&A: Taylor Hanson Talks New Album, Old Songs and Tie-In Products 2013-06-14T15:15:44Z

“The Ride of the Valkyries” is no anthem of male rage and violence. A Closer Look at Wagner and #OscarsSoWhite 2016-03-01T05:00:00Z

Yet no punk anthem ever cried out for more efficient local government. How a TV Series Undersells the Danger of the Sex Pistols 2022-06-17T04:00:00Z

Mr. Tang began by conducting first the American and then the Serbian national anthem. Belgrade Philharmonic Performs at Carnegie Hall 2014-10-10T04:00:00Z

Barlow's album of patriotic tunes, including "Sing" and the British national anthem "God Save the Queen", spent a second week at the top of the album chart. Royal anthem reigns at top of UK charts 2012-06-10T18:57:36Z

One room, painted in the colors of the Hungarian flag, features video displays on the country’s political history and famous athletes, with the national anthem as a soundtrack. A Music Museum Opens in the Heart of Hungary’s Culture Wars 2022-02-02T05:00:00Z

Such time traveling allows Mr. LaChiusa to weave witty period homages into a melancholy, swirling, key-shifting score, with nods to Offenbach, Glenn Miller, Irving Berlin and disco anthems, among many others. | 'Hello Again': Web of Love, Explicitly Woven in Shades of Anguish 2011-03-21T02:01:03Z

"Silence is the enemy/ Against your urgency/So rally up the demons of your soul," goes the roaring anthem "Know Your Enemy," by the American punk band Green Day. 'American Idiot': Youth in crisis, set to Green Day's boisterous beat 2012-06-06T21:30:10Z

The music was not spectacular in itself: choruses cribbed from stadium rock anthems, verses that strained against the weight of the meaning they attempted to impart. Not the Booker prize 2012: The Revelations by Alex Preston 2012-09-25T14:27:51Z

But its anthems and ballads point toward hope, including the closing track, “Mars,” lo-fi poetry partly taken from a conversation with Karen O’s son. The Electrifying, Emotional Return of Yeah Yeah Yeahs 2022-09-06T04:00:00Z

Soon the tension dissolved into a darkly giddy anthem called “Put Me in the Ground.” Stephen King and John Mellencamp?s ?Ghost Brothers? Musical 2012-04-01T04:17:15Z

“The Hills,” from 2015’s “Beauty Behind the Madness,” is a discordant anthem for self-destructive boredom, emotional unavailability and exasperation with celebrity. The Weeknd’s decade of dystopia 2020-04-01T04:00:00Z

And it was left to the Afghan Whigs' raucous but soulfully swooning anthems to bring a balmy weekend of extremes to a satisfyingly emotional conclusion. I'll Be Your Mirror – review 2012-05-28T11:48:02Z

He will perform a selection of those new songs and, of course, that little-known pop anthem that dogs him to this day. Pop, Rock and Jazz in NYC This Week 2017-02-16T05:00:00Z

At the new album’s center is “Forgiveness,” a piano anthem along the lines of McLachlan songs like “Adia,” but this time her stately tune arrives with a bitter resolve. Critics? Choice: New CDs From Sarah McLachlan, Devo and Tom Petty 2010-06-13T21:44:00Z

The bill doesn’t mention anything about establishing a go-go song as an official D.C. anthem — but to me, that seems like the next logical step. If D.C. makes go-go its official music, what would its official song be? 2019-11-08T05:00:00Z

Together they stood as a Howard choir sang the national anthem and the Negro national anthem. Does this face look familiar? Valerie Jarrett’s ancestor honored with stamp. 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z

She delivered a soaring, emotive version of the anthem with a minimum of frills that was largely acapella at first before a small choir and piano joined her. Guyton slows it down, ‘The Rock’ turns it up at Super Bowl 2022-02-13T05:00:00Z

The National will belt morose anthems at 9:45, while the hip-hop group Brockhampton, rebuilding after the departure of one of its members, closes the night at 10:30. What’s on TV Friday: ‘Quantico’ and Lollapalooza 2018-08-03T04:00:00Z

It’s a youthful grandfather to any number of rock party anthems: “Rock and Roll Music,” “Rock and Roll All Nite,” “I Love Rock and Roll.” The Startling Blast of “Rock Around the Clock,” Sixty Years Later 2015-07-27T04:00:00Z

Trying to highlight a pivotal moment of character development in the movie, Mr. Williams wrote and rejected nine anthems. Round-the-Clock Giddiness in a 24-Hour Music Video 2013-12-25T23:06:53Z

It’s true; the song became the new standard for the breakup anthem, and countless critics named it in their “Best Of” lists. Rating Breakup Anthems: How Does Gotye?s ?Somebody That I Used to Know? Stack Up? 2012-05-15T10:00:50Z

Before the Met performed Verdi’s “Don Carlos” on Monday evening, the company performed the Ukrainian national anthem. Valery Gergiev, a Putin Ally, Fired as Chief Conductor in Munich 2022-03-01T05:00:00Z

While “Turn Down For What” was released at the end of 2013, the song screams summer anthem. Here Are 14 Songs Battling It Out For the Song of the Summer in 2014 2014-05-27T04:00:00Z