| 单词 | lyrically |
| 例句 | His songs were meant to sound like up-market folk songs: immediately memorable, lyrically easily understandable and relatively predictable in shape. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z While Fun. describe the scene with an almost anthropological eye, however, “Oh Love” is lyrically vague and musically anonymous. Green Day: Rock’s saddest joke 2012-07-16T21:10:00Z Musically and lyrically, it’s a real mixed bag, but politically it means well. The eternal Macklemore dilemma: Can his good intentions balance out terrible songs? 2016-02-09T05:00:00Z However, the album is lyrically quite thematically cohesive, which he says is a reflection of Tucker's vision for the how the album should unfold. Peter Buck has no complaints: On his new Filthy Friends album, R.E.M. reissues and more 2019-05-03T04:00:00Z Subtle tensions run through the songs, lyrically as well as musically. Critics? Choice: New Cds: Wrapping Up Life and Death In One Album 2011-04-11T21:45:09Z It was within this fertile creative space that Cale and Reed met and started playing music together, developing sonically dissonant and lyrically raw songs like “Heroin” and “I’m Waiting for the Man.” A Walk Through Velvet Underground History With John Cale 2018-10-11T04:00:00Z The realities of the segregated world of Angelou’s childhood were lyrically captured in 1941 by Richard Wright in “Twelve Million Black Voices: A Folk History of the Negro in the United States.” A Racist World, Described by Those Who Knew It 2017-08-22T04:00:00Z Though beloved by many die-hard fans, it's full of verbal clinkers and is repetitive in the extreme, melodically and lyrically. Review: 'Jesus Christ Superstar' ... I don't know how to love it 2011-05-20T01:30:14Z By no means does “Milk Train” represent Williams at his most dramatically or lyrically assured. | 'The Milk Train Doesn?t Stop Here Anymore': Reaper Arrives? Grab a Kimono 2011-01-31T03:01:00Z And yet there was something droney, almost hypnotic, about a few of the songs, both musically and lyrically, a touch reminiscent of the electronic “shoegazer” bands of the time. An Obsessive Listen to a Twenty-Five-Year-Old Album 2016-02-04T05:00:00Z The elegiac theme of the slow movement, which can sometimes seem endless, was lyrically compelling and deftly shaped, without ever sounding manipulated. 2010-01-09T01:00:00Z They’re lyrically witty and rich enough in narrative and character detail to power the dual plots of the musical. ‘Ordinary Days’ is an extraordinarily charming musical of questing young New Yorkers These are bleak, lyrically dense poems, performed at full tilt by Wright. Luke Wright ? review 2011-08-26T15:49:14Z I challenged myself lyrically to step into that. Nate Ruess, Lead Singer Of fun., Talks Going Solo On New Record 'Grand Romantic' 2015-06-28T04:00:00Z She was magnetic and lyrically fierce, the only real star of the night, apart from the Young Money label mates she brought out with her, Lil Wayne and Drake. Old Guard Returns for Hot 97 Summer Jam 2014-06-02T04:00:00Z As DNA, a well-known 31-year-old battler from Queens put it, “I can name on one hand how many people I think are as lyrically inclined as a battle rapper.” The Fierce, Flourishing World of Battle Rap 2023-06-14T04:00:00Z Germfree Adolescents is a classic: musically and lyrically and just as relevant today. Punk icon Poly Styrene dies at 53 2011-04-26T14:21:23Z "Battle Studies" — his latest album — is what he describes as perhaps his most lyrically complex, and yet at the same time, his most straight forward. John Mayer: Pay attention to my music, not my love life 2010-03-25T21:45:00Z As with the Dolls, notwithstanding the outrageously garish accoutrements, Hunx keep things cute, lyrically, which makes it seem all the more dangerous and diseased. New band of the day ? No 971: Hunx and His Punx 2011-02-18T17:13:29Z “The Nearer the Fountain, More Pure the Stream Flows” originated as an orchestral piece, but was lyrically fleshed out during lockdown. 66 Pop and Jazz Albums, Shows and Festivals Coming This Fall 2021-09-17T04:00:00Z Certainly not: Mozart’s “Prague” Symphony was given a sparkling and animated performance, with fresh, crisp playing and an interpretation that was both lyrically shaped and muscular. A night of supercharged Bartok, sparkling Mozart at SSO 2014-03-14T18:08:01Z But poet Joyce Sidman, who won a previous Newbery Honor, doesn't just wax lyrically about the night; she also includes a short factual sidebar for each subject she tackles, from owls to moths to mushrooms. Kids' books: Newbery Honors are no mere also-rans 2011-02-05T03:04:49Z Over a drum loop Archer provided, “She just responded with violin, and lyrically and melodically, instantly,” he said. Sudan Archives Is Making R&B Deeper and Stranger 2019-11-04T05:00:00Z But she also studied Strauss’s lyrically autumnal “Four Last Songs.” Diamanda Galás Gives Voice to Unbearable Pain, Once More 2022-06-02T04:00:00Z Zapata’s carefully crafted prose oscillates between matter-of-fact and lyrically poetic, a tonal range that provides a very pleasant reading experience. Review | Bibliophiles love the mystery of a missing manuscript. ‘The Lost Book of Adana Moreau’ is just what they’re looking for. 2020-02-02T05:00:00Z From the start, the sound of the orchestra, especially the strings, was bass-heavy, dusky and penetrating, which lent uncommon gravity to the lyrically expansive aspects of the first movement. Bavarian Radio Symphony Performs Brahms and Ligeti 2014-05-19T04:00:00Z Honeyblood has a core idea, but it sustains slight expansions of the musical palette, as on the lyrically dim “Fortune Cookie,” which pulses with a rootsy undercurrent. New Albums by Honeyblood, John Hiatt and the Fred Hersch Trio 2014-07-14T04:00:00Z “Every song that people would write for me felt like me 12 years ago, me 10 years ago. And lyrically they could never touch my heart, ever.” Gwen Stefani Climbs Back From the Abyss 2016-03-10T05:00:00Z Once alone he breaks into a lyrically intense aria, an outpouring of love-at-first-sight rapture. ArtsBeat: A South Korean Tenor Makes His Mark at the Met, With La Scala Next 2010-12-20T18:21:37Z At one point, I thought that maybe, lyrically, the blues was unfit to sing around kids. Young bluesmen take up the torch for a musical tradition It forced him to rethink his lyrically approach, aiming to be more of a mood facilitator than picture-painting storyteller. Pearl Jam’s Stone Gossard and singer-songwriter Mason Jennings discuss new Painted Shield collaboration 2020-09-09T04:00:00Z Synths beam, a men's choir gets chopped into something purely alien and electronic and, lyrically, plenty of bad decisions are made. The New Pornographers lighten up while sharing life lessons 2014-10-16T04:00:00Z The songs, both musically and lyrically, are superb. Jerry Leiber's last lyrical masterpiece to celebrate the many sides of Oscar Wilde 2011-08-27T22:22:58Z Both the urban and rural locations are realised through lyrically descriptive writing of the highest quality. Your books of the year 2012-12-28T22:55:18Z It's a sensibility that arguably chimes with the bleak amorality of what's known as "road rap" – as opposed to grime, or UK hip-hop, all of which have distinct styles, musically and lyrically. Rap responds to the riots: 'They have to take us seriously' 2011-08-12T17:15:46Z Even if she's reluctant because of her romantic feelings, neither version seems to indicate this lyrically. Why this "Baby, It's Cold Outside" update works, where others have failed 2021-11-16T05:00:00Z The mezzo-soprano Suzanna Guzmán performed the song at one of the raid siren locations, accompanied by pizzicato bass and a lyrically swooning violin stationed nearby. Review: A ‘Fake News’ Opera on the Streets of Los Angeles 2017-11-13T05:00:00Z Rolling Stone described his first album as “lyrically tart” and “vaguely Wilco-ish.” David Duchovny’s Truth Is Out There, Between Covers 2018-04-28T04:00:00Z It is unfortunate that the dramatic poet who taught the American theater to lyrically soar is once again being remembered for his dissolute decline rather than for the sublimity of his best writing. 'God Looked Away,' and so should you: Why Al Pacino's play falls so short of expectations 2017-03-01T05:00:00Z So we would listen to Bob Dylan, Carole King, Nina Simone, quite a lot of Motown, like really lyrically strong music. Snapshot: Paloma Faith Releases ‘Fall to Grace’ in America 2012-11-29T15:22:41Z Packing a lot into a short space, it is lyrically witty, musically rich and has the sardonic satirical appeal of the Sondheim-Weidman Assassins. Road Show ? review 2011-07-06T17:00:02Z Both mark a change from No Line On the Horizon, which Bono now describes as "not very accessible, lyrically or musically". U2 have a trio of unreleased albums, says Bono 2010-08-23T09:39:00Z They found a common language in drill songs that didn’t shy away from the personal, and that were lyrically emphatic, line by line. Ice Spice Broke Out With ‘Munch.’ Rap’s New Princess Is Just Warming Up. 2023-01-20T05:00:00Z As with HBO's "In Treatment," on which Levi and Treem also worked, it's a terrific idea lyrically written and perfectly cast. A taut, gripping inquiry into 'The Affair' 2014-10-10T04:00:00Z Well lyrically, we were in these silent days. Brandi Carlile talks new music and Gorge surprises ahead of Echoes Through the Canyon concert 2021-08-02T04:00:00Z Lamar is the type of lyrically complex, politically savvy artist who would normally be confined to the underground rap scene, making his incredible commercial success all the more startling. Kendrick Lamar: rise of a good kid rapper 2012-12-08T00:01:00Z It may be an epilogue, but in addition to contemplating advances and new visions in 21st century film, the documentary, narrated lyrically by Cousins, is also occupied with cinema’s uncertain present. Even in Cannes, Mark Cousins stands out as a movie diehard 2021-07-07T04:00:00Z For a decade now, his songs have tended to come more from the heart than the gut, ranging lyrically from repentance for romantic misdeeds to professions of eternal love. John Legend Sings About Eric Garner and Michael Brown Cases 2014-12-11T05:00:00Z Now, like us, they find themselves reinterpreting “Dollar Days,” a song as beautiful musically or lyrically as anything he ever wrote. David Bowie and the sad, inspiring history of making art while dying 2016-01-13T05:00:00Z Loss also lyrically haunted one of the standout moments of the show, a muted but devastating version of Ms. Harris’s “Red Dirt Girl.” Americanafest NYC at Damrosch Park Bandshell 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z Kanye keeps looking for new angles, both lyrically and in rhyming cadence, while Jay-Z seems more like he's comfortable taking aim, firing and hitting. Jay-Z and Kanye West: Watch the Throne ? track-by-track review 2011-08-02T16:29:41Z Robertson does venture into lyrically personal territory for the first time. Robbie Robertson's no-fuss career frustrates fans 2011-04-07T20:49:54Z Not only did this dancer exemplify the issues of black female beauty that were addressed in the songs, she also showed the most lyrically flowing aspects of break-dancing, and took them through several changes. Review: With ‘Breakin’ Convention,’ a Hip-Hop Festival Impresses at the Apollo 2015-10-18T04:00:00Z But as the great American poet Wallace Stevens so lyrically suggested, it's not always so easy to separate the singer from the song. On 'American Idol': How to tell the singer from the song? 2010-04-02T16:16:00Z You hear all possibilities in Schoenberg’s ambiguous, anguished and lyrically rapturous atonal music. Music Review: Who Killed This Woman?s Lover? And Other Elusive Operatic Issues 2011-03-27T22:01:56Z What did you want to say on the album lyrically? Nick Jonas: I Want a Career Like Elvis Presley 2014-08-27T04:00:00Z Instead, they gently prompt characters, whose spoken language sputters and subsides, to express themselves lyrically and with feeling. Times Writers Share Last Chance Theater Picks 2014-12-25T05:00:00Z I think of the messy genius of James Agee and Mary Austin as two possible antecedents for her genre-bending, lyrically charged, often outraged and outrageous American English. Postscript: C. D. Wright, 1949-2016 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z It’s been called one of the most lyrically beautiful songs ever written, and that’s hard to disagree with. Four Leonard Cohen Tracks You Should Listen To Right Now 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z There are a few noticeably weak performances in this lyrically shortchanged production. In Antaeus Theatre Company's 'As You Like It,' missed connections foil romantic comedy 2017-07-28T04:00:00Z This particular cover received the most attention at the time; lyrically, it's a graphic song in which the rapper describes disposing of his wife's body in front of his toddler daughter. Tori Amos' "Strange Little Girls" is a quietly triumphant covers collection that endures 20 years on 2021-09-19T04:00:00Z Not that previous work wasn't, but I really went for it on this record, lyrically, that I didn't have really done in the past. Paul Janeway on the new St. Paul & the Broken Bones LP and “open wounds we didn’t know were t... 2018-09-07T04:00:00Z Not quite what I was looking for lyrically, but a truly great pop song. Readers recommend: Songs about South America 2010-06-17T23:01:00Z Mr. Morris grabbed every chance to bend a phrase lyrically, as when, alone in the woods, Siegfried wonders what his mother was like and who his father was. Music Review: Metropolitan Opera?s ?Siegfried? Is Led by Impressive Singing 2011-10-28T12:28:31Z Alas, this scene comes across as tepid because of Mr. Adamo’s languid and lyrically meandering music. Music Review: Mark Adamo’s Opera Makes a Wife of Mary Magdalene 2013-06-20T22:14:00Z Though lyrically it trolls familiar dark territory — he declares himself the “Mephistopheles of Los Angeles” — musically it leans toward crunchy, spare blues rock riffs and away from industrial-sounding overproduction. A Dark Prince Steps Into the Light 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z Musically and lyrically, I wanted to do something different. How we made: Jiggs Chase and Ed Fletcher on The Message 2013-05-27T16:18:10Z But Mr. Klein is arguably the first photographer to treat the aging process lyrically, from time to time injecting an element of the grotesque. The Photographer and Auteur Steven Klein Loves to Shock, but Surreptitiously 2011-11-24T10:45:04Z Both musically and lyrically it just seems the perfect funeral song. Six Songs of Me: Clive Lewis of Electronic Rumors 2012-08-07T08:39:00Z Mostly, though, what holds you rapt is Gashi’s powerful, physically grounded performance, which lyrically articulates her taciturn character’s inner workings. ‘Hive’ Review: In the Aftermath of War, a Survivor Finds Herself 2021-11-04T04:00:00Z Profits from foreign productions are difficult to forecast, and given that “Hamilton” is a lyrically dense musical about American history, its appeal outside the United States, and in languages other than English, is uncertain. ‘Hamilton’ Inc.: The Path to a Billion-Dollar Show 2016-06-08T04:00:00Z The show was a mix of early rock and country blues, the latter often molasses-slow and lyrically far from sweet. Jerry Lee Lewis' 40 minute set unites generations 2010-09-30T00:43:00Z Or you hear something lyrically that fills this space. TV on the Radio's Tunde Adebimpe on using a "weird gaslighting technique" in new film "Ultrasound" 2022-03-11T05:00:00Z “We love to keep things blurred a bit lyrically,” the Edge said. music: Playing UpThe MusicIn That Musical 2011-06-10T21:10:17Z But there's a stark contrast between her "new" song The Half of It – lyrically adroit, but a lumpen mid-tempo trudge tonight – and Rihanna's version, Half of Me, which appeared on her Unapologetic LP. Emeli Sandé – review 2013-04-13T23:07:42Z Barney McKenna, whose racing, raucous and often lyrically haunting banjo playing helped propel the Irish folk band the Dubliners to fame, died on Thursday at his home in Dublin. Barney McKenna, Banjo Player in the Dubliners, Dies at 72 2012-04-09T23:01:58Z One picture invokes an apocalyptic sunset, one a wave of lyrically sensuous dunes. Chuck Kelton's lush landscapes, crafted in the darkroom 2016-05-31T04:00:00Z While the album was as musically heavy and lyrically dark as any of Slayer's previous releases, some of its songs entered the downtuned, groove-based style of the then popular nu-metal sound. Jeff Hanneman: ferocious Slayer guitarist 2013-05-03T13:15:07Z And lyrically, it's a perfect summer crush song. Nicki Minaj's Super Bass and the year's best summer jams 2011-08-17T16:15:54Z It’s a different way of doing the song and it’s a different way of lyrically delivering it.” Despite hits, no radio love yet for country rap 2014-07-05T04:00:00Z Mr. Gunn established a wistful, relaxed tone straightaway with two selections by Ben Moore, an American songwriter with a knack for matching texts to lyrically generous, harmonically rich music. Music Review: Nathan and Julie Gunn With Pacifica Quartet at Zankel Hall 2013-04-24T21:51:23Z The limestone-colored building, with window mullions that lyrically evoke the weave of African baskets, will become a high-profile showplace for one of the only two major American museums devoted solely to African art. Elsie McCabe Thompson and the Museum for African Art 2010-06-17T18:01:00Z “So Glad” carries these themes, but lyrically, the narrator becomes the danger. David Lynch's Crazy Clown Time Is Just as Creepy As You Thought It Would Be 2011-11-08T10:00:41Z First, it has to be said, is the amateurism of the performance itself: an awful, attention-hustling racket, musically horrible, lyrically adolescent; poetry-free provocation. Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer – review 2013-06-13T11:02:19Z On the surface, “The Tsar’s Bride” is a tragedy-tinged romantic drama, a twisted story of intrigue, love triangles, potions and a revenge killing, with a lyrically sumptuous and glittering but unadventurous score. Bolshoi Opera Brings ‘The Tsar’s Bride’ to Lincoln Center 2014-07-13T04:00:00Z A tenor saxophonist drawn to a light and lyrically swinging style, Mr. Brown turned 83 last month, with just a handful of albums to his name. Tristano School, Back in Session 2011-01-09T02:34:14Z A work of movement-theater, lyrically directed and designed by Jessica Grindstaff, the production enlisted a forest of woodland creatures in a collage of fables, fairly tales and epics depicting fraught encounters between humans and nature. Inspired, enchanting puppet theater with a punch: the eco-themed 'Memory Rings' 2016-04-09T04:00:00Z She recounts her path to America lyrically and analytically. 8 New Books We Recommend This Week 2018-05-24T04:00:00Z By Ms. Jones’s standards, the album is gloomy and moody, lyrically knotty and doused in reverb. Music Review | Norah Jones: Norah Jones?s Moody Notes at Madison Square Garden 2010-03-29T04:45:00Z Released last week by the independent label Communion Records, it’s a collection of lyrically sincere and emotionally raw songs. | The British Folk Rockers Bear’s Den Explore the American Frontier 2013-09-06T15:00:50Z From various surveys of 20th-century literature, I knew that Woolf’s books, notably “Mrs. Dalloway,” “To the Lighthouse” and “The Waves,” were lyrically written and intensely concerned with the delineation of character. Review | Virginia Woolf’s novels once left me cold. A new book about ‘Mrs. Dalloway’ changed my mind. 2021-09-14T04:00:00Z There are passages that seem beholden to the epigrammatic music of Webern, and passages, especially the lyrically wistful final section, that reveal Carter’s inner Copland. Matthias Pintscher Conducts in the NY Phil Biennial 2014-06-08T04:00:00Z Thumbs up/thumbs down: "A terrific idea, lyrically written and perfectly cast," says The Times' McNamara. 'Transparent,' 'The Affair' among new TV series in Golden Globes arena 2014-11-25T05:00:00Z It's one of my best songs, lyrically and in terms of what it means to people. Paul Weller and Bruce Foxton on Town Called Malice 2012-11-12T17:33:06Z Minchin can’t figure out how to interest us musically or lyrically in the situation of a character who is meant to be shallow and disagreeable for the first half of the show. With a heroic performance by its injured star, 'Groundhog Day' limps through opening night 2017-04-18T04:00:00Z He is performing the "Psychedelic Pill" album title track, which also lyrically meanders toward whining, a barb often thrown at Young by his critics, but one he ignores. Neil Young and Crazy Horse play from 'Psychedelic Pill' Saturday 2012-11-08T21:10:14Z When he paraphrases Merleau-Ponty, the French philosopher who viewed the body as the centre of perception, he voices lyrically one of the poem's principle conundrums: "the toucher touching touched". Poem of the week: Relational Epistemology by Heather Phillipson 2013-05-07T10:35:31Z I wanted to recapture melody as the through line for the dramas that would unfold lyrically. A Word With: Van Dyke Parks: ‘Smile’ and Other Difficulties 2013-07-22T21:48:53Z No filmmaker uses drone camerawork so lyrically; his flying eye dips and swoops with a piercing curiosity. ‘Nomad’ Review: Werner Herzog Pays Tribute to a ‘Kindred Spirit’ 2020-08-25T04:00:00Z The track, “Who I Am,” lyrically consists of just four short lines, leading irresistibly to this assertion. Laura Mvula Sings the Complicated Truth 2016-08-24T04:00:00Z The popular pianist Simone Dinnerstein and the ensemble excelled in a refined and lyrically expressive account of Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 23 in A. Review: Ensemble LPR Plays, With Central Park as an Inspiration 2015-07-01T04:00:00Z Though the version he settled on leaves holes in the story the thrust of the tale is emotionally compelling thanks to Puccini’s lyrically soaring music. In Met’s ‘Manon Lescaut,’ Classic Love Story Gets Noir Twist 2016-02-13T05:00:00Z With his genuine reporting efforts often foiled -- getting anywhere near Nixon was all but impossible -- Thompson turned to heartfelt political invective when he wasn't getting lyrically loaded or veering into total fantasy. Hunter S. Thompson: 4 essential reads 2014-07-18T04:00:00Z The string arrangements are so uplifting in all their songs, and then lyrically they’re quite hard. Snapshot: Paloma Faith Releases ‘Fall to Grace’ in America 2012-11-29T15:22:41Z The song is brutally long, oddly cavalier and lyrically lazy, with Dylan sifting through a shoe box of old Polaroids, trying to make them rhyme. Review | Bob Dylan holds a mirror up to America and sees himself 2020-06-18T04:00:00Z By contrast, “Midnight Sun” felt strained, maybe because it’s too florid, lyrically and musically. Music Review: Spare Vocals Illuminate Emotions Underneath 2011-01-29T00:07:18Z The record’s fulcrum, lyrically and conceptually, comes around the middle, halfway through the fourth track. Music: He Can Sing It, if Not Speak It 2011-04-10T02:00:17Z “Always” is at odds, lyrically, with the record it appears on, Blake’s “The Colour in Anything,” a seventy-six-minute meditation on betrayal, loss, and change. Three Songs That Pushed Me Forward in 2016 2016-12-14T05:00:00Z A later song, citing 15 reasons why his lover should stay with him, is lyrically undistinguished. Nick Helm ? review 2011-08-10T16:53:22Z The Sunday Times's Christopher Hart was still more enthusiastic about "an utterly originally history, lyrically alive to the haunting presence of the past and our strange and familiar ancestors". Book reviews roundup: The Trip to Echo Spring, Under Another Sky and The Cuckoo's Calling 2013-07-26T17:59:00Z On the lyrically and musically rich ballad "Colors," Potter sings of taking a romantic leap of faith and being rewarded by leaving a drab, black-and-white existence with a kaleidoscope of colors. 9 of the year's best overlooked albums 2011-01-07T22:04:04Z Ellison says that the blues is “personal catastrophe expressed lyrically.” How Glenn Ligon Is Using Black and Blue to Begin a Dialogue 2017-06-02T04:00:00Z Admittedly, those numbers begin to sound repetitive and lyrically blunt, but a climactic sequence, set amid soldiers writing letters home from the front, captures the heartbreak and waste of war with aching simplicity. Perspective | Best movies of 2021: Almodóvar just gets better, family films make a comeback 2021-12-06T05:00:00Z “He subsumed my personality, lyrically, on that first album,” Mr. Pop said. Iggy Pop on David Bowie: ‘He Resurrected Me’ 2016-01-13T05:00:00Z I like the fact that the record is lyrically strong. Jason Isbell’s dream to make a “ridiculous wanking guitar” album: “I have to be so damn tasteful all the time when I’m playing my own songs” 2015-07-13T04:00:00Z Palin was soon using long dramatic pauses, repeated phrases and ideas that were more lyrically than logically connected. With no teleprompter, Sarah Palin gets poetic 2015-01-27T05:00:00Z It’s not his most visually extravagant film, not his most politically acute one, not his most rapturously romantic one, not his most lyrically poetic vision. Douglas Sirk’s Glorious Cinema of Outsiders 2015-12-21T05:00:00Z One ignores the marvels of all three, in their lyrically descending order, at risk to one’s soul. Michael Cunningham on Virginia Woolf’s Literary Revolution 2020-12-23T05:00:00Z Stipe is not rock'n'roll in the way that Smith is, though, lyrically, he shares her facility to tap into the unconscious and let the words and images flow out as if unedited. 'I'm often at a loss for words' 2011-03-06T00:02:02Z On the surface the narrator’s confessional, acutely detailed monologue hovers between long stretches of intense recitative and passages of lyrically enhanced arioso, sometimes poignant, sometimes chillingly detached. Review: In This One-Man Opera, It’s All in His Head 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z There’s just so many songs on the record where lyrically it’s taken on a completely new meaning. Rock sideman steels the show: Jason Narducy comes off the road and produces a second album as solo act Split Single 2016-12-13T05:00:00Z Sonically and lyrically, “We Got It From Here . . .” is informed by the present moment and by Tribe’s present moment — each, bleak. Andre 3000: The most ominous instrument in hip-hop 2016-11-26T05:00:00Z Can you tell me about how the song came together and where you were coming from lyrically? Brandi Carlile talks new music and Gorge surprises ahead of Echoes Through the Canyon concert 2021-08-02T04:00:00Z The collection begins with a demonstrative recording of Berg's modern violin concerto, and it moves into a lyrically bopping take on Stravinsky's. Rethinking Itzhak Perlman on the eve of his 70th birthday 2015-07-10T04:00:00Z The songs are bluntly melodic, lyrically direct and catchy. Music Review: Alexa Ray Joel Is Grounded in the Pop Tradition 2014-04-02T19:48:49Z The Orlando Sentinel spoke for them when it wrote, “This lyrically written first novel is as perfect as a tear — and don’t be surprised if you shed a few upon reading it.” Robert James Waller, Author of ‘The Bridges of Madison County,’ Dies at 77 2017-03-10T05:00:00Z “They are very similar, conceptually and lyrically, and it’s certainly possible that Lori’s poem was the inspiration for the song lyric,” says Bennett. She sang ‘Killing Me Softly’ before Roberta Flack. Now she just wants you to hear her side of the story. 2020-01-23T05:00:00Z It was almost always about character and what is musically and lyrically true for that character. Tonys 2015: Composer John Kander 'channels' his late partner, lyricist Fred Ebb 2015-06-05T04:00:00Z Thus, musically as well as lyrically, “The Tree of Forgiveness” is a pleasure, one that, though a long time in coming, will delight for a period that’s longer still. ‘The Tree of Forgiveness’ Review: John Prine on Life’s Agonies and Absurdities 2018-04-02T04:00:00Z Her clearly articulated, lyrically imaginative cello playing can fulfill a range of roles in quick succession: melodist, beat maker, textural accompanist. 13 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2019-04-25T04:00:00Z Where prior albums found her speaking on similar issues as if from the pulpit to a choir of her little monsters, is lyrically confessional, for better and for worse. Lady Gaga’s New ARTPOP Doesn’t Always Live Up to Title 2013-11-11T17:12:01Z In a more touching development, "Future Past" is also lyrically sentimental. Falling for Duran Duran's "Future Past," which reflects the band's signature ingenuity and sentiment 2021-10-31T04:00:00Z His first works were often more air than metal — linear and lyrically open. What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week 2017-02-02T05:00:00Z The debut felt like a wet, wintry day, a mood mirrored lyrically in lines like “it was chucking it down” and “raincoat sweat.” Dry Cleaning: It’s Spoken Rock ’n’ Roll, but We Like It 2022-10-14T04:00:00Z Alt-pop trio London Grammar won the award for best song musically and lyrically for Strong. Fleetwood Mac star honoured at awards 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z "She really bared her soul lyrically, and I think that's what resonating with people - the truth in her lyrics, and the passion in which she tells that truth," he said. Producer talks Adele, new Chili Peppers project 2011-07-08T11:17:11Z The songs loop back on themselves lyrically, mirroring the self-contained environment of the 'burbs themselves. Carrying the Fire 2010-08-27T23:02:00Z A statement of purpose from a Los Angeles original, Lamar's third album already has the makings of a classic, one courtesy of the most skilled, thoughtful and lyrically accomplished voice in contemporary hip-hop. Essential albums of 2015: Bjork, Kendrick and 8 others on the edge of pop 2015-06-16T04:00:00Z Sometimes accused of being vapid, Scott tries to account for what he lacks lyrically in energy and passion. Travis Scott delivers an adrenaline rush at Fillmore 2015-11-18T05:00:00Z At first Mr. Gutierrez moved as if lyrically practicing release technique, sending wavelike impulses through his body and down his limbs while he traveled gradually across the space, responding to progressions in the sound. Dance Review: Miguel Gutierrez’s ‘Storing the Winter,’ in American Realness 2013-01-22T23:19:10Z It’s too musically strong, too lyrically wise, funny and self-aware. Ben Ratliff’s Top 10 Albums of 2012 2012-12-12T13:56:01Z He took every chance the music offered to shape phrases lyrically. Volle Takes His Turn in ‘Die Meistersinger’ 2014-12-14T05:00:00Z Toward the end of “Medusa’s Outhouse,” one of the record’s most musically beautiful and lyrically opaque songs, Mr. McCombs changes from singing to speaking. Cass McCombs: Imagine Beckett as a Cranky Singer-Songwriter 2016-08-25T04:00:00Z The 25-year-old led the field, winning best song musically and lyrically, most performed song for The Fear, and the overall title of best songwriter. Lily Allen scoops three Ivor Novello awards for songwriting 2010-05-20T17:38:00Z She finished her degree and expanded from performing on the campus scene to the L.A. scene, building a band and writing songs — confessional, jazzy, lyrically frisky. ‘The most welcoming safe space on the planet’: How Sara Bareilles returned to her roots in theater 2018-05-10T04:00:00Z As teenagers, the twin sisters formed the cheery, poppy punk outfit the Ackleys, and later the more controlled and lyrically ambitious P.S. Allison and Katie Crutchfield, D.I.Y. Punk’s Twin Elders 2017-09-04T04:00:00Z The 26-year-old's Next To Me track is nominated for the best song musically and lyrically award and is also up for the most performed work prize. Emeli Sande up for two Novellos 2013-04-17T09:32:57Z West makes no new propositions here, sonically or lyrically. Review | Kanye West is now trolling us from the void 2021-08-30T04:00:00Z They sounded lyrically overwritten and musically unfinished, more like essays set to piano battery — or worse, ukulele strumming. Amanda Palmer is an expert storyteller who’s less skilled at singing 2015-04-05T04:00:00Z The 2016 song, presented at first as a component part of an hourlong visual spectacle directed in a grandly cinematic manner, is not lyrically more sophisticated. Beyoncé's Lemonade on HBO: A Familiar Message, But a Crystal-Clear Future 2016-04-23T04:00:00Z The most succinct speech of the afternoon came from Conor O'Brien, of Villagers, who won best song musically and lyrically for the Simon and Garfunkel-esque Becoming a Jackal. Plan B wins hat-trick at Novellos 2011-05-19T17:02:37Z Sonically, it’s Best Coast in classic retro form, evoking a Phil Spector girl group; lyrically it’s a boilerplate message about the power of imagination. The Playlist: 18 Holiday Songs, 1 Surprise Mixtape and a Dark New Nine Inch Nails EP 2016-12-23T05:00:00Z For that reason, the finished song has never been my favourite piece of work, lyrically – too derivative – but it made a good musical vehicle for one of our first "extended works". Rush: 'Our fans feel vindicated' 2011-03-24T21:29:01Z EB: It has strong and very clear ideas, vocally and lyrically. | Wild Belle's 'Backslider' 2012-10-17T15:21:44Z The show left you musing on how far away — and how musically restrained and lyrically well mannered — that supposedly golden era really is. Music Review: Tunes for the Swank Who?d Rather Cha-Cha 2011-05-01T21:16:05Z The series gives the sense of a story unfolding in a special verb tense—first-person plural, viscerally immediate but lyrically retrospective, aching to communicate adolescent truths about imperfection. The Best Television of 2019 2019-12-10T05:00:00Z The buzz: "Packed with lyrically intelligent songs and her highly distinctive voice" – adventureswithwords.com. New band of the day – Hannah Scott (No 1,339) 2012-08-29T08:08:23Z The film, much of it shot at golden hour on high plains, is lyrically tender about mortality and making the most of life when you can. With quiet humanity, Chloe Zhao’s ‘Nomadland’ makes noise 2020-09-16T04:00:00Z StaySolidRocky’s “Party Girl” is one of the year’s sneakiest, sweetest pop songs, showing the rapper to be both melodically deft and also lyrically imaginative. Drake Clears His Throat With DJ Khaled, and 10 More New Songs 2020-07-17T04:00:00Z The second in the set, played here with aplomb by Mr. Kigawa, explores the interval of a fifth, beginning lyrically and becoming agitated and dissonant. Music Review: Taka Kigawa Plays Piano at Le Poisson Rouge - Review 2011-08-24T21:20:26Z During a beat-heavy highlight, "Mouth Mantra," the artist circles around and through Arca's rhythms with sheets of sampled, manipulated voice, while lyrically addressing writer's block. On 'Vulnicura,' Bjork is heavy and at her most personal 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z These are the places where they still battle lyrically for the respect of being the best. America's Musical Cities 2010-07-07T21:20:00Z Critics have pointed out that “Cubatón,” like other iterations of reggaeton, can be musically grating in its tinny repetition, and lyrically misogynistic in its vulgar depictions of women. Forget Retro. The Men of Havana Embrace the Reggaeton Look. 2015-08-14T04:00:00Z The consumer’s America—lyrically normal, always aglow, Springsteen sans despair—has never been an actual place, but it is precisely the America whose greatness Trump’s supporters want so badly to restore. Budweiser and the Selling of America 2016-05-18T04:00:00Z I offered the audience a choice: should I talk "lyrically" about my study of Renaissance art, or "polemically" about why I wrote it? Trying to revive the Renaissance 2010-06-03T14:01:00Z As usual, the Grammys prioritize white artists in a black genre, even someone as lyrically challenged as Ms. Azalea. The Grammys Fumble Hip-Hop and R&B. Here’s How to Fix It. 2017-02-09T05:00:00Z Ray’s uncle, whose dialogue is projected in English translation on the set, waxes lyrically of his mother’s cooking: “Her kimchi was an epic, her seolleongtang was poetry,” he recalls. Review: ‘Aubergine,’ a Stew of Regret and Impending Loss 2016-09-12T04:00:00Z He writes lyrically about his experience in North Carolina, which, to his prep school friends, was tantamount to exile, but where he found passionate teachers. Review: In ‘Where You Go Is Not Who You’ll Be,’ Frank Bruni Examines College Admissions Mania 2015-03-22T04:00:00Z Burton has a gift for short, lyrically incisive stories. Poem of the week: Pissarro's Orchards by Marianne Burton 2013-06-24T10:20:03Z Wagner's Siegfried Idyll opened the programme tenderly and lyrically, with Tim Thorne's horn solo every bit the voice of the young hero. BBCNOW/Søndergård – review 2013-05-06T11:47:52Z However, one rapper who he is certainly not killing lyrically is our man Jay. Poll: Who's best? Jay-Z or Kanye West 2012-05-18T11:35:20Z I think it’s as strong as “Southeastern” was lyrically. Jason Isbell’s dream to make a “ridiculous wanking guitar” album: “I have to be so damn tasteful all the time when I’m playing my own songs” 2015-07-13T04:00:00Z There isn't really a great deal of headline news here, lyrically, just Jay's constantly varying, beat-sensitive flow, familiar from Watch the Throne, his last album with Kanye West. Jay-Z: Magna Carta Holy Grail – review 2013-07-06T23:06:33Z The chorus is musically and lyrically ordinary, but that's just to lull you before the surprise of a great bridge. Remembering Jerry Leiber, the 'Hound Dog' Poet of Rock 'n' Roll 2011-08-24T06:10:00Z Mario is also a tenor role, though one more lyrically written, and Israel Lozano sings it handsomely, despite occasional patches of roughness, and manages to project the postman’s endearing quality. Opera Review: Pablo Neruda and His Mailman, This Time Sung 2010-12-14T13:59:19Z Laura Veltz, a longtime songwriting partner, said Morris has always been in a league of her own, sonically and lyrically, and the new record reflects her ongoing evolution as a woman and musician. Maren Morris is grounded, but not silenced on ‘Humble Quest’ 2022-03-25T04:00:00Z Kai Bird’s landmark presidential biography of our 39th president, “The Outlier,” begins, almost lyrically, by recreating the world in which Jimmy Carter grew up. The Many Successes of Jimmy Carter — and His Ultimate Failure 2021-06-15T04:00:00Z In an Atlanta that was becoming extremely lyrically minded — thanks to T.I., New Music From Earth, Yob and Jeezy 2014-09-01T04:00:00Z Mark: What is common about our records is our writing style, both musically and lyrically. Mark Mothersbaugh and Jerry Casale: Men of Devo 2010-06-23T08:00:00Z Yet it was no surprise that Ms. Fleming’s Countess melted when the youthful tenor Joseph Kaiser, as Flamand, sang Strauss’s lyrically rapturous setting of that text with such tender sound and directness. Music Review: Words or Music: Why Choose? 2011-03-29T22:23:23Z Most impressively, Mosey got there on his terms with a song that, at least lyrically, is more in step with his melodic trap peers than typical pop radio fodder. Lil Mosey, Seattle’s hottest music star, joins elite company with first Top 10 hit 2020-07-23T04:00:00Z He is that rare operatic artist who even when singing lyrically, sounds like he is speaking with the directness of a great actor. Music Review: Real Strangeness in Imaginary Kingdom 2010-12-19T19:20:50Z Writers want to write lyrically about landscape; readers want to read stories. Author, author: Joanna Briscoe 2011-07-08T21:55:25Z I find it to be lyrically one of Jeff’s best records and actually quite lyrically direct compared to “Star Wars” which is actually quite impressionistic lyrically. “Wilco is not your average assignment”: Guitarist Nels Cline on how the band changed his life — and how much he changed the band 2016-09-13T04:00:00Z Yes, this appears as if it could be Lisa Marie's farewell ode to Scientology, and lyrically it doesn't sit on the fence when it comes to talking about cult submission and mind control. This week's new tracks 2012-10-05T23:04:03Z He presents his information clearly and sometimes even lyrically, though his pages nonetheless demand close attention. ‘Napoleon: Soldier of Destiny’ sheds new light on the storied emperor 2015-11-10T05:00:00Z “The Door” is one of the most lyrically written episodes of “Game Of Thrones” yet, from any season, with any content. “Game Of Thrones” recap: The heartbreaking consequences of Bran’s powers are finally revealed 2016-05-23T04:00:00Z Now they've reunited on Owen's just-released "Ebb & Flow" album, which lyrically and musically makes a connection with the fertile Laurel Canyon music scene in Southern California. Judith Owen connects with '70s troubadours on her new 'Ebb & Flow' 2014-06-03T04:00:00Z Hard, insistent, melodic, lyrically accomplished and dense with thematic intent, it's the best rap album of the year. Randall Roberts' best pop albums of 2014 2014-12-19T05:00:00Z He explains that lyrically he "began to semantically group certain themes – songs about my family and friends, of love and war, and also alcohol consumption" – as he progressed. New band of the day: Kiran Leonard (No 1,520) 2013-05-28T16:55:00Z Then lyrically, Johnny Cash was a big one. 2010-01-29T04:18:00Z And lyrically, he's lost none of his old fire – delivering the same winning mix of hazy metaphor and gut-churning honesty, self-doubt and head-strong confidence. Wiley's great grime giveaway 2010-07-09T12:12:00Z It’s the work of an artist who is both maturing and retaining her edge—melodically gorgeous, sonically sane, and lyrically relentless. Listen to Sinéad O’Connor 2014-11-05T05:00:00Z Allen's number one hit The Fear is up for best song musically and lyrically and most performed work. Allen and Dizzee lead Ivors nods 2010-04-20T10:04:00Z When he first arrived as music director in 2009, Dudamel's Mozart bounced off walls as well, by turn vivacious and lyrically affected. With Dudamel and Mozart, there's life in the old 'Linz' yet 2014-05-16T04:00:00Z And lyrically, the duo is clumsy, approaching musical theater at their best, and rarely even that; “Shorty Don’t Wait” is the sort of song Jason Mraz would toss for being too simple. New Music: A Great Big World and Linnea Olsson Release Albums 2014-01-20T23:07:13Z This is superb radio with a big heart and the confidence to tell its story lyrically and gently. Radio head 2010-12-08T08:00:00Z Driven by Mr. Crozier’s harmonically lush, lyrically soaring score, “With Blood, With Ink” emerged as a basically traditional opera. In a Laboratory, Turning Traditional Notions of Opera Upside Down 2010-05-07T20:15:00Z But there are melodramatic scenes that grab you, as well as a few lyrically soaring arias. Music Review: Opera Orchestra of New York at Carnegie Hall - Review 2011-11-09T23:02:45Z His part of the show brought the phrase "low key" to a new level, his solo acoustic guitar accompaniment to his lyrically inventive songs more the stuff of coffeehouses than outdoor amphitheaters. An assertive Brian Wilson surveys beloved hits at Greek Theatre 2015-06-21T04:00:00Z Obviously the songs, tonally and lyrically, they tell part of the story as well as just being a performance. Alan Cumming on Speaking His Mind, Making His Own Hats and Getting In Touch With His Inner Elf 2012-12-07T13:00:31Z It’s hard not to compare it unfavorably to Ang Lee’s “Life of Pi,” which, however flawed, lyrically conveyed the beauty and madness of a long journey into both the world and the soul. Movie Review: ‘Kon-Tiki,’ Directed by Joachim Roenning and Espen Sandberg 2013-04-25T23:28:56Z And Jenna’s big number, “She Used to Be Mine,” is a flat-out great sad song, a simple, lyrically acute solo that spreads its melodic wings slowly and hauntingly. Review | Easy as pie, ‘Waitress’ serves up laughs and heartbreak with Sara Bareilles songs 2018-05-17T04:00:00Z But it struck a lyrically cautionary note at a time when movies seek engagement with a wider world that, even at its most confounding, intimidating and even frightening, they ignore at their peril. At a notably relevant Golden Globes, the film world is seen struggling to keep pace 2015-01-12T05:00:00Z "In the same way that I'll change colors and musical textures, I change things lyrically," he said. Simon goes back to way old methods for new disc 2011-04-13T12:06:18Z Themes derived from Shakespeare having to do with love, death and the natural world are lyrically extended in songs that are performed in Traoré's native Bambara. Toni Morrison's ghostly 'Desdemona' blends words and music in lyrical revision of Shakespeare 2015-10-09T04:00:00Z And it’s the hazy past — evoked in lyrically fragmented increments — that explains their disaffection in the face of the grotesque and their ingrained, conflicting instincts both to survive and to accept death passively. In Philip Ridley’s ‘Mercury Fur,’ It’s the World’s End, and the Party’s Here 2015-08-19T04:00:00Z I do feel that lyrically it was a leap forward for me. Noah and the Whale: I never thought of myself as a singer' 2011-02-24T21:30:01Z She studied anthropology and did research in Greece, a country where she later settled and described insightfully and at times lyrically, both in fiction and memoir. Pride and promiscuity 2015-03-19T04:00:00Z They all manage instead to make beautiful, lyrically crisp music together. Review | Who ever wrote swoonier ballads than Rodgers and Hammerstein? 2017-07-20T04:00:00Z The goal of a liberal arts education was never primarily direct economic benefit for the recipient or even the sort of personal/spiritual development about which many like to wax lyrically. Conservatives killed the liberal arts 2012-09-14T23:08:00Z Los Angeles rapper Blu grabbed attention with his 2007 debut “Below the Heavens,” a lyrically focused record that established his credentials among underground hip-hop fans. Your week in Seattle music: Dave Matthews Band, Nine Inch Nails, Soundgarden and more 2014-08-27T04:00:00Z For all that is clear, even blatant, about Schwarz’s staging, there is much that is memorably, lyrically ambiguous. Review: A New ‘Ring’ at Bayreuth Does Wagner Without Magic 2022-08-07T04:00:00Z And, for or all its funkiness, Fame is a dark song lyrically. Who is David Bowie? A guide to the V&A retrospective 2013-02-16T19:59:00Z I think the way the songs are written are similar to the bands that get mentioned in regards to us, like Modern Lovers, or any band that's lyrically focused. Album stream: Parquet Courts – Light Up Gold 2013-04-08T10:33:05Z At this point the soprano portraying Magda, who has not yet had much to sing, must break into one of the most lyrically soaring arias in the repertory, known as Doretta’s Song. Music Review: Kristine Opolais Makes Met Debut in Puccini’s ‘Rondine’ 2013-01-13T21:20:46Z It was lyrically candid and musically restrained, based on a handful of low-pitched piano chords. Rabit and the Resurgence of Grime 2015-04-22T04:00:00Z In downtown L.A., where the last of three shows ran Saturday, residents took the stage to talk, lyrically and honestly, about their hometown, its new condos and its "urine stench." With 'California: The Tempest,' Cornerstone makes homespun magic 2015-06-24T04:00:00Z Din lyrically imagines a failing Bombay film production company in 1957, Bunty Berman Productions, which must stumble farcically through a number of obstacles in hopes of making a successful new comeback movie. Review: 'Bunty Berman Presents' a Bollywood spoof 2013-05-10T00:01:09Z And, at least on a musical level, he’s found one with his band’s third LP, “1,000 Palms” – an album of sonically redemptive, lyrically radiant guitar-rock. Surfer Blood wants a fresh start: “Everyone wants to go to bed thinking everyone thinks they’re a good person” 2015-05-08T04:00:00Z He is up against Allen and fledgling band Patch William's "The Last Bus" in the best song musically and lyrically category. Lily Allen, Dizzee Rascal lead shortlist for Ivors 2010-04-20T13:27:00Z These are dares of a kind — in a way, they are the most public-minded decisions on this album, which often feels insular, lyrically and musically. Kendrick Lamar, Mortal Icon 2022-05-16T04:00:00Z The group isn’t very ambitious lyrically, but the music flows with energy supported by above-average technique. Lollapalooza Day 1 in review 2011-08-06T06:57:00Z She has a big, beautiful, plush sound that can soar above an orchestra, and she can lighten it up to sing very lyrically too. Critic?s Notebook: At the Met, a Soprano Ascendant 2011-04-19T21:15:09Z Asian cinema tonight emerged as the surprise winner of this year's when a lyrically beautiful and often surreal Thai movie took the Palme d'Or. Cannes film festival: Apichatpong Weerasethakul wins Palme d'Or 2010-05-23T18:28:00Z Yet even before they began mixing, Aaron was already admitting, “I thought we were making a pop record, but it’s turning out to be extremely dark lyrically.” The National Agenda 2010-04-23T13:00:00Z Bill Morrison has contributed lyrically grainy black-and-white film projections of scenes including a sail on the Nile and a crowd ready to be whipped into frenzy by a dictator. Review: In ‘Antony and Cleopatra,’ John Adams Goes Conventional 2022-09-11T04:00:00Z Sondheim's songs are among the most lyrically, melodically and textually challenging work in American musical theater, and such complexity is best not approached unprepared. Theater review: 'Company' 2011-04-08T20:40:13Z The hit single from the album was "Ashes to Ashes", a No 1 record that lyrically appeared to close the cycle that had begun with "Space Oddity", 11 years before. When Bowie met Burroughs 2013-03-09T09:01:00Z I remember as a teenager the huge excitement but slight disappointment that it wasn’t as lyrically abstruse as its brilliant predecessor, Document, and that it was a lot poppier, too. From the archive: REM release Green, 1989 2019-03-17T04:00:00Z As much as my music doesn’t have that edge or immediacy about it, I think lyrically I’m still inspired. A Conversation with Jack Johnson 2013-10-04T09:45:24Z Then you remind yourself that this was 1956, when the popular notion of jazz was Chet Baker and the lyrically purring Cool School. 50 great moments in jazz: Cecil Taylor's jazz piano revolution 2010-04-14T11:25:00Z Don't expect a lyrically gifted album from Gucci Mane, who was released from jail early last year but was back behind bars in 2011. 9 of the year's best overlooked albums 2011-01-07T22:04:04Z Whatever obscenities people thought they heard, the Kingsmen’s version hewed closely to the original — lyrically if not musically. Jack Ely, Who Sang the Kingsmen’s ‘Louie Louie’, Dies at 71 2015-04-29T04:00:00Z He cites Basquiat twice, preening his insider knowledge by lyrically incorporating both the artist’s given name and Samo, his original graffiti tag. Jay-Z is Rhyming Picasso and Rothko 2013-07-12T22:13:27Z Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, all is vanity" is lyrically rendered as "Perfectly pointless, says the Teacher. Why I want all our children to read the King James Bible 2012-05-19T20:30:01Z And lyrically, it's an entertaining album, full of punchlines where, if the last one didn't work for you, the next one will. Seattle rapper Nacho Picasso reviewed on Pitchfork 2011-11-08T18:31:04Z Despite the freedom to explore that a solo album might offer, Gallagher doesn’t venture deeper lyrically. Album review: 'Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds' 2011-11-07T06:02:00Z The result is a standout, lyrically bleak novel whose teasing title, “The Dark Remains,” can be taken to mean a few things — none of them good. Review | Ian Rankin took on the challenge of finishing his mentor’s book. The result is a darkly beautiful novel. 2021-09-22T04:00:00Z "The idea for me is that all the songs touch on different moments in my life lyrically and different periods in our lives as a band," she said. Breakout dream-pop duo Lemolo sells out Columbia City Theater — twice 2012-06-28T20:46:08Z The wedding-band funk of “Daydreaming” and the lyrically inane “Cinema” feel comparatively frictionless, and display Styles’s unfortunate tendency to write lyrics that feel more like precisely posed Instagram carousels than conjurings of specific emotional states. Harry Styles Is Still a Dreamy Cipher on His Third LP, ‘Harry’s House’ 2022-05-20T04:00:00Z Melodically and lyrically, Charles Strouse composed its bouncy score to be a catchy and universally appealing. Bet your bottom dollar that NBC's "Annie Live!" will usher in a new inclusive era for an old classic 2021-12-02T05:00:00Z At another point, in trying to encourage the students to play more lyrically, he said he understood that people in Korea and Japan do not sing, participants said. Violinist Apologizes for ‘Culturally Insensitive’ Remarks About Asians 2021-06-28T04:00:00Z Certainly, the forthcoming single Little Things is noticeably more sophisticated lyrically and emotionally than anything else here. One Direction: Take Me Home – review 2012-11-08T15:30:01Z But the music soon settled into predictable patterns, with Ms. Barton’s lines soaring lyrically, while piano and cello traded the same arabesque motifs. Review: Jamie Barton Shows That She’s a Powerhouse of a Mezzo-Soprano 2015-02-18T05:00:00Z Is there another rapper as artistic and lyrically deep as Nas? They are musical icons, but they’ve never won a Grammy Award 2018-01-24T05:00:00Z Rebecca Hodgetts made a pleasingly pert, lyrically toned Lisbeth, with James Harrison and Daniel Joy presenting a fine comic axis as her rival suitors. The Homecoming/The Prodigal Son 2010-07-20T20:45:00Z Whenever we make a Death Cab album I write a lot of songs, and there’s always a few songs that don’t’ fit in—tonally or lyrically. Death Cab for Cutie’s Benjamin Gibbard on Striking Out on His Own 2012-10-16T12:00:54Z The audience, hungry for this type of lyrically lush drug rap, ate it up, nodding their heads and doing their best to rap along. Rapper Freddie Gibbs heats up the Fillmore Silver Spring with virtuosic craft 2019-11-23T05:00:00Z I was more impressed this time around by the way the music was incorporated into the play as part of the island's lyrically wild ozone. Posner-Teller 'Tempest' stuns but lacks faith in Shakespeare 2014-09-08T04:00:00Z Musically and lyrically, “Hungry Heart” is the apotheosis of that idea: a goofy, honking pop song about a man splitting on his family, only to find himself even more broken and lonesome. Springsteen’s Most Anxious Album 2015-11-03T05:00:00Z Gee lyrically and playfully explores possibilities in collages of images, often subconsciously inspired by the comments of such illustrious interviewees as British theater director Katie Mitchell, poet Sir Andrew Motion and novelist Rick Moody. 'Patience (After Sebald)' evolves into its own incredible journey 2012-05-10T20:29:04Z Or as former Salon arts critic Carina Chocano lyrically described it in 2001, it was “Fox's answer to the Stanford Prison Experiment, only with sand.” Why "Temptation Island" is back and "90 Day Fiancé" is having a moment 2018-12-22T05:00:00Z But it was while in the studio with a chilango that I started to doubt myself lyrically, because my Spanish felt so utilitarian. Alan Palomo shelves Neon Indian name, mines the 1980s in new album 2023-09-26T04:00:00Z Later, when she’d finished rehearsing, she explained that she begged Mersel to cut the “lyrically lifeless” song from her set; he refused, citing its popularity. Reneé Rapp is remaking young female stardom. But can she enjoy it? 2023-09-24T04:00:00Z “And yeah, something about sort of wanting to just sonically, lyrically, musically, in every way the performances be really like the strongest material that we can make.” When Cold War Kids hits the road, so does Nathan Willett’s tennis racquet 2023-09-15T04:00:00Z The way I grew up was so wrapped in country music, and the way I write songs is very lyrically structured in the Nashville way of doing things. Maren Morris is getting the hell out of country music: 'I've said everything I can say' 2023-09-15T04:00:00Z But from its lyrically stylized imagery to its unaccountably happy ending, it is also for many more people than its extreme-sounding logline and arresting, outlandish imagery might suggest. 'Poor Things' brings hot sex and Stone-cold brilliance to the film festival season 2023-09-01T04:00:00Z Still, he said he had never felt more confident lyrically than in their new album "Back to the Water Below". Britain's Royal Blood finds spiritual home in US 2023-08-30T04:00:00Z "There's so many hidden meanings, he's just very clever lyrically and that makes it really hard to translate," she says. Reading and Leeds: The interpreters performing songs for deaf fans at the festivals 2023-08-25T04:00:00Z So, she spent time with Kodner and her crew, creating watercolor paintings that lyrically capture the dynamic of red algae, white snow and blue-tinged mountains. How mountain climbers' pink-snow curiosity contributes to citizen science 2023-07-21T04:00:00Z He says that he wants to use the skills he's been given lyrically to make music that's halal. Ibby: The rapper who gave up fame for faith 2023-07-18T04:00:00Z The songs are simple, direct and tell a cohesive story both lyrically and musically. For Norah Jones, “Little Broken Hearts” gives a lesson in making the most of a bad experience 2023-07-03T04:00:00Z A compassionate anecdote about a homeless woman he met in Oregon preceded “The Eyes of Portland,” a well-intentioned if lyrically ham-fisted protest song from “Orpheus Descending.” John Mellencamp shows no signs of cheering up 2023-06-12T04:00:00Z One could lyrically surmise that its trees are the keys. At West Seattle's groundbreaking Hiawatha Playfield, the trees are key 2023-06-01T04:00:00Z As a singer he has both impressive vocal range and stylistic versatility, but it’s his ability to inhabit the emotion of a song, to elucidate the psychology lyrically and musically, that distinguishes his gift. Ben Platt, up for a Tony for his performance in 'Parade,' gets by with a little help from his friends 2023-05-18T04:00:00Z Music collective Sault's "11" was named best album while best song musically and lyrically went to "King" by Florence + the Machine. Sting, Harry Styles and Raye among honourees at Ivor songwriting awards 2023-05-18T04:00:00Z He invited local poets to newsroom lunches to encourage reporters to write more lyrically. Mike Pride, Who Proved a Regional Newspaper Could Work, Dies at 76 2023-05-12T04:00:00Z He says a third of this year’s entries deal lyrically with “toxic relationships, anxiety” and other mental-health issues. What to know as UK hosts Eurovision Song Contest for Ukraine 2023-05-09T04:00:00Z Layli’s work is groundbreaking in how lyrically and bravely she engages with history. What a U.S. Poet Laureate Wants to Pass Down 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z Styles has three nominations overall, including best song musically and lyrically for "As It Was" and songwriter of the year alongside his collaborator Kid Harpoon. Harry Styles, Kate Bush among nominees for Ivor songwriting awards 2023-04-19T04:00:00Z As we view scenes of colony life, substitute narrator Autje speaks to us lyrically — from the future. In its author's tiny hometown, Mennonites can't get enough of Oscar nominee 'Women Talking' 2023-03-07T05:00:00Z There are dozens of these little plays to explore, and the care and the thought that go into every moment of a Sondheim show, musically or lyrically, is apparent when you study it. Decoding the genius of Sondheim: Six theater pros explain his mystique 2023-03-02T05:00:00Z But my actual favorite Christmas karaoke songs — jazz standards aside — are the slow, lyrically written melodies of “O Holy Night,” “Mary Did You Know” and Joni Mitchell’s “River.” Not-so-silent nights: Your guide to having a merry Christmas karaoke party 2022-12-22T05:00:00Z He wants the listener to be able to dive into the emotion, and he tries to pull that emotion out of me lyrically and even in cadence. Pusha T on perfecting coke rap, the Grammys and hip-hop and Kanye West's 'hate speech' 2022-11-28T05:00:00Z He speaks lyrically about winter rains, when the trees grow right out of the rising lake, and despairingly about the recent drops in water levels. French Police Guard Water as Seasonal Drought Intensifies 2022-11-27T05:00:00Z The actors return to the roles they originated last year at off-Broadway’s Atlantic Theater, in a production directed by Jessica Stone that seems even more assured, and lyrically tighter. ‘Kimberly Akimbo’ is on Broadway, and the world is better for it 2022-11-10T05:00:00Z “This record is by far the most involved I’ve ever been melodically, lyrically, sonically,” she says. Becky G: L.A.'s homegrown, go-to Latin pop star 2022-11-02T04:00:00Z In “I Am From Here,” the chef writes lyrically about his upbringing in the western Indian state of Gujarat — and his immersion for decades in the American South. Black-eyed peas and mustard greens give Italian soup a Southern flair 2022-10-09T04:00:00Z A lot of times, people would try to get me to change certain things about my process, change certain things about me lyrically, change certain things about the content. Pusha T on perfecting coke rap, the Grammys and hip-hop and Kanye West's 'hate speech' 2022-11-28T05:00:00Z “All American” was an anticlimactic introduction for Markowitz that earned a lot of internet buzz but had little substance lyrically or musically. 4 concerts to catch in the D.C. area over the next several days 2022-08-24T04:00:00Z Even at his most lyrically grim, his voice keeps its calm, draining his tough talk of hostility, exerting a quiet control over his music’s delicate chemistry. Review | Young Nudy made some of the summer’s hottest rap by keeping his cool 2022-08-22T04:00:00Z It covers a lot of territory sonically, lyrically. Seattle indie-folk stars The Head and the Heart come home with ever-expanding sound 2022-08-01T04:00:00Z Melodically sweet and lyrically seething, “Night Time, My Time” reached its emotional crest with a lashing hook: “Nobody asked me if I was okay.” Sky Ferreira’s new single sounds like a glimpse at America’s mood ring 2022-06-03T04:00:00Z Best song musically and lyrically went to Sam Fender's "Seventeen Going Under" while rapper Little Simz' "I Love You, I Hate You" won best contemporary song. Dave, Ed Sheeran and Shakira among winners at Ivor Awards 2022-05-19T04:00:00Z But reconciliation and togetherness are also possible, the play asserts, its conviction as uplifting as one of those lyrically conjured buoys. Review | Spoken-word poetry buoys ‘The Joy That Carries You’ in Olney premiere 2022-05-16T04:00:00Z Putin has written almost lyrically about the spiritual unity between Kyiv and Moscow. Opinion | If Putin isn’t stopped in Ukraine, the Baltics are likely next 2022-04-12T04:00:00Z Staples maintains that lyrically, he was even more succinct than usual this time around. The first rule to understanding Vince Staples? Don't even try 2022-04-11T04:00:00Z The film meanders noncommittally, lyrically, refusing to say or care. Review | ‘Memoria’ is a haunting, transcendent, unforgettable film 2022-04-05T04:00:00Z It finds Phife at his most lyrically adept — sharp, witty, playful yet always direct — hardly a surprising fact to Liverpool. Phife Dawg put everything he had into ‘Forever.’ His friends and family made sure the world could hear it. 2022-03-22T04:00:00Z "Forever was written quite a long time ago lyrically and at the time it was about being faced with something quite serious and scary in my life," said Jones. Stereophonics: Son's cancer treatment inspired Kelly Jones song 2022-03-05T05:00:00Z The MC Hammer moment, in real life, was “U Can’t Touch This,” but we made it “2 Legit 2 Quit” because we felt there were more thematic similarities to that song lyrically. Elizabeth Holmes' trial almost remade 'The Dropout.' Why it was left out 2022-03-03T05:00:00Z Paul’s vivacious score, inflected with hip-hop, Motown and R&B, and redolent of such musical influences as the Jackson 5, the Beastie Boys and En Vogue, is lyrically sophisticated. Review | Saints be praised: Mary Magdalene and Jesus are meet-cute Nazareth teens in a hilarious ‘A.D. 16’ 2022-02-16T05:00:00Z “Bowie’s vision and creative genius drove him to push the envelope, lyrically and musically — writing songs that challenged convention, changed the conversation, and have become part of the canon of global culture.” David Bowie’s estate sells his ‘entire’ songwriting catalogue to Warner Music 2022-01-03T05:00:00Z He described Bowie's "vision and creative genius" driving him to "push the envelope, lyrically and musically - writing songs that challenged convention, changed the conversation, and have become part of the canon of global culture". David Bowie: Singer's estate sells rights to his entire body of work to WCM 2022-01-03T05:00:00Z "We've both grown up a lot - the songs are exactly the same lyrically but the sound and production feels more mature," he says. Taylor Swift Red re-release: 'It was the soundtrack to my own break-up' 2021-11-12T05:00:00Z Sky Ferreira performed “Voices Carry” live several times before releasing a recording of her cover in 2018, calling it “deeply personal to me lyrically.” Aimee Mann: 'I have an enormous amount of compassion for people who are struggling' 2021-11-04T04:00:00Z Each release reflected Wolf’s smart, lyrically playful way with dance pop, and was accompanied by colorful videos in which she performed amid computer-generated clones of herself. Remi Wolf's 'very L.A.' debut: Gen Z dance-rap that shouts out to Anthony Kiedis 2021-08-25T04:00:00Z Set to gospel music and lyrically exploring both eloquent pain and exuberant joy, the dance quickly became the company’s trademark, and remains so today. ‘Ailey’ review: Revealing documentary explores the life of ‘Pied Piper of modern dance’ 2021-08-19T04:00:00Z Now, his musically sparse and lyrically haunting third album Busy Guy finds him back working "without compromise" and poetically reflecting on fatherhood, life and loss. Stephen Fretwell: 'Gavin and Stacey song was as good as a part-time job' 2021-07-16T04:00:00Z Her next record, “For the Roses,” would be even more lyrically incisive. In 1971, nothing sounded like Joni Mitchell's 'Blue.' 50 years later, it's still a miracle 2021-06-21T04:00:00Z “Musically and lyrically, Red resembled a heartbroken person. It was all over the place, a fractured mosaic of feelings that somehow all fit together in the end,” Swift continued in Friday’s statement. Taylor Swift's rerecorded 'Red' will be 30 tracks, including a 10-minute song 2021-06-18T04:00:00Z With the elder actor’s poetic ear for a lyrically placed expletive and the younger’s equally hardy talents for blue humor, their pairing should carry the day. Review: A tortured franchise returns in 'Spiral: From the Book of Saw.' The result will make you scream 2021-05-13T04:00:00Z French chronicles her struggles, failures and triumphs in a lyrically written new memoir, “Finding Freedom.” Review: In ‘Finding Freedom,’ a chef‘s struggles and success 2021-04-05T04:00:00Z I’ve been listening to “Chromatica,” Lady Gaga’s latest album, and despite its many dance grooves, it is a challenging collection, at least lyrically. Lady Gaga Oreos are an extra-sweet mystery wrapped in an enigmatic pink wafer 2021-02-25T05:00:00Z There was also Roger Kahn, the author who lyrically captured the Brooklyn Dodgers in "The Boys of Summer," his death coming in a year in which it seemed winter was the only season. From Kobe to Maradona, a year of staggering losses in sports 2020-12-29T05:00:00Z There was also Roger Kahn, the author who lyrically captured the Brooklyn Dodgers in “The Boys of Summer,” his death coming in a year in which it seemed winter was the only season. From Kobe to Maradona, a year of staggering losses in sports 2020-12-29T05:00:00Z But such encounters were not always viewed so lyrically. Jupiter and Saturn Head for Closest Visible Alignment in 800 Years 2020-12-06T05:00:00Z His track The Age of Anxiety was named best song musically and lyrically at this year's awards, presented virtually due to coronavirus restrictions. Cullum wins award for Winehouse-inspired song 2020-09-02T04:00:00Z Technically precise with an innate understanding of melody, they relax their posture and loosen up lyrically. The Beths: how New Zealand’s favourite pop-rock group made self-doubt their brand 2020-07-09T04:00:00Z I also wanted something anthemic, with a nice message, but lyrically simple enough for 41 countries to understand. Ready, steady... oh: Olympics, Glastonbury and Euro 2020 stars on the summer we’ve lost 2020-06-27T04:00:00Z A true reading of the album reveals that it is pretty slapdash, has no real purpose or form, is melodically weak and derivative, and lyrically shallow. 'A billboard with 50 years of layers': readers on Bob Dylan's Rough and Rowdy Ways 2020-06-24T04:00:00Z "We'd wanted to write something about social media and your phone for a long time," the singer says, "but we just weren't getting it right lyrically." The Aces: 'We were told not to sing about girls' 2020-05-06T04:00:00Z Last year, on receiving the David Cohen prize for literature, she was praised for having “moved mountains both politically and lyrically through her writing”. Scholars hit back over New Yorker ‘hatchet job’ on Edna O'Brien 2020-04-12T04:00:00Z The celebratory “Reunited” sets the Wu’s agenda: to lyrically challenge pop-rap. 33 life-affirming albums to help get you through self-quarantine, according to music experts 2020-03-25T04:00:00Z It says a lot about the sheer power of its melody that a song so lyrically impenetrable has become so widely loved. David Bowie's 50 greatest songs – ranked! 2020-03-19T04:00:00Z “I used to write street stories, but lyrically, I’m past that,” XO explains over lunch — a bright orange plate of General Tso’s at an eatery on 14th Street NW. Uptown XO is telling a story bigger than himself 2020-01-08T05:00:00Z “This four-part chorus is without instruments, but it opens so lyrically and contrapuntally, and then it goes into these sections that are just very fanciful and kind of startling. It’s just a really charming piece.” Chorus holiday program features classics that feel familiar 2019-12-17T05:00:00Z She is one of Ireland’s most celebrated writers, with a six-decade career that has seen her rove, lyrically, from rural Ireland to 1960s London to northeastern Nigeria. Scholars hit back over New Yorker ‘hatchet job’ on Edna O'Brien 2020-04-12T04:00:00Z Though she worked with Ballard to craft her melodies, “Jagged Little Pill” was lyrically and vocally her own. Alanis Morissette Isn’t Angry Anymore. But ‘Jagged Little Pill’ Rages On. 2019-11-26T05:00:00Z Choosing three books from such a great year, particularly for poetry collections, is hard but there are three politically and lyrically compelling books that I think will remain relevant in the years ahead. The best books of 2019 – picked by the year’s best writers 2019-12-01T05:00:00Z But lyrically she was still operating in something of a closed system. Camila Cabello is ready to talk about sex, love and Shawn Mendes 2019-11-27T05:00:00Z Like his heroes, Peck might look a million dollars but lyrically he stays true to his own difficult story, which is one with its roots in isolation and unhappiness. Orville Peck: I grew up feeling alienated - so I became a lone cowboy 2019-11-19T05:00:00Z “So when there started to be an issue with it, lyrically, I was, like, ‘What are you talking about?’ Pharrell says ‘Blurred Lines’ scandal changed his idea about sexism: ‘We live in a chauvinist culture’ 2019-10-14T04:00:00Z “So when there started to be an issue with it, lyrically, I was, like, ‘What are you talking about? 'I realised we live in a chauvinist culture': Pharrell denounces Blurred Lines 2019-10-14T04:00:00Z “The trombone, an instrument typically associated with slides and energy and swing, with sudden moves and blasts, is here turned into an almost introspective isolate: lyrically mourning, then raging and mourning again,” Rothstein wrote. Christopher Rouse, expressionistic composer who won Pulitzer Prize, dies at 70 2019-09-22T04:00:00Z The album is a success lyrically, musically and if the #1 status of Panic Attack is an indicator, is on track for commercial success as well. Canada’s best export: The Glorious Sons 2019-09-20T04:00:00Z I don't know a lot of songs lyrically I find that it takes a while to discover what they're about. Squeeze’s Chris Difford, Glenn Tilbrook reveal the strangest fan encounter they’ve had: ‘She wins the award’ 2019-09-01T04:00:00Z "So I tried to write songs I felt were in their wheelhouse, melodically and even lyrically." Why Sheryl Crow felt like an outsider in the 1990s 2019-08-31T04:00:00Z Missy Elliott was a groundbreaker, sonically and lyrically, turning hip-hop’s standard narrative of sexual power and limited notion of feminine beauty on its head. Missy Elliott's solo singles – ranked! 2019-08-29T04:00:00Z For light sleepers, those and other lyrically focused songs are strictly forbidden. The best music to help you fall asleep 2019-07-26T04:00:00Z It has the lazy, dreamy quality, but it’s got a slightly twisted nature to it lyrically. Summer playlist: 21 golden sounds 2019-07-14T04:00:00Z There's an artist called Dave in the UK, he's got a fantastic record called "Psychodrama" and lyrically it's one of the most stunning records that I've heard in many, many years. Squeeze’s Chris Difford, Glenn Tilbrook reveal the strangest fan encounter they’ve had: ‘She wins the award’ 2019-09-01T04:00:00Z Some will argue for Roger Kahn’s lyrically brilliant “The Boys of Summer,” but nothing changed baseball or sports journalism as much as Bouton’s seminal work. Perspective | Jim Bouton opened the lid on the closed ol’ boy network of baseball 2019-07-12T04:00:00Z While the band still grooves, they are quicker to the point, both musically and lyrically. 4 concerts to catch in the D.C. area over the next several days 2019-07-05T04:00:00Z The song I Remember Nothing was lyrically amazing, and the title fitted a moment in my script where the character says: “I don’t remember.” 'Like the centre of a wheel': the eternal influence of Joy Division 2019-06-18T04:00:00Z Drill is a menacing, often lyrically violent subset of British rap. 'Banning drill makes things worse' 2019-06-14T04:00:00Z I got on a taxi and I started writing down what I saw lyrically. Squeeze’s Chris Difford, Glenn Tilbrook reveal the strangest fan encounter they’ve had: ‘She wins the award’ 2019-09-01T04:00:00Z When Barragán died in 1988, his boldly hued, stark buildings and structures across Mexico — lyrically geometric testaments to light and space — instantly became beloved totems to a life and career that produced plenty of beauty. Review: ‘The Proposal’ examines a real life art world provocation with dramatic flair 2019-05-30T04:00:00Z “She chose songs that spoke to her lyrically. There was something she needed to say in those lyrics.” Baby Jane Dexter, cabaret singer who brought tortured poignancy to torch songs, dies at 72 2019-05-22T04:00:00Z Written when Swift was 16, lyrically Should’ve Said No is classic cheating country updated for the social media age: “You should’ve known that word of what you did with her would get back to me.” Taylor Swift's singles – ranked! 2019-04-26T04:00:00Z The sentences and the paragraphs themselves are lyrically constructed but the narrative connections between them are sometimes choppy, hard to latch onto. Nelson Algren’s Street Cred 2019-04-08T04:00:00Z I think lyrically jazz music is an incredible genre too. Squeeze’s Chris Difford, Glenn Tilbrook reveal the strangest fan encounter they’ve had: ‘She wins the award’ 2019-09-01T04:00:00Z “Anyway You Want To” is simple lyrically, with a fat, fuzzy guitar creating a slow jam. Review: Lion Babe creates easy-listening album ‘Cosmic Wind’ 2019-03-28T04:00:00Z Musically and lyrically, he ultimately charted a path that was entirely his own, beyond imitation; a singular path created by a visionary artist. 'They’re film scores to his imagination': music stars pay tribute to Scott Walker 2019-03-25T04:00:00Z The drama is hallucinatory, though not in Kennedy’s lyrically cathartic way. How Jackie Sibblies Drury brings conceptual brilliance to a play about black caregivers 2019-03-25T04:00:00Z Eden floors me every time I hear it – lyrically it’s so beautiful, and the space and depth of the songs are simply wonderful. Musicians on Mark Hollis: 'He found hooks in places I'm still trying to fathom' 2019-02-26T05:00:00Z And I discovered that I was a storyteller, lyrically, when it didn't feel like many other people were, so I decided to focus on that. How Nina Nesbitt fought the pop machine 2019-02-08T05:00:00Z The album’s final track, We Sell Hope, is uplifting musically and lyrically, a contrast to all the excoriation that comes before. The Specials: ‘Respect people. Be kind to people. What else have we got?’ 2019-02-03T05:00:00Z But these artists should still be free to lyrically reflect on the violence that also exists in their communities, free from censorship. Skengdo and AM: the drill rappers sentenced for playing their song 2019-01-31T05:00:00Z “Remind Me Tomorrow” is focussed, lyrically, on how it feels to find peace after a long stretch of ache. Sharon Van Etten Finds Peace After Ache 2019-01-14T05:00:00Z “The label didn’t tell me what to write, lyrically,” she insists. Still complicated: Avril Lavigne: 'I’ve had to fight people on this journey' 2019-01-14T05:00:00Z That work still sounds fresh, but the real revelations here are the lyrically raw pre-“Exile” songs she released under the Girly-Sound moniker. Even in the streaming music era, the box set endures. Here are some of the year's best 2018-12-28T05:00:00Z If you’re not honest lyrically in today’s day and age, you might as well give up. ‘I love a good spanking’: Paloma Faith, Nao, Sleaford Mods and others on 2018’s music controversies 2018-12-07T05:00:00Z On the whole Great Plains—in all the West, for my money—no other river name coincides with Western myth so closely or so lyrically. The Day the Great Plains Burned 2018-10-29T04:00:00Z They were a departure from his work with the True Believers, much deeper, lyrically, with string accompaniment—Iggy Pop by way of Van Morrison, maybe. Alejandro Escovedo’s Return to the Border 2018-09-24T04:00:00Z “Nirvana had a big influence on this generation musically, but lyrically it definitely rubs me the wrong way,” he said. The Unlikely Endurance of Christian Rock 2018-09-17T04:00:00Z “In the 30 years with Dolores, what she wanted to do lyrically was her thing; we never interfered,” says Noel. 'She was on a roll': the Cranberries on the last days of Dolores O'Riordan 2018-09-13T04:00:00Z Aside from being six minutes of gorgeous piano work backed by an orchestra, arranged by Michael Kamen, Bush’s Moments of Pleasure is among her lyrically strongest works thanks to its lightness of touch. 'She makes children of us all': Guardian writers pick their favourite Kate Bush lyrics 2018-09-12T04:00:00Z But lyrically he trades his trademark optimism for regret and rumination: “I’ve got so many lessons to learn,” he intones. Review: New McCartney shows he’s still yearning, learning 2018-09-07T04:00:00Z After the 9/11 attacks, 160 songs were put on an advisory list on the radio because they were deemed “lyrically inappropriate”. Louder than bombs: my journey in war and music 2018-08-26T04:00:00Z Joseph thinks that there is also a different kind of professional ambition at work—there are, he says, “market pressures” that induce Christian musicians to make “lyrically obvious ‘worship records.’ The Unlikely Endurance of Christian Rock 2018-09-17T04:00:00Z He’s also got a distinctive, no nonsense style: lyrically direct without sacrificing a certain poeticism, willing to look directly at a topic and offer steely-eyed comment. California Sounds: A panic-inducing new video from Poolside, a new album by Watts rapper Jay Rock and Busdriver's hip-hop esoterica 2018-06-26T04:00:00Z My own songs tend to be a lot more free, lyrically. The stockbroker who writes Little Mix hits 2018-06-19T04:00:00Z “We wanted to take a leap lyrically, musically, sonically. We wanted to have that natural evolution,” says Stiff. Rock trio Record Company is back but not much changed 2018-06-18T04:00:00Z But the piece has some of Bernstein’s most powerful and lyrically affecting music. Leonard Bernstein Through His Daughter’s Eyes 2018-06-18T04:00:00Z The 12-track rock album is easily his best as a solo artist, deep and rich both musically and lyrically. Review: Johnny Marr scales new heights with ‘Call the Comet’ 2018-06-13T04:00:00Z In “I Sing the Body Electric,” poet Walt Whitman waxed lyrically about the “action and power” of “beautiful, curious, breathing, laughing flesh.” How the body could power pacemakers and other implantable devices 2018-06-08T04:00:00Z She's also one of the few of her generation that I can listen to because she actually has something to say, lyrically. How Janelle Monáe Found Her Voice 2018-04-19T04:00:00Z “It will probably become known as the Silent Samba,” they lyrically predicted. World Cup stunning moments: Uruguay's 1950 triumph in Brazil 2018-03-15T04:00:00Z The latter is a lyrically opaque song that alluded to a craving for validation, and featured a memorable passage in which the pair snorted a piece of the Berlin wall. The best albums of 2017, No 1: St Vincent – Masseduction 2017-12-22T05:00:00Z Kesha, “Praying”: Coming after a tumultuous time in Kesha’s life, “Praying” showcases a side of the singer that is lyrically vulnerable, vocally capable, and overall exceptional. AP’s top songs of 2017: SZA, Bruno Mars, Cardi B, Sam Hunt 2017-12-13T05:00:00Z Alternatively, their co-headliner and frequent collaborator, J.I.D., offers up lyrically driven raps that run counter to much of the fare coming from the hip-hop haven. 4 concerts to catch in Washington this week: Nov. 10-16 2017-11-08T05:00:00Z A: We used to push each other musically and creatively, artistically and lyrically. Prince former bandmate Andre Cymone discusses joining The New Power Generation and solo album 2017-11-01T04:00:00Z Please note: takeoff-your-clothes jam “Pull Up,” and the sonically tasty, but lyrically debatable “Covered In You.” Chris Brown’s 45-song album not the skip-fest you’d expect 2017-11-01T04:00:00Z The band’s 2012 album, “Now for Plan A,” was lyrically influenced by Downie’s wife and her successful battle with breast cancer. Gord Downie, lead singer of The Tragically Hip, has died 2017-10-18T04:00:00Z It might go lyrically off-piste to accommodate his grand allegorical vision, but as Maitreya insists: “These myths and legends continue to resonate inside all of us.” Why Terence Trent D'Arby became Sananda Maitreya: 'It was that or death' 2017-10-05T04:00:00Z It's beautifully, lyrically written and so deeply familiar to me. 'Full Frontal' showrunner Jo Miller guides a hectic show and relaxes with post-apocalyptic novels 2017-09-15T04:00:00Z The combination of rap and synth may seem a bit odd, but lyrically the styles matched up perfectly — telling of trying to stay sane while pushed to the edge. CONCERT REVIEW: Depeche Mode maintains sexual swagger at D.C. show 2017-09-09T04:00:00Z “I channeled the Viking man when creating the scent. In my mind, he is fearless, daring, lives life full of purpose and never settles,” Creed said lyrically of his creation process. House of Creed is taking influencers to Iceland to officially launch their new men's fragrance Viking 2017-08-31T04:00:00Z Grim yet lyrically beautiful, Paul Lynch’s novel follows a young woman through her 15th year. New novel ‘Grace’ tells of survival during the Irish potato famine 2017-08-16T04:00:00Z When I ask whether he thinks his new music is, lyrically, too esoteric for mass consumption, he answers, “Maybe it’s not meant for mass consumption.” Why Terence Trent D'Arby became Sananda Maitreya: 'It was that or death' 2017-10-05T04:00:00Z It touches lyrically on hard times in the coal business, but with a gentle, understated touch. Review: Ben Sollee pays evocative tribute to Bluegrass State 2017-08-08T04:00:00Z On Lust For Life, the singer has opened up musically, as well as lyrically. Lana Del Rey: 'I got jolted into the real world' - BBC News 2017-07-25T04:00:00Z In it she writes lyrically of her memories of East Hampton and her summer home, evoking the sense of freedom she felt escaping from New York at the beginning of each June. Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis’s childhood summer home in East Hampton, N.Y., lists for $52 million 2017-07-19T04:00:00Z Instead, he decided to look back at grime’s earliest days lyrically, and from a perspective few other MCs could – a true scene originator. Dizzee Rascal: ‘I’m the one person who can say, Grime? Nah, I seen it, sorry!’ 2017-07-16T04:00:00Z Their 1980 album British Steel is perhaps the purest definition of heavy metal – sonically, lyrically, even visually. How England's first wave of heavy metal football conquered Europe | Paul Doyle 2017-06-20T04:00:00Z Tracks like “Liability” and “Writer In the Dark” are beautiful tunes, highlighted by the piano, that showcase Lorde’s overall growth - sonically, vocally and lyrically. Music Review: 4 years later, Lorde still a royal singer 2017-06-16T04:00:00Z The politically/lyrically challenging Brotherhood and MIC Righteous showcased the diversity of styles and views that enable the culture to speak to so many people across Britain. ‘Corbyn won’t renege on promises’: grime artists explain why they backed Labour | Awate, Maxsta, Krucial and Slix 2017-06-13T04:00:00Z They are lyrically filmy and very lovely, though only by a willing stretch do they relate much to the poem. The Audacity of Robert Rauschenberg 2017-05-22T04:00:00Z Davies is a master of the slow build, lyrically evoking the dreaminess and gravity of his subject and her verse. Review | ‘A Quiet Passion’ explores the contradictions of poet Emily Dickinson’s life 2017-05-11T04:00:00Z He studied engineering at first, which may have been a mistake for this romantic and lyrically minded man. ‘Anna letters’ tell story of grandfather’s tragic first love 2017-05-06T04:00:00Z Kiwanuka and Mvula are also in the running for best song musically and lyrically - for the singles Black Man in a White World and Overcome respectively. Coldplay v Coldplay at Ivor Novello Awards - BBC News 2017-04-19T04:00:00Z And that, ultimately, is my quibble with this exhaustively researched, lyrically written book. Opinion | Adam and Eve as our first relationship counselors 2017-03-31T04:00:00Z It lyrically described the event as "the most illustrious and significant international political event in the modern history of Rome". EU summit: My part in the Treaty of Rome signing - BBC News 2017-03-24T04:00:00Z It’s a really nice bringing together of different worlds musically, a very beautiful way and lyrically very frank manner. Sam Gleaves's Ain't We Brothers and the value of listening – protest playlist No 3 2017-03-20T04:00:00Z The most lyrically interesting song on the album is actually by Taylor Swift - that’s “Better Man,” a tune about being disappointed in someone and still loving them. Review: Little Big Town return to roots, but stay in neutral 2017-02-22T05:00:00Z The magnum opus of the late epidemiologist Anthony McMichael, this study lucidly, and at times lyrically, chronicles 200,000 years of human history through a climate lens. Books in brief : Nature : Nature Research 2017-02-14T05:00:00Z Thematically it conveys what is going on lyrically in the record. Band AFI from California releases 10th album, ‘AFI (The Blood Album)’ 2017-02-05T05:00:00Z In some 20 books of poetry, he mined this past — that tensing muscle — to create a body of work as demanding as it was lyrically entrancing. Poet Philip Levine sketched the life of working-class Americans 2017-01-05T05:00:00Z Merle Haggard, by contrast, offered little in the way of good times, lyrically at least. Death stars: music’s great losses of 2016 2016-12-29T05:00:00Z Mitski is a virtuoso songwriter, both lyrically and compositionally, but there’s a double-edged sword to her auteurist process: When she plays live, she can’t edit and refine every layer of sound. Mitski performs at Webster Hall, using an instinct for perfection in an imperfect world 2016-11-22T05:00:00Z The album did produce two much-discussed cultural items - one lyrically and one visually - from a single song, “Famous.” For Kanye West, a swirling, eventful year ends in a hospital 2016-11-22T05:00:00Z He listened as the children eloquently and even lyrically delivered their ideas on diversity and, with roles reversed, was stumped by a series of questions offered from the floor. Eden Hazard: ‘If I ever leave Chelsea, it will be after winning the league’ 2016-11-18T05:00:00Z It’s musically incredible and lyrically wiser, though it also veers into self-importance at times - just as the old stuff did. Music Review: Sting rocks out again with a familiar sound 2016-11-14T05:00:00Z His rumbustious, lyrically poetic novel was turned down, his agent confirms, by no fewer than 18 publishers. Turned down 18 times. Then Paul Beatty won the Booker … 2016-10-26T04:00:00Z But lyrically, “Building a Beginning” suffers from a first-person honesty and anguish that fuels the best soul. Review: Jamie Lidell is a wonder on new CD _ Stevie Wonder 2016-10-14T04:00:00Z I also knew what such a form offers in terms of rendering traumatic and disturbing material in a manner that is, at one and the same time, lyrically distancing yet emotively true. Aberfan 50 years on: how best to remember the tragedy? 2016-10-09T04:00:00Z But lyrically, there’s something uncapped in how he views the world, thick with pessimism and humour. Lil Wayne: the tragic demise of a hip-hop trailblazer 2016-09-30T04:00:00Z Bruce Springsteen’s new memoir ‘Born to Run’ is a lyrically beautiful recollection of New Jersey, music — and demons. Springsteen applies his trademark lyricism to his autobiography 2016-09-29T04:00:00Z You wouldn’t call He’s Guilty awfully sophisticated lyrically: it reads more like a local newspaper court report than one of the epic shaggy dog tales Springsteen would go on to write during the early 1970s. Bruce Springsteen – the unreleased tracks from Chapter and Verse reviewed 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z “First and foremost, Jay Z is my inspiration and one of my idols—lyrically, musically, business-wise,” Ora said. Rita Ora Addresses Jay Z, Beyoncé, and That 'Not Becky' Pin 2016-09-14T04:00:00Z In the mood for an hour and a bit of a bloke telling you, lyrically, about how bloody awful things are? It's oh so cultural: the sharpest sounds of autumn 2016 2016-08-31T04:00:00Z It didn’t occur to me that I wasn’t reflecting all of life to them, lyrically. I’m a Christian radio host: Our music isn’t high art — but it’s just what people want. 2016-07-14T04:00:00Z Beautifully performed, gorgeously shot and lyrically written, "Outlander" proves that "prestige" television can be sweeping both historically and romantically. Why 'Game of Thrones' and 'Veep' might repeat at the Emmys, plus love for Samantha Bee 2016-07-12T04:00:00Z The more lyrically inclined may posit that the torrential rain at the Stade de France washed away Iceland’s magic dust. Iceland’s Dream Run Is Ended by France’s Frenetic First Half 2016-07-03T04:00:00Z He has a detailed genesis for each tune, lyrically and musically. Could This Be the End of Paul Simon’s Rhymin’? 2016-06-28T04:00:00Z He can get away with murder and write the same song over and over again lyrically – but, since he has his own vibe and style, it works. How to write a banger for Beyoncé 2016-06-02T04:00:00Z But lyrically, things feel a lot heavier, with violent accounts of faltering relationships and twentysomething ennui. On tour with Pup: crowdsurfing, cysts and dead chameleons 2016-06-01T04:00:00Z US singer-songwriter Gnash was the highest climber with his heartbroken, but lyrically explicit, ballad I Hate U, I Love U. Ariana Grande scores first UK number one album with Dangerous Woman - BBC News 2016-05-27T04:00:00Z But in a 2014 interview with the China Philanthropist magazine, Rothschild lyrically described the burden that came with his famous family name. How China fell for a Rothschild. No, not one of those Rothschilds. 2016-03-30T04:00:00Z On record he’s able to shift between a classically smooth R&B vocal, and edgier Stones Throw-approved rapping that’s lyrically dextrous without venturing too far into backpacker territory. 10 takeaways from SXSW: grime, Drake and Anderson .Paak were the standouts 2016-03-21T04:00:00Z Up to that moment, musically if not lyrically, “Butterfly” is almost a quiet storm of an album, a record that gazes more inward than out, even as it tackles institutional racism and hood politics. 25 Songs That Tell Us Where Music Is Going 2016-03-10T05:00:00Z "For me," she said, "I never care whether they're mine or someone else's, as long as they get the job done. I just want to find something great to say musically and lyrically." Bonnie Raitt is riding a creative burst after recent personal losses 2016-02-25T05:00:00Z He recently hosted the West Coast rapper at the White House and declared him lyrically superior to Canadian hitmaker Drake. Kendrick Lamar: Can Obama's favorite rapper win the top Grammy? 2016-02-15T05:00:00Z If there’s a major criticism that’s been lobbed at the women of country music over the past two decades, it’s that lyrically so many of them have relied on the same girl-done-wrong storylines. Crazy ex-boyfriends: new country music trend is drunk and brokenhearted men 2016-02-05T05:00:00Z It's a memorable work, one that captures 2016 both visually and lyrically. FIDLAR's emoji-only clip for 'Why Generation' captures the spirit of 2016 2016-02-01T05:00:00Z As she lyrically chased rabbits and ate mushrooms, the camera zoomed in on a lava lamp, its blob morphing while the music echoed. How Paul Kantner and Jefferson Airplane delivered LSD music to the masses 2016-01-29T05:00:00Z One thing that struck reviewers who were grappling with Blackstar, David Bowie’s final album, was how tricky it was to interpret lyrically. Was David Bowie saying goodbye on Blackstar? 2016-01-11T05:00:00Z In November, Le1f released his debut album Riot Boi on Terrible/XL, which retained the dance roots of his previous music, but lyrically approaches the more explicit in communal and personal politics. Le1f: hip-hop's provocative, unapologetic Riot Boi 2015-12-15T05:00:00Z The lyrics are really good, he’s talented, he can sing, he can rap, he doesn’t try to pretend to be anything he’s not … and I think lyrically, he’s the best. Chandler Parsons loves ‘Scandal’ just as much as the next guy 2015-12-11T05:00:00Z The Top 11 artists — along with coach Pharrell Williams, who sang his musically repetitive, lyrically clunky, yet curiously catchy hit “Freedom” — performed on “The Voice” on Monday night. 'The Voice' recap: The Top 11 take the stage 2015-11-24T05:00:00Z It gets repetitive, dance track after dance track, and lyrically it’s fairly bland - Love! Review: Ellie Goulding’s ‘Delirium’ polished, not memorable 2015-11-06T05:00:00Z “I like getting coffee by myself / but I still know how you like yours,” sings guitarist Alex Luciano on Sleep Talk, which lyrically and vocally seems to follow the anxious rhythms of thought. CMJ 2015: the best bands to see at this year's music marathon 2015-10-09T04:00:00Z An unexpected change of style - lyrically and musically - it was the public's introduction to a more adult Janet. Janet Jackson: The stories behind the songs - BBC News 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z "Sometimes less is more. Here I bring you a classic tune reduced to its bare minimum, lyrically that is," said brilliant genius / YouTube creator svantana. Having trouble with the words to that one Human League song? This is for you 2015-07-31T04:00:00Z Curtis goes way beyond physical trauma lyrically too, turning the sight of jerking, flailing limbs into a cerebral crisis. Joy Division: 10 of the Best 2015-07-15T04:00:00Z “And also lyrically – this person wishing they had a spine made of iron – it’s sort of along the thematic lines of The Wizard of Oz.” St Vincent: 10 of the best 2015-07-01T04:00:00Z It would then anchor Kaleidoscope Dream, an album that improved on All I Want Is You in every conceivable way: it was more ambitious, had greater aesthetic breadth, was more lyrically daring. Miguel's Wildheart is less heart, more horny 2015-06-30T04:00:00Z “Now people are railing against that beats sounds and looking to have something that means more lyrically.” Leon Bridges and Curtis Harding: the new stars of classic soul 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z So lyrically it's a bit generic - but it's supposed to be. Soak: Tender, awkward songs from a teenager wise beyond her years - BBC News 2015-06-05T04:00:00Z Related: Dawn Richard: too good to ignore Best Female R&B/Pop Artist In an alternate world, Dawn Richard would be nominated and win for the lyrically and instrumentally audacious Blackheart. BET awards draw anger over snubbed acts – but is it really all that surprising? 2015-05-19T04:00:00Z In the video, Tan, bare-chested and wearing sunglasses, plays the piano while singing a lyrically garbled version of the Azan - the Muslim call to prayer. Troll or hero? The sex blogger who's offending Muslims - BBC News 2015-05-03T04:00:00Z Hozier's Take Me to Church is nominated for best song musically and lyrically, as is Above The Clouds of Pompeii, by Bear's Den. Sam Smith shortlisted for Ivor Novello award 2015-04-21T04:00:00Z It even presented Nike a chance, in a full page ad on the back of The Times sports section Friday morning, to wax lyrically while parlaying innuendo into a great marketing opportunity. Healing is for real as Serena Williams returns to Indian Wells 2015-03-14T04:00:00Z On Sunday, he was both technically sharp and lyrically refined. Jason Brown wins first US title, holding off Adam Rippon 2015-01-25T05:00:00Z When I sat down to write for this album, there were a few pieces of music that just seemed like they needed something a little deeper lyrically. Mark Ronson and Michael Chabon on the Making of 'Uptown Special' 2015-01-20T05:00:00Z It's a good example of how lyrically, they would start in a very personal place and then you could see me trying to expand my gaze or expand my perspective. Q&A: Panda Bear Meets the Grim Reaper Meets Newsweek Both works prove to be lyrically seductive, contemplative, and occasionally ardent. The 10 Best Classical Recordings Of 2014 (New Releases) 2014-12-23T05:00:00Z Martin’s choruses rarely feel overwrought or lyrically complex—they hang back at first, before leaping up the scale, high enough to excite but not so melodramatic that they invoke opera or hair metal. The Swedish Invasion 2014-11-24T05:00:00Z The scale of the release felt at odds with what is the most lyrically intimate set of songs of U2’s career, candidly exploring the 54-year-old’s troubled youth as plain Paul Hewson in 1970s Dublin. U2: ‘It’s the job of art to be divisive’ 2014-10-12T04:00:00Z Do you find it hard to convey the themes of your record when so much of it is musically based rather than lyrically based? Q&A: How Flying Lotus Recruited Snoop Dogg and Herbie Hancock for a Death-Obsessed Triumph Yet beyond the narcotic references and flashy guest features, Future’s greatest strength is his ability to appear vulnerable lyrically. Into The Future: Rap's Space Cadet On Coming Down To Earth 2014-09-23T04:00:00Z What kills me as a songwriter is the apparent simplicity of the expression as a whole, both lyrically and musically. Songs of praise to David Lynch, film's king of mood music 2014-06-19T04:00:00Z But a lot of times, I don’t really know what’s going to pop out lyrically, so to speak. Yacht Rock, Rihanna Covers And "The Rhythms Of Life:" West Coast Songwriting Legend Ned Doheny 2014-05-26T04:00:00Z And then so much of the album was lyrically melancholy and introspective and personal, so it was very blue. The Black Keys: When fans attack 2014-05-13T01:48:52Z More of your memories I was lucky enough to meet Iain once, a great night when he refused to let anyone pay for drinks and he waxed lyrically about the plot to Consider Phlebas. 'A generation of book fans has been robbed' 2013-06-10T11:44:08Z Her hit song Next To Me was named best song musically and lyrically, and also won the prize for most performed work. Sande in double win at song awards 2013-05-16T17:17:55Z But in truth I know that the legacies of Southern bigotry haven’t so much been elided as they’ve been artfully revised, lyrically evoked and profitably celebrated. The Masters presents a phony, sanitized South 2013-04-11T17:06:00Z Although there are some more sombre tracks, lyrically it's quite positive. Two Door Cinema Club discuss Olympics and new album 2012-08-08T03:14:22Z The French were not in Ireland, though the 'Shan van Vocht' was wont lyrically to declare at all hours of the day that they were on the sea. My Lords of Strogue, Vol. II (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:26.817Z "An' I pray," she continued, lyrically, "that the devil may melt her, the same as ye'd melt the froth off porther——" Groans, hoots, and drunken laughter overwhelmed the close of this aspiration. Further Experiences of an Irish R.M. 2011-11-24T03:00:44.527Z “If I learned to sing lyrically, I would have a chance to have a voice at the end.” About New York: Jay Hunter Morris Lands on Met Stage as Siegfried 2011-11-18T03:30:09Z “If I Had a Hammer” and “Where Have All the Flowers Gone?” — are lyrically more universal and musically less raucous than his grandson’s songs. | Westchester: Folk Heroes? Kin Keep Legacy but Carve Own Path 2011-06-11T01:01:35Z It is the way of powerful men, of ruthless leaders with talents for self-preservation, to wax on lyrically about freedom and life. Farce or freedom? 2011-04-12T14:42:19Z Thus the Orfeo is a good poem only where the situation is less dramatic than lyrical, and its finest scene was, fortunately for the author, one in which the dramatic motive could be lyrically expressed. Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) 2011-04-09T02:00:14.990Z The opening theme is practically the same as the few bars of the prelude, but is developed more lyrically. Shakespeare and Music 2011-04-01T02:00:29.867Z "When he comes," she exclaimed, lyrically, "it will be like a marriage—" I ventured much as I interrupted. The High Heart 2011-03-04T03:00:52.683Z And I might mention a whole series of poems which at bottom are nothing but short stories, and others again which are saturated with dramatic excitement, quite unlyrical problems, but all of them lyrically conceived. ?mile Verhaeren 2011-02-26T03:00:52.147Z But, while this is so, the transfiguration must operate on a great theme greatly treated, either lyrically, reflectively, epically, or dramatically, in order to produce great poetry. The Bridling of Pegasus Prose Papers on Poetry 2011-02-26T03:00:51.130Z However, Flower was reluctant to wax too lyrically or too long. The Ashes 2010: Andy Flower wary of pitfalls of 'dead rubber syndrome' 2010-12-30T22:00:08Z Like most Americans, however, only more lyrically, James felt the call of the future and the assurance that it could be made far better, totally other, than the past. Character and Opinion in the United States 2010-12-20T17:12:15.253Z And somewhere beneath the humor and the modesty Mr. Sondheim must surely know that for admirers of musical theater, truly no name sings more lyrically – also sardonically, and wisely, and wittily – than his. Theater Talkback: A New Marquee 2010-09-16T16:47:00Z Many possibilities of contemplation are open to the thinker, to the quiet observer; to the poet however, to the lyrist, only a poetic philosophy of life is possible, a contemplation lyrically exalted. ?mile Verhaeren 2011-02-26T03:00:52.147Z The complex and lyrically beautiful paintings, dating from 18,000 years ago, were created by the light of tallow cupped in limestone. Books on Science: Let There Be Dimmers on Our Glowing Planet 2010-07-26T23:51:00Z Archbishop Desmond Tutu said much the same thing, but perhaps more lyrically. Congratulations Spain, and Thank You South Africa 2010-07-13T03:06:00Z Farther down the road, past the lyrically named “bush mouth,” where the Rupununi savanna abruptly unfolds from the rain forest, the lights of Lethem beckoned. Muddy Road Molds Debate on the Future of Guyana 2010-05-09T02:56:00Z As a hunter, he speaks lyrically of stalking wild turkeys. Gun case presents quandary for Supreme Court justices 2010-03-01T05:00:00Z But the boy himself made no preparations to accommodate himself to the lyrically adorned idyl of his parents. The Children of the World Howells called him the only man of pure African blood and of American civilization to feel the negro life esthetically and express it lyrically. The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 4 June 1906 The introduction of portraits proves that he was tending to rely largely upon nature, in contradistinction to Giorgione’s lyrically improvised figures. The Venetian School of Painting The following hymn, together with its beautiful tune, is rated as one of the most beautiful and, lyrically, most perfect hymns in Danish. Hymns and Hymnwriters of Denmark For the moment at least she was lyrically happy. The Fighting Edge "Yes," he repeated, "tongues, silent, untaught tongues,—but with unknown, unvoiced melodies that await but the torch of sympathy to sound, lyrically, upon the waiting air." Patty Blossom I know that the young woman who said so lyrically, "If you're waking, call me early, call me early, Mother dear!" is popularly supposed to have died without issue, but that is a misconception. Jane Journeys On Beginning with this it seems to me that we may content ourselves with inquiring into the musical character of those parts which were without doubt lyrically treated in the performance. Some Forerunners of Italian Opera Once in my life my mania for accuracy involved me lyrically. Police!!! So far as I could remember, Paul Dunbar was the only man of pure African blood and of American civilization to feel the negro life aesthetically and express it lyrically. The Complete Poems of Paul Laurence Dunbar I would not mind Mr. Noyes putting himself lyrically into the woaded skin of our ancestors. Books and Persons Being Comments on a Past Epoch 1908-1911 A flowering vine festooned the marble Love, and one great scarlet spray of bloom flamed upon his marble torch, "so lyrically," Miss Martha Hopkins said, that she was moved to write a poem about it. A Woman Named Smith Then there is the poem on the story of Cristina and Monaldeschi; a subject too odious, I think, to be treated lyrically. The Poetry Of Robert Browning What wonder then that she should lyrically apostrophise "The Wink" in laudatory numbers? Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 101, October 24, 1891 First of all it was necessary to get into a familiar tone and to change Kisotchka's lyrically earnest mood into a more frivolous one. Love He had just the senseless, monkeyish curiosity of the staring crowd so lyrically praised by the London Press. The Pretty Lady “Is it a lovely dream that dazes me, or am I awake?” as Margaret says in Faust, more lyrically than dramatically. The Adventures of a Special Correspondent So far as I could remember, Paul Dunbar was the only man of pure African blood and American civilization to feel the Negro life esthetically and express it lyrically. History of Negro Soldiers in the Spanish-American War, and Other Items of Interest Doves coo lyrically in the crannies of the rocks. The Underdogs, a Story of the Mexican Revolution "Noodle soup!" she used to say, almost lyrically. Fanny Herself "Perhaps I express myself a little too lyrically," he said with an amicable abruptness. The Ball and the Cross It would have been untrue lyrically had he written: a man stands behind a window. The Verse of Alfred Lichtenstein Warburton was mute, and, taking this for a sign of the impressionable moment, Sherwood talked on, ardently, lyrically, until Hyde Park Corner was reached. Will Warburton He had a fire in his bedroom, beside which he wrote the opening passages of that diary he had vowed to keep, descanting lyrically upon the joys of ill weather. Huntingtower The Piece is long, vehement, altogether sincere; lyrically sings aloud, or declaims in rhyme, what one's indignant thought really is on the surrounding woes and atrocities. History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 18 |
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