I had the immediate image of an idiot backing an angry viper into a corner. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know and I don’t want to know,” said Horace, backing away. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

He has also enjoyed considerable success on Broadway, backing such hits as Les Miserables and Phantom of the Opera and producing the award-winning Gershwin musical Crazy for You. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was intent upon her face and her slow backing away. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once the officer got in, the van began to move, backing down the driveway until it reached a space wide enough to turn around. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

With Zapotec backing, he linked rebels in Red and White Bundle and a host of other cities defeated by 8-Deer. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

So saying, he declined to speak publicly on school desegregation for the next three years—just when his backing was most crucial. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Francie took the tickets, thanked him and was backing off when he asked, “Would that be your mother sittin’ over there in the green hat?” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ms. McCrea whispered something to her before backing away from the microphone. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

He opened his ears slightly, backing them with his hands for protection. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

But after backing into the wall twice, he gets things under control. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

They all attacked at the same time, their crazy little beaks pecking at the bread and each other, darting in and then backing away and then darting in again. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

“I think you should move on now. The line is backing up.” Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

The soldier couldn’t back down in front of the crowd, and Farmer had subtly declared he wasn’t backing down, either. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

The more guys that saw you lose fights without ever backing down, the better. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

He could walk into a nightclub and sniff danger instantly, backing out right away. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I continued backing away, with quickening steps, sensing that the man was afraid to follow me because he was naked. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

He just laughed, backing away with his hands up. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

I move behind Mr. Khoury and turn to look at the wall hangings draped on the dividers backing his stand. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

Rolling over onto her stomach, she started backing down the slope feet first, looking ridiculous in her robe and slippers. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

And he looked in the rearview mirror, backing up the car, and said, “I love you, too. Did you lock the door?” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

People all around them scrambled out of the way, backing down the corridor. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Dad had a frightening time backing the automobile up the gangplank. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

Joffrey reached for her, and Sansa cringed away from him, backing into the Hound. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I hold my hand up, almost backing away. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

The boys drove on for some time before stopping and backing up, by the grace of God and Martin-Lothaire. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

But it hung up in the funnel, backing up and almost overflowing. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

It hadn’t even struck the floor before Inej was backing up. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Just as I was backing the mules into place on either side of the wagon tongue, here came trouble in the form of Grandpa Blakeslee. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

However, this time line shows valiant efforts by union workers that were crushed by industrial corporations with the backing of local, state, and/or the federal government. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z

Next thing I know, big guy's backing off of him, all freaked out. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

It was located on the edge of Paradise, backing up against Joe Louis Lane, a dirt path that snaked through the back alleys of the black community. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What are you doing?” she exclaimed, suddenly backing away. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

But the headlights don’t gradually fade away, which they should if he kept backing up or turned away. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

“I just needed to tell my friend something,” I said, backing away from the line of moving men. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Albert moved towards him, backing him up against the wall. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

While we looked at each other, the horse calmed enough that they could start backing off. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was confident he could frighten North Vietnam into backing down. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

There was never a sudden braking and backing up to shout or laugh with a friend. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Turns out, backing in isn’t necessary, because, surprisingly, the on-ramp isn’t congested with abandoned cars—but then, I guess that’s not surprising at all. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Then again, and again, backing away, coming in closer, dropping to one knee, pretending I knew how to get good angles. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“Well, snap out of it,” he said, backing to a chair. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I say, backing away from him, and I head back to the house. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

The edges of a dark wooden frame emerged, and then an old backing. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

The vertical mass was a figure, a person who was now backing away from her and beginning to fade into the darker background of the trees. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Every person in the living room, guy or girl, spooked and backing away, silent. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

“He lies,” snarled Bate, backing toward his gun on the sink drain board. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

But when she tried to engage him in conversation he seemed uninterested, taking my hand and backing away, his gestures saying, “Thanks, but no thanks.” The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hugged my brief case, backing away, and ran . Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Cain,” she whispered, backing into the door as she fumbled with the handle. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

With Operation Breakthrough’s backing, a record 100 residents met in the main hall at McDougald Terrace that morning, eagerly anticipating a discussion about day care. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

“My pants are on,” Armpit said, then slowly moved toward X-Ray, backing him against the wall. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

Then, with a clank and a clang, it began to move backward, and that was how we went down the street, the trolley backing up before us as we marched on. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

By October she was confident enough to make her debut in the German capital, but she wasn’t well known enough to get financial backing for a full-length concert. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, yeah,” Alex says, double-checking the coast is clear before grabbing Henry by the belt and backing into a stall. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Throughout the evening, she kept on saying, “I’m not backing out.” Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Nah, let’s leave it,” I say, backing up from the plant slowly. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

He showed her several editions, some rudely printed on cheap paper with only paper backing, but there was only one she wanted. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

When he sees me backing down the hallway, he goes strangely still. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Officer Delinko slowly began backing away from the burrow, hoping that the grown-up birds would realize it was safe to land. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

They are withdrawing, backing up trees, fading into the jungle, as if some unheard voice calls them away. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then Soames reappeared and plodded about like a parish beadle, backing down the steam radiator valves. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Redemption gasped and recoiled, and Pet let go of her hand and head, backing away into a corner and dropping into a patient crouch. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

And he could feel his temperature rising as with her eyes, but never again with her voice, she urged him to back out while the backing was good. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The room was but small, and the clients seemed to have had a habit of backing up against the wall; the wall, especially opposite to Mr. Jaggers’s chair, being greasy with shoulders. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

She walked to Celaena, and it was all the assassin could do to keep from backing out of the tomb and running away. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“Except no backing up anything with facts or science.” Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

If Bobby would give her a letter saying that he was interested in playing a match, she told him she’d see whether she could secure backing. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

That makes me stop where I am, backing water. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

“I wanted to give you this, sir,” she said, backing away instinctively. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

But when she tried to engage him in conversation he seemed uninterested, taking my hand and backing away, his gestures saying, “Thanks, but no thanks.” The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I comb wet snarls from my hair and watch Kristi’s minivan backing out of their driveway. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Next Milton’s car started up and began backing down the drive. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I started backing out, dragging the body of my little dog. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I was late and traveling fast and the traffic started backing up,” he says. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Ash turned toward her stepmother, backing up against the edge of the countertop. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

She took his notepad from him and scribbled her number on the cardboard backing; “There. You got the digits and you didn’t even ask for ’em.” Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

He kept backing and pulling, till he tore a piece out of her skirt.” Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

As Zeitoun was backing out, the client’s husband ran out to the truck. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

I waded to the car and told Joey to try backing out, and that I’d stand away and watch. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

A dark engine was coming down the track, backing toward them. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

They started backing off slowly, without taking their eyes off us, keeping us at bay with the knife. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

Alyssa eventually gets in the car, backing down as I knew she would. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Then she thought that what she really needed was the lacquer without the wood, but she quailed at the idea of making another sheet; how could she make it flat without a backing anyway? The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

I may have backed up but I’m not backing down. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

The trick, he knew, was to stay off the brake and to keep his traveling speed low and steady, backing off the accelerator at the crests of hills and evenly gaining momentum in the dips. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Lawrence’s ability to maintain AEC backing for the MTA was fading fast. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

"Never mind," I say, backing out of the tent. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I was already mad at him and the others for not backing me up on the bus. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“And how much”—Dad wasn't backing off—“did this vagrant rip you off for?” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

They move in orderly lines around the box, crowding one another precisely, without injury, peering down, nodding, and then backing off to let new people in. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t give us to them,” I say, backing away again. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Redtooth staggered shakily to his feet, backing warily away from the badger. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

“How many times have you found out that what you’ve been told isn’t true?” she says, backing away from me even farther, her face twisting. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Instead of backing off, he seemed to take it as a challenge, and came toward me again. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

She was banking on us backing down, because she figured there was no way we would show up to a MoMo party with Needles. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

But Reg stuck to his decision, backing up into his friends and crossing his arms. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

The other kids on his team started screaming and backing toward the exit, but the giant named Marrow Sucker threw a ball with deadly accuracy. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

All at the same time, I started backing up and looking for Charles. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just getting her into the parking lot had been a major challenge, but now she started backing away, muttering, “‘Jupiter. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

“It’s too dumb to talk about even,” she said, still backing. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

He gave me a puzzled stare, backing away. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had all day, and I kept backing him in and leaning on him. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

Zero kept backing up, out past the cluster of holes the boys had been digging, then farther and farther out onto the lake. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

“Don’t we know it,” he snapped back, looking at us like we were all on his side, when really we were backing Sugar-Girl one hundred percent. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

A big white truck is backing up to the door, belching smoke. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

When Lyndon Johnson took over after Kennedy was assassinated in 1963, he promised to continue backing South Vietnam. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Francis looked for numbers on the mailboxes, nosing into one false trail after another and backing out again, cursing, grinding the gears. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

She could back the trailer up with the goods in it, unload it at the store, back the car into the yard, unhook the trailer, and park the car in the garage, backing in. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Next moment, Dumbledore was backing into the dormitory, wearing a long woolly dressing gown and a nightcap. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

However, instead of backing down, the women continued their protests in prison by starting hunger strikes. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

“I have a forty/sixty chance of getting that job, and I’m not backing out.” Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The truck was backing along the driveway, kicking up dirt. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I'm not backing out,” he said, taking it from me. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

The Vanderbeeker kids gave each other uneasy glances before backing up in the direction of the stairs. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“All right, then. You have a nice day,” I said, backing toward the door. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

“I have to go,” I said, backing farther down the path. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

I felt myself turning red, backing away from the upstairs railing, unable to stop looking at her, wishing she wouldn’t look at me. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

Instead of backing down the bus stairs, I squeezed inside, pulling close to the rail between the people getting off, and dropped my quarter in the money slot. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

He had planned to lay out his step-by-step strategy for preventing an arms race, backing each step with clearly reasoned arguments. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

She bellows and screams, throwing her head and backing away, but he’s like a machine. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

“Todd,” Viola says and I feel her backing away from the bushes. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Percy heard the other kids yelping and backing away, but he stayed focused on his task. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

It is pointless backing against the wall, and I have stopped bothering about my hair. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

I shrieked, backing away from where the boys and the men were. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I spin around to find a girl dressed in all black, backing away from me. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Jesper was turning the tank, backing up as far as possible. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Mao offered moral support and—more important—the promise of military backing to his North Korean neighbors. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

He couldn’t blame Calypso for backing away from him. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Still, the coastal route has little empirical backing; its supporters tend to endorse the idea mainly because it seems to make sense. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Now, though, his threats are the only reason I have to fight—the sheer perverse glory of not backing down. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“Because that thing’s bad for me!” said Ron, backing away from the locket on the rock. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

The Cook seemed fully intent on backing up the support he’d shown for Thomas in the Gathering. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

The first line was in the river now, but die enemy galleys were backing water. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Joey tried backing the SUV out, but we were stuck. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I looked at Vera, who had let the gun drop and was backing up against the wall. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

In stall number one, the quickfooted Specify began acting up, backing, ducking back and forth, and kicking at his handlers. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The collection would later include Elizebeth’s books and papers as well as his, and the transfer had her full backing. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

You never saw him backing a truck into the loading dock. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I’ve spent too many years backing over that muddy road: If only I hadn’t let the children out of my sight that morning. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I open the door to my room, surprised to see Stella backing up against the wall on the other side of the hallway. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

I can see them at Havensight Dock, backing away from Saint Thomas slowly. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

He could not abide losing or backing down. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

This is her backing out of the driveway, even as I scream for her not to leave me. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

The very substantial financial investment involved in backing and launching an insecticide may be swept away as the insects prove once more that the effective approach to nature is not through brute force. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

He ran a nail down the heavy cartridge backing and stripped it away to reveal... Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

Instead of backing up, I scurry over to Brandy, reach into my pocket, and pull out the rock that I decorated for her. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

“Go on ahead,” she wheezes, backing her big self against the wall so I can squeeze by. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was backing away when Frightful lit on the girder and, putting one foot in front of the other, ran to the eggs. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Powell inched toward the staircase, backing Bell up to the landing. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

We’re the richer for his backing this horse, even if it was the wrong one. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

I’m backing away before I even realize it. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

He toot his horn, wave his hand out the window, and start backing up real slow. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

In California he fell among literary people and, as he still had a little of the fifty thousand left, in a short time he was backing a review of the Arts. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

As we start backing out of the garage, I lean over and whisper to my mother. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

“Poseidon won't curse me,” I said, backing up as the Cyclops grabbed air. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Okay, okay,” Natalie said, her hands out as if she were backing away from a dangerous animal. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

He unloaded a flurry of body blows, backing me into a corner. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Most people used their motors to get out of the marina, firing them up in the slip and backing out with great noise and smell— that’s how Owen put it. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could tell I had hit a soft spot, but I couldn't figure out how to cool the situation without seeming like I was backing down from a fight. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

I saw him through the window, seizing his horse’s mane, and mounting in his blundering brutal manner, and sidling and backing away. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

By now Mr. Shine was backing away from the door. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

I put my hands up like I'm backing off. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Earl was backing his van into a narrow parking spot, and brothers and sisters, already late for work, rushed toward the subway station on the boulevard. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even after the two owls alighted, even after he watched them disappear like feathered ghosts into the ground, Officer Delinko continued moving away, backing up step by step until... Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wore a scapular with the images worn away by sweat, and on her right wrist the fang of a carnivorous animal mounted on a backing of copper as an amulet against the evil eye. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Donelli is backing up to her desk and she says, "Oh, my, that's very interesting, I'm sure, but could you both just sit down?" Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

He was three hundred yards away when Speedy began backing, a step at a time, cautiously—and Powell stopped. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

Archie squirmed uncomfortably in his seat, thinking of the Vigil meeting at which he had announced that Brother Leon had asked support for the sale and how he’d pledged the backing of The Vigils. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He does this thing with his head where it almost tips right over to the side while he’s watching me and backing away from the table. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

On Thursday I woke to the sound of Art’s panel truck noisily backing up to the salesroom door. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

“How did you know about me?” she snapped, backing away further. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Then, with Soviet and Chinese backing, communist North Korea invaded democratic South Korea in 1950. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

He tries to peel the image from the sticky yellow backing, to show her the next time he sees her, but it clings stubbornly, refusing to detach cleanly from the past. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

As we're backing out of our garage, a pickup passes behind us on the motel drive. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

A hiker had fainted or fallen or some such thing, which had caused several fender benders, backing up traffic for miles. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Drained of blood and awash he looked the colour of the silver backing of a mirror and his stripes still showed. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Through the big window, I see the man backing up, like he’s trying to see where to break in next. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

To refute her critics, Gallup had assembled a team at Riverbank, with Fabyan’s backing. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

"All right," he said, backing out of the parking space too fast. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

I toss the sword onto the top of the wall and locate a couple of possible handholds before backing up a few steps to get a running start. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

I said, backing nervously away from the edge. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Then he took down the chart, and peeled off the Sellotape from around the edges, so that the sheet of paper came away from its cardboard backing. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

She flicked it open and the wolves snarled, backing away. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“By the way, Kyle, there is no backing out once you commit to the challenge.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

“Hi, Mrs. Chatham,” said Nick, backing away as she filled the doorway. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thus the orchestra, instead of merely providing the musical backing for the characters to sing to, was able to express or hint at the meaning of the stage action, even in passages without singing. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

His horse was nervous, rolling her eyes, backing away from the dead men as far as her lead would allow. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I did this now, taking the precaution of backing away from the robot a good distance before shouting “Leopardon!” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

“I’ll leave your stuff at the front desk in the main office,” she answered, turning on the ignition and looking behind her as she started slowly backing out of the parking space. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

Harry bellowed again, backing away as he swiped his wand through the air; six or seven of them crumpled, but more were coming toward him. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

The third was the same figure, white on white, the raised parts pipe cleaners contoured side by side and glued onto a white cloth-covered backing. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

I was backing out of the room when Mr. O’Flanagan returned with a length, saying, “Let’s see, how long should we cut this?” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

The best mums are homemade with giant artificial chrysanthemums on cardboard backing with huge streams of ribbon hanging from them. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

A deer caught in headlights, she reeled with a gasp, backing into me. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

We had worked through a network of secondary roads and had taken many roads that were blind, but had always, by backing up and finding another road, gotten closer to Udine. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

“There’s a baby in here!” repeated the old man, backing away from the package in fear. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Are you both crazy?” the doctor cried shrilly, backing away in paling confusion. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Newspapers ran stories about “the Bewitching Brokers,” and businessmen tolerated their presence in the all-male world of finance because they had Vanderbilt’s backing. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

He suddenly began backing up his threats by waving a bone-handled switchblade knife in the air. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Emma could neither speak nor stand, and we were alone in the underground station but for two women in raincoats who were backing away, holding their noses against the hollow’s fetid stench. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

“I advise some investors in New York City who might be interested in backing a Broadway show,” says Brooke’s father, Mr. Breckenridge. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

He saw them behind him, quickly backing away. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

He must have sent his rep down before him because everybody was backing off the dude and letting him run his show like he wanted it. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

With Everest, the most difficult of the septet, already taken care of, Hall and Ball wangled backing from a big electrical utility, Power Build, and were on their way. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

They sat on the broken abutment of the road and watched the river backing upon itself and coiling over the iron trelliswork. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

He even does his own backing vocals, which consists of him singing “take a chance” over and over again. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Uh, no...no, I think Reynard’s probably right,” said the boy, backing away. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

We make complicated floral patterns with a compass, we glue odd substances to cardboard backings: feathers, sequins, pieces of macaroni garishly dyed, lengths of drinking straw. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Sunny catches my eye; Baba isn't backing down. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“You telling me you’re not seeing a plot here, Jackson?” says the birthmark, not backing down and raising his own rifle. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

He feels himself standing at a very tall, very dangerous precipice, with no intention of backing away. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

That evening, I cut up the cardboard backing of two yellow tablets. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She’s breathing harder, not used to being pushed like this, but not backing down, either. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He peeled his considerable girth off a stool to stand between me and the door, toward which I’d been slowly backing. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Neel was already backing down the passageway as fast as he could. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

I’m going to try to call him, she said, backing out of the kitchen as she rummaged in her pocket for her phone. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

He remained thus, utterly impassive, as the train began to reverse course, backing four miles up the river for the beginning of the varsity race. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

For a second I think of backing down. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

"The fridge," the man mumbled, backing away from me. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

My sister and I battle the breeze to fold sheets, stepping together to make the corners meet, backing up less and less each time to form the shrinking rectangle. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

In 1958, with the backing of the Ku Klux Klan, he defeated George Wallace for governor. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Here’s another comer you can avoid backing yourself into: Jordan was one of the best, if not the best, player on the team. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I turned defensive, plucking Otto into my arms and backing away. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

I was supposed to sleep over J.T.’s house that night, only I was thinking of backing out on him because I wasn’t up for it. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

The warm mist blew toward us and people started backing away. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

With the backing of a school board dedicated to making improvements, Hayes went to work to boost academic performance in Odessa. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bear chased him for a little piece, but at the rate Old Yeller was leaving her behind, Mama said it looked like the bear was backing up. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

But that means backing down from Cora, and I’ve seen her kind. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

We set up our tents in a semicircle, backing onto the woods, midway between their fire and the cliff. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Bull and Cecil sparred with each other, both landing pulled punches to the body, then backing off to begin the beer chugging contest. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Swiftly the captain ducked down into a crouch and began backing away. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

“It’s really not a good time,” I said, backing away before she could drag me into her apartment by force. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

“I know this isn’t a news flash, but I’m hurt,” Cas had said, backing up against a...She had no idea what it was she was leaning against. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“Want some pie?” he asked, backing out of the refrigerator with a glass dish. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

“Good shot, Jimmy!” the coach yelled as Jimmy started backing down the court on D. Behind us our band started playing. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

Knowing Riddle’s fickleness, he opted not to call him directly to negotiate in private; with only the two of them talking, there would be few consequences to backing out. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The ghost. A big black ghost floating and rattling right towards that man. The fella’s backing up, backing up. Then Uncle Louver hears one of his traps snap.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

“But I mean you harm!” said Sam, backing up. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

I kept my feet in the surf, backing into the water up to my ankles. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

He counted, sometimes repeating a number or even backing up if he thought somebody hadn’t done a good job. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Distant clouds watch me, but they’re backing away The world wants nothing to do with this. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Pong nodded, backing away The mention of getting burned had scared him. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

“I’m not backing out of the soup job if they give it to me,” said my mother. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

A moment later, when they lifted their foreheads from the temple floor, the scrap of paper was hanging in Thoth’s curved beak, and Toby was backing away from the altar, bowing at every step. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

The moment I showed my teeth, all the bonobos tensed, backing up and pounding the earth. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

The Post-Intelligencer’s Royal Brougham had been loudly backing the cause of the sophomores for months, despite their recent sloppiness. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The others would echo his words or make their voices sound like drums or musical instruments backing up his sermon—although the Vapostori used no actual instruments in their ceremonies. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I can’t get it out,” Ana said in frustration, and Ash put her hands over her head, backing away until her hip struck the doorway to the kitchen. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was backing slowly into his domed web, but his fellow spiders continued to inch slowly toward Harry and Ron. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

She had been backing away from the fire toward the outer wall of the shop, but now she was staring at me, hands halfraised protectively. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

She checked to make sure she was not backing up on any of us and then drove off without waving. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

She heads toward the living room, where we are, but starts quietly backing away as soon as she spots Grandma Rose. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“I think the school board’s backing off having the integration,” I told my mother as she prepared to leave for school. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fie reminded his impatient supplicant that the full-sized cyclotron of his dreams had important supporters whose backing would yield dividends, if he would simply wait. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

I intended to arrive at the White House with a carefully thought-out strategy and a strong team backing me. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I looked down Main Street and saw a large truck backing up to the steakhouse. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

He might have looked comical, but he did not; the effect was frightening, and Harry could not blame Ogden for backing away several more paces before he spoke. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Instead of backing down, the smaller snake shows its fangs too. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

They let them run around loose at Baron Park Zoo, and this white one opened up all its feathers and started dancing in front of me and backing me up against a fence. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

Suddenly I was startled by the sound of the garage door opening and the sight of Mr. Donnelly backing toward me at high speed. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Max leaves a few minutes later, kind of backing out of the front door, like there’s a dog that might bite his behind if he turned his back on it. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

She was in the driveway, backing out, when he pulled in. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

But she’s backing away from me, dropping her own empty packet of fruit things, her eyes getting wider. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

The owner of the voice came backing out of the undergrowth so that twigs scratched on a greasy wind-breaker. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

The Ravenclaws were all backing away, and some of the most frightened began scampering back up the staircase to their beds. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

But he knew there was no backing out now. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

That the Conservative government, he would say, with the backing of the Liberals, was reforming the calendar so that every president could remain in power for a hundred years. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

At the same time, I knew that if she’d been crazy enough to follow Nicole and me to my building, she wouldn’t be backing off for good. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

“We think sewer gas is backing up into our house because of the lack of water,” she tells me. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

But all of a sudden, the Arabs, backing away, slipped behind the rock. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

Two minutes more and the room whipped out of town to the jet cars wildly circling an arena, bashing and backing up and bashing each other again. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had the ball, backing into me as he dribbled. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

More footsteps: Several people were backing away from the same spot. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“Then we better get it in before it catches fire,” Pa said, backing Vernon to the wagon. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

Pink said maybe backing out was a good idea. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

“You wouldn’t believe it,” I said, backing away. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

She scrambles out of the car and slams the door closed, backing away from me. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Any GOPers still backing Richards after his actions toward a member of the First Family—and, now, this week’s rumors of sexual predation—are going to have to reckon with their Protestant God tomorrow morning. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Good day, ma’am,” I say, backing out of the front door ’fore she finds something else for me to do. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

Either Muhammad is easily swayed by art mumbo jumbo or he wants to get back to schmoozing, because he begins backing up. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

“If it’s all the same to you, I’d rather not,” said the Humbug, backing away to the far corner of the wagon. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

Now, they said he wasn’t a particularly cruel man, if you can believe that, but he had just fallen on hard times and he had done what he had done and he wasn’t backing up. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

With the financial backing of Durham’s white leaders, Shepard founded North Carolina College, a school based on Washington’s theories of self-improvement. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Or this last sentence in the article: “One thing is sure: the kids at Lincoln Elementary School love their frindles, and no one seems to be backing off in this war of the words.” Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

"They don't want your name," insist their robotic backing singers: "Just your number." Readers recommend: songs about modernity ? the results 2011-01-13T16:36:31Z

But her proposals did not get universal backing. Thatcher considered adverts on BBC 2014-12-29T05:00:00Z

And all before the curtain even revealed an ultra-minimal backing band and a few light fixtures. Lorde gets the Greek on her team at her sold-out show 2014-10-07T04:00:00Z

When Mitchell first came out onstage, she seemed a tad overwhelmed, clinging to her cane and backing up Carlile, who took the lead on a breezy, celebratory “Carey.” Joni Mitchell Reclaims Her Voice at Newport 2022-07-26T04:00:00Z

Mr. May’s “Let Me in Your Heart Again” was also attempted for “The Works” album, but not finished; the “Forever” version has newly recorded guitar parts and backing vocals. Fresh Releases by Pink Floyd and Queen 2014-10-31T04:00:00Z

Lionsgate's Summit Entertainment made the sequel for $110 million and is backing the two-part finale based on "Allegiant," the third book in the series.  Box office: 'Insurgent' scores $4.1 million Thursday night 2015-03-20T04:00:00Z

Falafel and hummus are in the backing band. Where Pastrami on Rye Rubs Elbows With Falafel and Baklava 2020-03-10T04:00:00Z

This is when Dylan took his decision to “go electric” on the road worldwide, with The Band backing him. 5 CD box sets to wow baby-boom rock fans 2016-12-07T05:00:00Z

Hosack tried but failed to secure steady financial backing from Columbia, the state and the New York Agricultural Society. Deep Below Rockefeller Center Lies a Legendary Botanical Garden 2018-06-25T04:00:00Z

Blair's subsequent support of America's Iraq policy eroded his support at home, where some labeled him "Bush's poodle" for backing the war that was unpopular in Britain. Clinton-Blair years focus of HBO's 'Relationship' 2010-05-29T03:40:00Z

In fact, according to multiple sources, Sky had no fewer than five owners whose financial backing originated in South America, Europe and beyond. The big money behind best in show: How the Westminster Dog Show’s four-legged TV celebrities fuel the high-dollar puppy business 2016-02-15T05:00:00Z

With financial backing from Mr. Lowell and a few of his wealthy friends, notably Blair Clark and Brooke Astor, an experimental issue of The New York Review of Books appeared in February 1963. A. Whitney Ellsworth, First Publisher of New York Review, Dies at 75 2011-06-21T04:23:01Z

Or, even better, if it signed up to serve as a rapper’s backing band à la the Roots with Jay Z? ZZ Top at the Greek: 5 thoughts on the band's show 2014-08-14T04:00:00Z

As on “Unholy,” Smith’s arrangements often feature prominent and inventive use of backing singers. Sam Smith Seeks Self-Acceptance and Catharsis, and a Sound to Match 2023-01-26T05:00:00Z

They know their parents have invested a huge amount in them and, with that backing, comes a pressure not to screw up. We are the lamest generation! 2013-06-01T13:00:00Z

Sweet, Ecstatic, Petulant and in Control Plenty of times on Thursday night it was unclear where Ellie Goulding’s squeal stopped and the synthesizers backing her began. Music Review: Sweet, Ecstatic, Petulant and in Control 2010-10-04T21:07:00Z

"That's when it turns into a pop record, then you can put as many overdubs and backing vocals and everything, but the essence of the thing was alive." "The Convincer" still holds up for Nick Lowe's toughest critic — himself 2021-09-25T04:00:00Z

But a take-over in Adelanto would be the country’s first, according to Ben Austin, the executive director of Parent Revolution, which promotes the tactic with backing from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Viola Davis and Maggie Gyllenhaal in ?Parent-Trigger? Film 2012-02-20T23:20:38Z

Villeneuve’s fight to get his movie seen on the big screen may also resonate with streaming-skeptical voters who see his stubbornness as a crusade worth backing. Venice Film Festival: ‘Dune’ Leaves Us With 3 Big Questions 2021-09-03T04:00:00Z

Penn suggested that unless Jacob Ostreicher is freed, sponsors should drop their backing for the January event - which is to include Bolivia for the first time. Bolivia lashes at Sean Penn over jailed American 2013-05-21T21:51:09Z

When we are told to clear the streets, we should get the backing of not just our managers but the politicians as well. Notting Hill carnival curfew plan is 'pie in the sky', warn police on ground 2011-08-27T21:12:38Z

Yet the people backing Luminary clearly think paid-for podcasts are the coming thing. Have podcasts sold out? 2019-03-12T04:00:00Z

He immediately received the pope's backing for the shower project and then expanded it to include haircuts and shaves. Vatican to offer haircuts, shaves as well as showers to Rome's homeless 2015-01-29T05:00:00Z

Yet mainland and foreign investors are taking advantage of financial opportunities and tax breaks, backing hoteliers who are opening lavish resorts, boutique hotels and restaurants. The Many Faces of Puerto Rico 2015-04-03T04:00:00Z

But the film was accepted by Sundance, and Rees won backing from its mentoring programme, which supports emerging screenwriters and directors. Meet the new hotshots of American film-making 2017-10-22T04:00:00Z

His song “Sea Cruise” was handed over by his label to a white singer, Frankie Ford, whose voice was overdubbed atop the backing track recorded by Mr. Smith and his band. Huey ‘Piano’ Smith, New Orleans Rock ’n’ Roll Cornerstone, Dies at 89 2023-02-20T05:00:00Z

Another documentary, Twenty Feet from Stardom puts a face to some of the most nameless people in the music industry, namely backing singers. Stars shine brightly at Sundance 2013-01-20T12:19:57Z

So from now on, expect the odd one-man band dotted among the straining teens, emotionally purging themselves to a backing track. X Factor 2012: six things you need to know about the new series 2012-08-15T12:37:24Z

The backing musicians were cheerful and skillful and sometimes tastefully underselling themselves, leaving the stage for stretches during the show’s two sets. Music Review: Dave Rawlings Machine, With Gillian Welch 2010-06-03T22:14:00Z

In backing into the spot, I heard a tick. Perspective | Gene Weingarten: My filthy car hit a tow truck. Did the punishment fit the grime? 2020-03-09T04:00:00Z

You can see him playing it, for the first time, while backing Johnny Cash on “Saturday Night Live” in 1982. It was the Byrds album everyone hated in 1968. Now, ‘Sweetheart of the Rodeo’ is a classic. 2018-08-16T04:00:00Z

After doing the rounds of the big companies Drew secured the backing of Microwave, Film London's funding scheme which champions debut film makers. Plan B talks about his Ill Manors 2012-06-06T05:36:14Z

Over a swelling intro of delicate piano and angelic backing vocals, Arlissa delivers lines about the usual things people who are recently heartbroken feel: running out of love and sunshine being replaced by rain. New music: Arlissa vs Nas – Hard to Love Somebody 2012-08-09T06:00:00Z

The same desperation suffuses “Heat Lightning,” with droning guitars and muffled drums backing a desperate confession: “There’s nothing I can do, not much I can change/I give it up to you, I surrender.” Mitski Steps Back Into the Darkness 2022-02-03T05:00:00Z

But it will be hard to repeat the runaway success of Breaking Bad which, having initially struggled to get studio backing, won awards including 16 Primetime Emmys and two Golden Globes. Breaking Bad cast visits Smithsonian museum as show's props join collection 2015-11-11T05:00:00Z

Walt Disney Co, the only major film studio not backing UltraViolet, plans to kick off a similar option in the coming months called Disney Studio All Access. Ready for movies in the cloud? Studios bet you are 2011-10-10T17:00:08Z

With such a small backing combo, are microphones really essential here? ‘The Wild Party’: A racy musical that lets the 1920s roar 2013-08-14T20:38:50Z

But the information age makes it possible to find numerous scientific studies backing up the merit in accounts like Ford’s and Ramirez’s. Brett Kavanaugh on Fox News Channel’s “The Real Story”: “I’m the one telling the truth” 2018-09-25T04:00:00Z

Still, I winced when Swift and her backing dancers looked at each other and heartily fake-laughed in the middle of “This Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things.” Taylor Swift’s Netflix Special Is the End of an Era 2019-01-03T05:00:00Z

He and his backing septet opt for coziness and comfort, tossing in funk, hip-hop, folk and pop hints without ever moving beyond coffeehouse style. Dave Matthews Band Caravan music reviews 2011-07-08T05:00:00Z

Bosco Mann’s production treats the horns, backing vocals, and acoustic rock instruments like a small orchestra, fiddling with every tone so that each stands out behind Jones’ powerful voice. Sharon Jones Returns from Cancer Treatment with Triumphant New Album 2014-01-15T16:56:19Z

Pinnock was initially skeptical if ABC was the right home for his edgy and inventive show, but he’s been impressed by the network’s backing. ABC’s ‘For Life’ hopes to change the way we see network TV 2020-02-25T05:00:00Z

I worked as a backing singer and used the money to pay for music lessons at a jazz school. Ang?lique Kidjo asks: 'Who are they to tell me what's African?' 2010-04-29T22:15:00Z

On “He Has His Hands on You” he slips between sermon and serenade, drizzling thrilling vocal lines atop his backing troupe. Playlist: New Music From Gary Allan and Marvin Sapp 2010-04-02T20:57:00Z

The government announced this week that it has withdrawn its backing after it failed to persuade the Miss South Africa pageant organizers to pull out of the event to protest Israel’s policies toward the Palestinians. Furor over Miss South Africa appearing in pageant in Israel 2021-11-19T05:00:00Z

The Fox network has no intention of backing away from “The Following,” which stands as its most important show of a dismal season. Real Violence Puts Pressure on TV Fiction 2013-01-13T21:09:28Z

The backing musicians bowled while Mr. Plant, apparently unrecognized by the public, took in part of a burlesque show, Mr. Shapiro said. Robert Plant Announces Brooklyn Show 2014-10-05T04:00:00Z

And here’s the funny part: Most of us agree we’ve got a crisis, but the people backing up the middle class these days are not the ones you’d expect. Who’s speaking up for the shrinking middle class? Not who you’d expect 2015-07-14T04:00:00Z

Instead, he receives neither and the film concludes with Walker backing into the shadows, the only place he feels comfortable anymore. Burning desire: John Wick and the undying appeal of the revenge thriller 2019-05-16T04:00:00Z

The singer was to be essentially a puppet maneuvered by an all-female backing group. Cherry Glazerr, a fast-rising rock trio, isn't that kind of cute 2014-11-19T05:00:00Z

It was very early for a studio giving backing to a web-only series.” Ed Helms’ Three Favorite Web Series 2013-09-17T15:08:51Z

But many students, with the backing of the majority of the school board, believe the moniker and the mascot are noninclusive at best, and racist at worst. Anatomy of a Mascot 2021-06-30T04:00:00Z

It’s also a decidedly collaborative effort, with plenty of backing vocals and call and response, a shift from the norm where Cocker’s voice is usually the only one heard on his songs. Jarvis Cocker was one of the voices of Britpop. He’s still the voice for England’s disaffected who just want to dance. 2020-07-17T04:00:00Z

Even with sellout crowds and backing from the Brooklyn Academy, Mr. Morgan said, bigger musical acts were hard to attract. Afro-Punk Festival Embraces the Big Time 2011-08-25T23:04:01Z

The government leveraged this by classifying services under the Homestay Classification Scheme and backing it up with marketing support. Kerala: Gateway Of India 2011-07-06T22:00:00Z

After the beginning of the fourth chorus the band comes in with a gingerly backing arrangement, as Hawkins enters his final stretch, starting to pour it on. Music: Coleman Hawkins Outplays Himself in Savory Collection 2010-08-17T22:17:00Z

This short series of small gigs is a reminder that La Roux, whose current on-stage configuration is Jackson and four backing musicians, are still with us and watchably oddball. La Roux – review 2013-03-29T17:06:00Z

And what excites me is that we aren’t backing down from the many layers that these conversations contain. America Ferrera on Why People Should See Themselves on TV 2019-03-01T05:00:00Z

With Ertegun’s backing, McGrath lobbied for the gig in a letter to Jagger, admitting that he hadn’t been very successful in the music business, but “I was successful enough to marry a princess in Italy.” Earl McGrath Was a Character. His Closet Was Filled With Rare Recordings. 2022-07-12T04:00:00Z

“I need you / you / you / you / you,” he sang to fans, matching a glitched-up sample in his song’s backing track. Justin Bieber, Kanye West take the Wango Tango stage with urgency 2015-05-10T04:00:00Z

Feather, which started two years ago with venture capital backing, approaches its business from a sustainability point of view. Speed-Dating Your Sofa 2019-05-06T04:00:00Z

Celebrity watchers may be tempted to infer that the lyrics are all about White’s divorce from Karen Elson, but then how to explain that Elson is all over the album as a backing vocalist? Jack White front and center on 'Blunderbuss' ✭✭✭ 1/2 2012-04-23T14:17:00Z

This cycle he is backing Labor after previously supporting the Conservatives. Film and TV stars shake up the British election (sort of) 2015-05-07T04:00:00Z

There is further backing for the idea that Luke will reappear from the films that have already been released, including "Return of the Jedi." 'Star Wars' 7 may bring new hope, but also letdown 2012-11-21T18:14:14Z

The union has the support of US and UK acting counterparts, and claims to have the backing of cast members Sir , Hugo Weaving and Cate Blanchett. Peter Jackson threatens to take The Hobbit to eastern Europe 2010-09-27T12:54:00Z

A marvelous result of the pub-band backing is that solos or duets grow in expressiveness as other instrumentalists gently join. At SCR, the musical 'Once' raises its hopeful voice 2017-09-12T04:00:00Z

Despite navigating rush-hour traffic, road construction and aggressive 18-wheelers, it was backing the Mantis into my driveway that almost undid me. A latecomer to the #vanlife party takes a 4,000-mile road trip in a pop-up camper 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z

"It's a win-win for retailers who are piggy backing on Fashion's Night Out's own marketing so it's not a big investment for them." Celebs, goodies aplenty at 4th Fashion's Night Out 2012-09-06T16:53:07Z

Then, having selected from one of 10 professionally recorded blues backing tracks, you can record yourself singing the song and share your musical sorrows across the social sites, via Soundcloud. Click to download: Best of Bootie 2010, Kid Sister, Fenech Soler 2011-01-20T22:30:00Z

And even more daringly, the show, with commercial backing, is going on tour. Can a little theater troupe go big with ‘Into the Woods’? 2016-12-01T05:00:00Z

That is the solution: believing this is true and letting the rest of the consequences follow from there, without trying to prevent them by backing down. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: A caregiver-spouse struggles with feelings of emptiness and resentment 2021-10-26T04:00:00Z

The band members' previous jobs as young session musicians, backing Amy Winehouse among others, meant they could really play and you can hear it on the album. Hidden treasures: Palladium – The Way It's Not 2013-03-26T16:31:00Z

The Apes trilogy sets an inspiring example for the unwashed reboot masses, daring to plumb grim depths but then backing it up with thoughtfulness and compassion. How Planet of the Apes became a truly modern movie franchise 2017-07-13T04:00:00Z

On the surface, he was running from one side of the stage to the other, sort of rapping his songs to a backing track piped in from somewhere offstage. A Year of Concerts With Staying Power 2013-12-29T22:45:02Z

When Mr. Prowse is backing him up with choruses of whoas and ooohs, they sound loose and cathartic, two guys bashing away and hoping people will get in on the fun. Music Review: Japandroids at Bowery Ballroom 2012-07-01T22:15:13Z

Despite many complaints – including criticism from a member of the band – officials are not backing down, insisting the song's offensive lyrics make it unsuitable for broadcast. Dire Straits' Money for Nothing banned on Canadian radio 2011-01-17T14:14:05Z

In the case of At Eternity’s Gate, he puts any failings down to lack of backing by the studio. Julian Schnabel: ‘Why can’t a white person tell the story of a black person? Everyone is pink inside’ 2019-04-05T04:00:00Z

Through much of the spring, Hannity kept at the story, backing off only after Media Matters urged his advertisers to pull their ads. The making of Sean Hannity: How a Long Island kid learned to channel red-state rage 2017-10-09T04:00:00Z

I had watched him flirt with a fish, coming close then backing away, then coming close again, until he earned its trust. Scuba Diving in Thailand: A Balancing Act 2016-02-18T05:00:00Z

Owens, 38, was the keyboardist in Jack White's backing band and was on tour with White in Mexico. Isaiah 'Ikey' Owens died of a heart attack, his representatives say 2014-10-15T04:00:00Z

It's like Homeland season one, but recreated with backing dancers. Will cruise-ship crooner Chris Maloney kill The X Factor? 2012-11-29T18:00:01Z

A day after an audience member of her self-titled talk show claimed he was kicked out for supporting the writers strike, one organization is backing away from the actor/host. Drew Barrymore dropped as awards host following talk show controversy 2023-09-12T04:00:00Z

But he emphasized that the Times is not backing off from offering a wide range of viewpoints within its Opinion section — and that he won’t yield to those who don’t want to hear opposing views. New York Times editorial page editor resigns after uproar over Cotton op-ed 2020-06-07T04:00:00Z

Unable to provide any backing or documented evidence for her claims, her argument fizzles into a generalized "because we said so." Jon Stewart pokes holes in Arkansas' plan to "protect" minors from their own gender identity 2022-10-08T04:00:00Z

That same year, Redding, along with members of his backing band, the Bar-Kays, died in a plane crash. An Underrated Soul Singer Returns 2016-06-07T04:00:00Z

Under the title "Symphonicity," Sting is releasing versions of some old songs with an orchestral backing. R.E.M., Sting, Squeeze take control of music catalogs with new approaches to old songs 2010-07-28T21:45:00Z

Isn't this the government backing away from the problem as if it's nothing to do with them? Are the school summer holidays just too long? 2011-07-23T23:07:00Z

Among the rewards for those backing the project are signed scripts, invitations to the premiere and dinner with Hopper's co-star Jacqueline Bisset. Dennis Hopper film appeal launches 2015-03-10T04:00:00Z

In early 2014, after Russia annexed Crimea, pro-Russia separatists in the north of Ukraine, with Russian President Vladimir Putin’s backing, seized parts of the border area near Donetsk. The Russian Tom Clancy Is on the Front Lines for Real 2016-01-07T05:00:00Z

A study by the Institute for Government says that the plans,which were introduced in 2010, are of “limited use and lack political backing”. Grayling's rehabilitation speech and Clegg taking DPMQs: Politics live blog 2012-11-20T16:11:00Z

Her introduction as a reggae performer came as a backing singer for the Rasta artist Richie Spice. Sounds of Jamaica: eight acts you need to know about now 2012-06-28T19:00:00Z

Nobody cared that she wasn't using a backing track for her rhymes at the Tacoma Dome. Concert preview: Nicki Minaj's prime asset 2012-08-09T15:38:06Z

One of five lots with third-party backing, the widely exhibited canvas, notable for its horned devil mask in the center, is expected to sell for at least $40 million. A Crush of Headline Auctions in New York 2016-05-06T04:00:00Z

Then he looped his voice into a backing choir, and stacked finger-snaps, hand-claps and human beat box clicks and pops into an impromptu rhythm section to create something even more compelling. Growth posing safety challenges for festivals 2014-03-16T18:36:00Z

Even in Europe, where state funding for the arts is widespread, Belgian support was exceptional, Ms. De Keersmaeker said, in backing experimental as well as more established work. Dance Leaders Deplore Cuts in Belgium 2014-12-26T05:00:00Z

That setting is what gives the film its allure — and in turn has contributed to its de-facto banning in the United States and commentary from President Obama, who chastised Sony for backing down. Sony's 'The Interview' on strange ground, but is it in cult-film zone? 2014-12-23T05:00:00Z

We sensed this was the real goodbye, and after a moment, we began backing away from the glass. Our last visit, on death row 2023-02-20T05:00:00Z

There is evidence backing the efficacy of intermittent fasting to achieve weight loss. What is the OMAD diet? Is one meal a day actually good for weight loss? And is it safe? 2023-10-11T04:00:00Z

For a show to be booked at the complex, it must have financial backing from other sources. Connoisseurs in the Theatrical Import Business 2011-08-02T22:02:35Z

Whereas when I was just playing guitar in people’s bands, or in my own band or the Smiths, when I’d done an instrumental backing track, I just considered that the song. Playing by Johnny Marr’s rules: “I love living in the modern world, but I just don’t accept a laptop as being a band member” 2015-12-04T05:00:00Z

Mantle went into acting and singing young, and said he always had the full backing of the people close to him. The Gender-Fluid Performer Who Changed the Academy’s Mind 2016-12-21T05:00:00Z

They graze uncomfortably close to each other, crossing paths, briefly touching or rolling as one but then backing off and apart, attracted and repulsed. Review: In This Dance, Even the Nose Scratches Are Choreographed 2023-03-10T05:00:00Z

We recorded the backing tracks in four days, and the vocals in a week. How we made: The Rocky Horror Picture Show 2013-03-04T19:30:02Z

Always on the lookout for a way to keep his name in the papers, Giuliani just announced he’s backing Trump, stating, “I support Trump. I’m gonna vote for Trump.” 15 wingnut celebrities who are all in for Donald Trump 2016-04-13T04:00:00Z

This was mild clutter, though, especially for a pop star who is a fiery dancer and can keep up with her backing troupe at peak speed and complexity. Review: On ‘Formation’ World Tour, Beyoncé Through ‘Lemonade’-Tinted Glasses 2016-04-28T04:00:00Z

Let’s forget these false extremes of “nose in his business” or totally backing off all homework assistance. Perspective | A teen says he has school under control, but Mom isn’t sure. How involved should she be? 2019-10-15T04:00:00Z

In concert, she’s like many of her peers, skipping higher notes and letting backing tracks and the audience carry the tune. Review | At a Kehlani show, the music matters, but it’s not the only thing 2017-07-14T04:00:00Z

He sings with adrogynous yearning and cradles his guitar like an infant, she plays keyboards and sings backing harmonies with cool reserve. SXSW 2013 Day 1: Guards rules 2013-03-13T06:48:00Z

The switch enabled him to play along with a selection of pre-recorded backing tracks. Les Paul exhibit to open in Wisconsin hometown 2013-06-06T17:18:07Z

According to 9.14 Pictures, the company that is backing the film, the documentary will profile Hilton as a “businesswoman, entrepreneur and media icon.” Paris Hilton to produce 'unflinching' documentary about herself 2016-05-13T04:00:00Z

But Bempah, 21, who plays the backing music during live shows and does not write the words, said it made no sense to attribute lyrics like these to a rise in violence. Amid London’s Crime Surge, Authorities Take Aim at ‘Drill,’ a Bleak Style of Rap Music 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z

And backing that up with your actions is going to be one of the most difficult things you’ll ever do. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: He wants to meet Mom’s boyfriend, but Dad tries to stand in the way 2020-09-03T04:00:00Z

Near its midpoint, the beat settles into a sauntering groove topped by vigorous backing vocals and a scene-setting poem. 15 Essential Black Liberation Jazz Tracks 2020-06-17T04:00:00Z

Boasting a full day of action – running from 4pm to 3am – there's live music from Little Barrie, Paloma Faith's old backing band the Fabulous Penetrators, Dollar Bill and Kill It Kid. Clubs picks of the week 2010-08-27T23:05:00Z

Last December, Miley Cyrus recorded her own version of Every Rose ..., with Michaels on backing vocals. Poison singer in critical condition after brain haemorrhage 2010-04-26T10:18:00Z

The group found a manager and began playing gigs, learning Brown and Motown hits, backing minor R&B stars in their swings through town. Kool & the Gang Get the Dance Floor Moving. Have They Gotten Their Due? 2022-07-04T04:00:00Z

Before embarking on the homage, May explained that she prerecorded her voice for backing vocals, just as Ford did when she recorded them many years ago. Jeff Beck honors Les Paul with special club gig 2010-06-10T06:48:00Z

"I spare us all from me singing on every track," Sitek said, though he offers backing vocals and animal noises on the lead single, Tiger. TV On the Radio's Dave Sitek to release solo debut 2010-06-15T09:30:00Z

Remove the paper backing from the veneer, and set pieces of wax paper toward the front of the step to keep the veneer from prematurely sticking while you carefully align the top, back edge. My puppy chewed through the wood stair tread. What to do? 2021-05-07T04:00:00Z

Mr. Spacey told The Associated Press that he planned to sing songs by Billy Joel and Simon and Garfunkel, as well as standards associated with Frank Sinatra, with the backing of a 40-piece orchestra. Kevin Spacey to Sing in Benefit Concert 2014-08-27T04:00:00Z

But the Nerd governor isn’t backing down either. The Billionaire Vs. The Nerd: Who Gets To Control International Trade With Canada? 2012-06-22T15:56:09Z

The as-yet-untitled project is being put together with support from Springfield's former backing singer and friend Simon Bell, who knew her for a number of decades. Play Dusty for me: net cast for Springfield biopic 2011-04-07T15:03:12Z

In fact, the combination on her debut single Uphill of the gentle patter of percussion and repeated electronic keyboard chords remind us of the backing to Marvin Gaye's What's Going On. New band of the day - George Maple (No 1,422) 2013-01-02T15:16:34Z

It makes plain the contours of Russian intervention, the irony of US backing for the mujahideen, the differences between American and British attitudes. The Human Comedy; Blood and Gifts; Accomplice 2010-09-18T23:05:00Z

The heat is directed outwards from the wires with the help of that reflective backing and fan we were talking about. Great space heaters for your buck 2012-11-18T17:00:00Z

The live and recorded music blended so eerily that you could easily imagine Mr. Adams’s having scored his opening as a backing for the buskers. Bird Song, Sirens and Saxophones for a Stroll Between Museums 2016-07-04T04:00:00Z

As wealthy and condescending as mother and daughter come off to the audience, they're also equally bamboozled by the candidates they're backing. Beyond flashy big names, "The Politician" showcases how voters are bamboozled, swayed, and disgusted 2020-06-25T04:00:00Z

Doctor Who fans have speculated she will play Coleman's twin, or that she will appear in a scene inspired by the Star Wars Cantina sequence, playing a song surrounded by an alien backing band. Happy cover results in support slot 2014-06-04T04:00:00Z

More often, though, he makes sharp criticisms from inside the tent, backing them up by pointing out alternative courses of action that policymakers could have chosen — including many he recommended in real time. How Can the U.S. Fix Its Foreign Policy? 2020-06-17T04:00:00Z

Q: So you don't have to put any backing tracks on as far as you're playing. The Anthem is back — and so is Frankie Valli 2021-07-28T04:00:00Z

My Name is Khan is a rare Indian film to get the backing of Hollywood distributors, 20th Century Fox. 2010-02-16T13:20:00Z

There is little doubt that Agee grew disgusted with Washington’s hypocritical backing of authoritarian governments. Do Whistle-Blowers Damage National Security? 2021-05-21T04:00:00Z

But even with the backing of two heavyweights, the Turner cable channel and the home entertainment company Criterion, both beloved by film buffs, FilmStruck is entering a niche-streaming field that’s already very crowded. FilmStruck Streaming Service Places a Big Bet on Cinephiles 2016-11-01T04:00:00Z

"And there were a lot of things that we wanted to experiment with, and I particularly to play around with my voices because there are a lot of different backing vocals and things like that." Kate Bush's bewitching "The Dreaming" turns 40 2022-09-25T04:00:00Z

The orchestra also has the backing of powerful figures in the music industry. An Orchestra Supports Ukraine, and Reunites a Couple Parted by War 2022-08-14T04:00:00Z

Keanu Reeves is seeking financial backing for Man of Tai Chi, which he wrote and is set to direct and star in. Will China take on Keanu Reeves's Man of Tai Chi? 2011-08-10T11:57:52Z

Clooney’s financial backing of the president was indicative of a larger trend, demonstrating another way the bond between Hollywood and Washington has tightened. How Obama blurred the border between Hollywood and Washington 2015-06-02T04:00:00Z

A few months earlier, David Bowie had flown to Mountain Studios, in Montreaux, Switzerland, to record backing vocals for the band’s tenth album, “Hot Space.” A Truly Perfect Thirty Seconds of Queen 2018-10-31T04:00:00Z

He assembles his roving collective of backing musicians in support of “Band of Brothers,” his newly released record — and he’s already gearing up to release another, “December Day,” this fall. Pop/Rock Listings for Sept. 19-25 2014-09-18T04:00:00Z

Expect plenty of heated debate from two guys who are equally incapable of backing down. This week's new live comedy 2013-01-12T06:00:17Z

This new reality has left fashion feeling bereft, in a way that goes beyond backing the losing candidate and to the core of the industry’s identity. Is Fashion’s Love Affair With Washington Over? 2016-11-12T05:00:00Z

With Murdoch’s backing, Ailes founded Fox as a competitor to the established CNN, often investing his creation with the same kind of partisan politics as one of his presidential campaigns. Fox News CEO Roger Ailes and network in final talks on exit 2016-07-19T04:00:00Z

Instead of backing away slowly from the weirdo, Emily and Wolf kiss. The Bachelorette Watch: How Do You Say Love in Croatian? 2012-06-19T12:30:17Z

And for diehards, the compilation includes alternate takes and rarities, including “Why,” a song written by the band’s good friend, Sam Cooke, and “Pumpkin Pie,” which features the band backing the legendary bluesman, Guitar Shorty. Winston-Salem-based band’s history relived in CDs 2014-05-18T04:00:00Z

Meanwhile, the backing band hasn’t lost its dry, concise identity. New Music: New Music by the Hold Steady, Future Islands, Caetano Veloso 2014-03-24T22:45:20Z

Another time as they rehearsed the monologue alone, at Mr. Horovitz’s request, he lunged forward, backing Ms. Dann into a wall and forcing his tongue into her mouth. Nine Women Accuse Israel Horovitz, Playwright and Mentor, of Sexual Misconduct 2017-11-30T05:00:00Z

Slow is easy to do on the beach below, a long, uncrowded crescent of sand backing up on jungle. Costa Rica’s ‘biologically intense’ Osa Peninsula is truly wild 2019-03-06T05:00:00Z

And I think Ringo’s in the center but the band’s on one side, the backing vocals.” Meet the critic who panned ‘Sgt. Pepper’ then discovered his speaker was busted. He’s still not sorry. 2017-05-11T04:00:00Z

Somehow, we tracked him down through a fan website and on a whim sent him the backing track to a song that would become Little By Little. Richie Havens, my musical hero 2013-04-23T14:29:31Z

He told Publishers Weekly that he was dismayed by Minotaur’s listless plans for its print run and promotion, so he bought “Nick Mason” back with financial backing from his agent. Review: A New Antihero From Steve Hamilton 2016-05-16T04:00:00Z

But onstage it comes off slurred and sloppy, twitching like roadkill, limp off-key notes underscored by a booming backing track that operated like a life preserver. Review | Post Malone is the perfect pop star for this American moment. That’s not a compliment. 2018-10-30T04:00:00Z

Even Isbell’s backing band, the 400 Unit, takes its name from a Florence psychiatric treatment center. The New Sound of Muscle Shoals 2012-12-25T13:20:15.353Z

So are a few alternative spaces, conceived on a Western model, often with Western backing, like Raw Material Company in Dakar; Appartement 22 in Rabat, Morocco; and Zoma Contemporary Center in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. An Art Critic In Africa: Salif Diabagat? and Other Artists Struggle in Africa 2012-04-15T04:10:00Z

The pharmacy guild says it is not a regulatory authority, and as such there will be no recommendation backing RACGP’s call for homeopathic products to be taken off the market. Australian doctors told not to prescribe homeopathic items as 'they do nothing' 2015-06-02T04:00:00Z

The leadership of the Iowa Department of Public Health has recently announced it is backing activists trying to change that state’s law. When being HIV-positive was a crime 2013-04-02T15:15:00Z

The most surprising performance of the night was Madonna’s, thanks to a surprise backing musician. The iHeartRadio Awards: Swift Rules And Performs With Madonna 2015-03-29T04:00:00Z

It has announced a United States tour in 2012, and road voters are backing it strongly. Book of Tonys: Anything Goes? 2011-06-09T22:54:15Z

He likes the fact that the place hasn't changed, even if the toilet in his top-floor suite keeps backing up. Stand-up comedian Doug Stanhope laughs in the face of self-destruction 2014-10-16T04:00:00Z

His walk up to the stage was accompanied by Hodgman's announcement that "Nerds across America are taking to the streets in joy, setting cars on fire and then backing away, using their inhalers." The Emmys' most memorable moments 2010-08-30T12:20:00Z

Loaded with typically murky, watery beats and trademark wordless backing vocals, it's an off-kilter, densely hypnotic listen. Avey Tare: Down There - review 2010-10-21T22:50:00Z

He has been a keen supporter of students protesting against the rise in tuition fees, tweeting his backing to student sit-ins. The Saturday interview: Bill Bailey ? 'It's genius, evil genius' 2010-12-18T00:16:00Z

Taking this idea of class war even further, before backing out of it, was The Dark Knight Rises, the third film of Christopher Nolan’s Batman trilogy. What if superheroes aren’t really the good guys? 2018-04-27T04:00:00Z

People have started to understand the need for backing and we see British designers asked to design for bigger brands. Harvesting the Seed Corn 2012-09-14T16:21:47Z

Mr. Jonas made this record with a backing band that includes veterans of Prince’s New Power Generation. 2010-01-29T04:18:00Z

Pundits on Gold Derby are currently backing Swift by 50 percentage points. Kanye is right about the Grammys: The music industry needs to fix its whiteness problem, too 2016-02-15T05:00:00Z

Filmed at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia in front of 53,000 people, “What Now?” looks like an event, with 84 cameras capturing the action and massive LED screens backing Mr. Hart. Watch Kevin Hart Tell a Joke. See Fans Laugh. At the Movies. 2016-10-13T04:00:00Z

Another passenger arriving at JFK said "The system is allegedly down including global entry. It’s hot. No air. In a narrow hallway. People were backing up on the escalator and falling over each other." CBP suffers massive power outage at airports across the country 2019-08-16T04:00:00Z

But Varys is not convinced, and the news about Jon only increases his doubts about backing the lady and her two dragons. "Game of Thrones" recap: "The Last of the Starks" wasn't the best 2019-05-06T04:00:00Z

Weiner’s second series enjoys far better financial backing than any of those shows did, but it also has to fend off more competition in today’s unprecedentedly bloated TV climate. Can Matthew Weiner turn The Romanoffs into a Mad Men-sized hit? 2018-08-15T04:00:00Z

They say they have been an open-minded and collaborative partner with the town and have received the backing of many residents and much of the town’s tourism industry, not to mention the other fishing cooperative. Is This Giant Baja Resort Sustainable? Depends Who You Ask. 2016-07-20T04:00:00Z

This was their first and still sharpest attack; a mock campaign ad featuring Trump supporters giving their reasons for backing the candidate. Saturday Night Live: 2016's best skits 2016-12-22T05:00:00Z

The roads chosen by different women, one with means and the backing of parents, the other a single mother with two children, offer a backdrop for compromises made in this era and others. 'Masters of Sex' Recap: Jumping Into an Ice Cold Lake 2014-08-10T04:00:00Z

His three-piece backing band kept pace, leaping genres in the space of a few musical bars. Concert review: Van Hunt at Schubas 2011-10-08T17:13:00Z

Arriving with a trio of backing vocalists, the hip-hop-soul singer stunned the crowd with a tight, powerful set that quickly dispelled memories of hours-late waits and unfocused, erratic shows. 150,000+ celebrate black music and more at BET Experience 2015-06-29T04:00:00Z

Now, with Ben Stiller’s Red Hour production company backing the series and Dinklage a much more prominent name, this Mongo project seems like a better bet. Report: HBO Sets Its Sights on Peter Dinklage for New Series, The Beasts of Valhalla 2014-02-25T16:58:34Z

But in his 1970s heyday, he and the Lost Gonzo Band, his loose-limbed group of backing musicians, made a number of definitive Texas outlaw recordings. Jerry Jeff Walker, Who Wrote and Sang ‘Mr. Bojangles,’ Dies at 78 2020-10-24T04:00:00Z

Only a handful of scripted pilots were filmed in Maryland over the past five years, and those had the backing of outfits such as HBO and CBS. Three suburban guys had a crazy dream: To make a sitcom. Then Ed Asner signed on. 2016-05-30T04:00:00Z

One such player was Athena Art Finance Corp, an art lending business that was started in 2015 with backing from the Carlyle Group, a private equity firm. The Talented Mr. Philbrick 2020-03-13T04:00:00Z

Glenn Frey, who emerged from Ronstadt’s backing band with Don Henley in the early 1970s to form the Eagles, will give her induction speech. Linda Ronstadt on Rock Hall, but, mostly, her ‘Duets’ 2014-04-08T18:12:39Z

And Chic — whose guitarist, Nile Rodgers, was also in the backing band — performed “Le Freak,” the disco hit from 1978. Music Review: Rainforest Fund Benefit, With Sting 2010-05-14T23:53:00Z

With financial backing from studios, theaters are still paying off debts to buy digital projectors that cost $50,000 to $75,000 each. Small-town cinemas want new films sooner 2014-10-14T04:00:00Z

But by better, if that means backing down the naffness that’s there a bit, then that might have been a bit of a shame. Nick Lowe Embraces the Christmas Spirit 2014-11-28T05:00:00Z

But black drapes soon fall away to reveal a band and two backing singers, playing in a lounge filled with wonky lampshades. Adele ? review 2011-07-09T23:06:21Z

After playing with the Vipers skiffle group and the Most Brothers, he was invited to join Cliff Richard's backing group, then called the Drifters, whose lead and rhythm guitarist were Hank Marvin and Bruce Welch. Jet Harris obituary 2011-03-18T22:11:19Z

To be achieved, both need the backing of enormous social movements. The Plight of the Urban Planner 2019-11-20T05:00:00Z

This year Australia has raised the bar by elevating Kate and her backing dancers on giant wobbly poles for a pop/opera/EDM performance with a difference. Eurovision: the ones to watch in grand final of 2019 song contest 2019-05-17T04:00:00Z

Holiday’s live version of “Strange Fruit,” with only a piano backing her, is even more raw and heartfelt than the recording. The All-TIME 100 Songs 2011-10-24T09:00:29Z

Among them was Putin’s onetime main adversary Boris Berezovsky, who waged a long-running campaign to undermine his former ally by backing opposition parties, investigating corruption and funding a colorful network of Kremlin critics. Three Books on the Enigma That Is Modern Russia 2020-01-17T05:00:00Z

"The Road From Memphis" shifts to funk and R&B, with the Roots as his backing band. New CDs: Old master Booker T. ? no MGs, but great new album 2011-05-10T00:44:08Z

Even though I was slowly backing away from major-label pop, I did find myself increasingly interested in art that incorporates or addresses the ubiquity of certain technologies, preferably in a tender and humane way. The Best Music of 2019 and the Best Music of the Decade 2019-12-03T05:00:00Z

Instead, when he was still in grade school, he found his first professional music gig, backing the Gospel Messengers, who’d met as custodians at the hospital where Saadiq’s mother worked. Raphael Saadiq Finally Put His Past on the Record 2019-08-15T04:00:00Z

In concert, Smith hit every note with ease and — with a full band and backing singers standing 20 feet from stardom — he achieved a remarkable facsimile to “In the Lonely Hour” — just louder. At Echostage, Sam Smith has the voice but not the songs

Early in the 1990s other studios and even stars as comfortable with screen violence as Arnold Schwarzenegger were backing away from an action genre that was believed by some to have gone too far. News Analysis: Warner Brothers and Its Decades of Violent Films 2012-07-25T22:32:24Z

The awestruck intonation of the lyrics fights against the compressed, jangled backing that threatens to fold in on itself. Jon Savage on song: The Dovers open their Third Eye 2010-10-04T12:55:00Z

I think studios in India are not very open to backing alternative independent films that don’t toe the line of the mainstream paradigm. "Patriarchy knows no religion.": director Alankrita Shrivastava discusses “Lipstick Under My Bu... 2017-09-12T04:00:00Z

It isn't always clear when he's using a guitar and when he's using the electric saz – a Turkish stringed instrument he played in the Mekons and Billy Bragg's backing band. Public Image Ltd: This Is Pil – review 2012-05-24T14:29:01Z

Bach gets his own backing track, and what Kennedy does to the Double Concerto is anyone's business. Nigel Kennedy: Recital – review 2013-04-13T23:05:50Z

The framed piece arrives with acid-free matting, UV-protective acrylic, felt pads on the backing, and even a kit with the proper nail for the size of the piece. Framebridge Launches Site That Offers Chic Frames 2014-08-20T04:00:00Z

The Andrew “Pop” Wansel-produced “The Crying Game” gets starker both in content– “blood drippin’ out your arm on my Asian rugs … now we in the crying game, hearts laced with slugs” – and spiky guitar backing. Review: Nicki Minaj Reinvents Herself on Personal The Pinkprint 2014-12-17T05:00:00Z

With vocal backing from the Norwegian singer-songwriter Ane Brun, who had played a brief opening set, and Melanie Gabriel, his daughter, Mr. Gabriel allowed himself some friskiness, no longer so weighty or dire. Music Review: Peter Gabriel and Orchestra at Radio City Music Hall 2010-05-03T23:48:00Z

The man is first shown backing up his car to a museum side entrance that led directly to the guard station. 25 Years After Gardner Museum Heist, Video Raises Questions 2015-08-06T04:00:00Z

Lady Gaga performs with a backing dancer at a concert in Las Vegas earlier this month as part of her The Monster Ball Tour. Lady Gaga's sexual revolution sees female stars reach for the leather 2010-08-21T23:06:00Z

Now the Guttmacher Institute is backing up those teenagers with hard facts: in 2008, the pregnancy rate among teenagers dropped to its lowest point in more than 30 years. Motherlode Blog: Teen Pregnancy Rate Hits 30-Year Low 2012-02-08T21:09:39Z

One of Mr. Nederlander’s legacies was his backing of the next generation of Broadway stars through the sponsorship of the National High School Musical Theater Awards. James M. Nederlander, theater impresario, dies at 94 2016-07-26T04:00:00Z

With a seven-piece backing band, the first section of the concert was as sharp as the crease in James Brown's bellbottoms, one song surging into the next. Raphael Saadiq makes soul music feel like new 2011-06-05T18:19:13Z

Save for a backing gospel vocal duo that adds to the dark scenery, nothing is straightforward. Lollapalooza Day 1 in review 2011-08-06T06:57:00Z

In the scramble for financial backing, even big-shot film directors must take money where they find it. A rum take on Cuba 2012-07-05T19:59:01Z

The music presses on, backing vocals coming in to ostensibly join me for the chorus. You can dance, you can jive — at Stockholm’s kitschy ABBA museum 2016-02-25T05:00:00Z

"It is a selection of work in progress with rough mixes, backing tracks, alternate versions, and new material recorded at the time." Led Zeppelin is back with 'Whole Lotta' unreleased tunes 2014-04-23T11:36:25Z

Born in Seattle in 1942, Hendrix did a short stint in the Army, then became a backing musician for a number of R&B and soul artists including rock ‘n’ roll pioneer Little Richard. Honoring Jimi Hendrix, one solo at a time 2017-03-29T04:00:00Z

In 1974, they were spotted by the session musician turned solo star Leon Russell, who recruited them as his backing band and signed them to his label Shelter. Robert Wilson obituary 2010-08-18T17:02:00Z

That so many Cuban artists are backing the 00Biennial reflects both the eagerness of those already working outside institutions for an alternative platform and the increasing independence of others. Cuban artists plan to stage alternative Havana biennial 2018-05-04T04:00:00Z

For much of the ’70s, he also worked as a session singer, backing up star friends like Jackson Browne and James Taylor. David Crosby, Mainstay of Two Classic Rock Bands, Dies at 81 2023-01-19T05:00:00Z

Whether or not they are serious about a run for office, the outspoken activists have made it clear that they are not backing away from their critiques of the Russian government. Pussy Riot for president! 2014-02-06T14:39:00Z

"It was like doing karaoke but everyone's backing me up and telling me I'm good and laughing." New movie and fiancee make Brand a satisfied man 2010-06-03T11:03:00Z

There are some nice moments, such as a guest appearance by guitarist Earl Klugh for their song This Time, and his backing band do great harmony vocals. Al Jarreau ? review 2011-07-05T18:30:01Z

The Coup cleverly employ that parched G-funk backing of gangsta rap, but without the sexism. Readers recommend: songs about criminals ? results 2011-03-31T12:49:24Z

That's a rarity in modern Nashville, where stars typically lay down their vocals after a song's instrumental backing has been recorded with help from a stand-in singer. Lee Ann Womack takes an introspective path to the Grammy Awards 2015-01-19T05:00:00Z

"It's the idea of you going out and saying your piece and not backing away." Stephen Colbert departs, and his Nation mourns 2014-12-17T05:00:00Z

Guarantees, with or without backing from third parties, are also still on the table for those few works that shift market share. In a Tough Art Market, Auction Houses Are Seeking More From Less 2016-11-04T04:00:00Z

Their first tour with Quadrophenia was hit by sound problems: the show depended heavily on backing tapes but Townshend says they didn't have enough technical support to make this work. Quadrophenia: Music for all times 2013-06-14T00:30:49Z

Ikey Owens was an astounding keyboard player in Jack White's backing band. Isaiah 'Ikey' Owens dies at 38: keyboardist for Jack White, others 2014-10-14T04:00:00Z

Welcome to motherhood, I thought, backing away as Ben turned the soles of his feet toward my husband and me. His adoption secret 2012-07-03T00:00:00Z

Sun Records was a key inspiration for Lisbon, most apparent in the Tennessee Three chug of Blue As Your Blood and the backing vocals on All My Great Designs. The Walkmen: 'We're not difficult, honest' 2011-01-13T22:45:01Z

The big, established property companies doubted almost everything about him: his expertise, his backing, even whether his luxuriant hair was really all his own. The Shard: A symbol of towering ambition 2011-01-30T00:05:57Z

Despite this eclectic chorus backing her up, Ross’s voice sings out loud and pure throughout the entire novel. A Magic-Filled Island Where Life’s Struggles Rage 2021-04-20T04:00:00Z

And when the backing track sketches a new rhythmic pulse — one that in turn influences the part for Gookin’s cello — the joy of transmitting knowledge is perceptible. 7 Things to Do This Weekend 2020-07-09T04:00:00Z

Anderson’s remarks appeared to be enough to satisfy Block, although it was unclear whether he was backing off his original charge. Cain backs off Perry; Payout details emerge 2011-11-03T18:44:00Z

And his backing band, the Grand Scheme, played nimble funk and soul in a mode that was sometimes impressive but never overtly fashionable. Music Review: The Old-School Style, Unafraid to Be Imperfect 2010-11-19T22:45:00Z

The only catch was, Bonham was currently backing the singer Tim Rose, and making a decent wage out of it too. How Led Zeppelin came to be 2018-09-10T04:00:00Z

Rather than just rap over that song’s original beat, reinforcing his guest role, he slowed it down, with just a keyboardist backing him, making the moment his own. Music Review | J. Cole: At S.O.B.?s, J. Cole Steps From Jay-Z?s Shadow 2010-03-31T22:28:00Z

He also served for four years as president of the Heritage Foundation, a group that promotes British culture, backing a number of projects. Late Bee Gee Robin Gibb hailed in native Britain 2012-05-21T13:11:10Z

As the music builds, Ayvas croons, "Just pour me another..." and you start to imagine Arcade Fire backing the Rat Pack. Emanuel and the Fear (No 750) 2010-03-19T16:15:00Z

I actually missed the arranged and produced versions of my songs, and seeing the backing voices working together. Allen Toussaint, reluctant solo star 2013-11-07T15:52:00Z

On his syndicated radio program on Thursday, a day after Cumulus sent its memo and Trump supporters breached the Capitol, Levin didn’t seem to be backing off. Talk-radio owner orders conservative hosts to temper election fraud rhetoric 2021-01-11T05:00:00Z

After breaking with Hawkins, the band became Bob Dylan’s backing musicians, as Dylan made his epochal switch from folk music to electric rock. Rambling On: Levon Helm, The Band?s Drummer, Dies at Age 71 2012-04-20T04:32:32Z

Set around a backing track that sounds suspiciously like tribal house, the singer lets rip about the lack of appreciation she receives from her man. Songs featuring Beyonc? and Bubl? 2010-05-18T14:18:00Z

As on the album, Mr. Plant squared the silvery burr of his singing voice against an expertly adaptable backdrop, courtesy of the mostly English backing band he calls the Sensational Space Shifters. Robert Plant With Led Zeppelin Hits and More 2014-09-26T04:00:00Z

Toronto has long showcased female directors and its backing has never come across as merely an opportunistic response to criticism. Men, Women, Cinema — No Longer the Same Old Story 2017-09-15T04:00:00Z

Because all three of White Label have been in bands, the prospect of being virtual backing musicians for their heroes was "pretty tantalising". New band of the day ? No 1,093: White Label 2011-08-26T15:44:34Z

Luckily, her collaborator DJ Afrojack was on hand to offer his unreserved backing for her latest career choice: "I saw and I was like … ugh," he enthused. Paris Hilton's DJ debut: was it a complete fiasco? 2012-07-05T19:00:02Z

She encouraged other writers, particularly women, and provided crucial backing and credibility when Paretsky and other female mystery writers formed the support group Sisters in Crime in 1987. Dorothy Salisbury Davis, mystery writer, dies at 98

She was a backing dancer for Ishmael’s rap collective, attended a performing arts college for a while and imagined teaching dance one day. ‘Intimate terrorism’: how an abusive relationship led a young woman to kill her partner 2019-10-31T04:00:00Z

The backing against which Trip to Your Heart's sugary melody is set is fantastic, a weirdly scattered burst of electronic buzzes and clicks. Britney Spears: Femme Fatale - review 2011-03-24T15:29:01Z

More significant was the strength and spirit of the four backing couples: no weak links. Review: Dance Theater of Harlem Returns to Sparkling Form 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z

“You promised me our study had your full backing and support,” Bill angrily says. 'Masters of Sex' recap: Bill sent reeling by double blow 2014-08-18T04:00:00Z

My favorite Bernstein minute was at Catholic University’s Music Building, backing my Dad’s Studebaker right into his limo just as it was pulling away. Readers respond to Anne Midgette’s appreciation of Leonard Bernstein’s music

The show was always backing a three-legged donkey when it chose to reintroduce the Trash Pandas Tribe, or whatever it is they’re called. The Walking Dead: season eight, episode five recap – The King, the Widow and Rick 2017-11-26T05:00:00Z

Mr. Plant, 66, plays these days with a mostly English backing band he calls the Sensational Space Shifters. Robert Plant Announces Brooklyn Show 2014-10-05T04:00:00Z

I never got backing from the British film industry; the backing I got was from Ireland. Guardian first film award: The Guard 2012-02-09T20:00:08Z

Though there was shimmer on songs like “Starboy” and “The Hills” — a vivid one, thanks to a small, sharp backing band — the Weeknd’s transgressive mood never let things get too bright. Review: The Weeknd Fills a Brooklyn Arena With Moody Gloom 2017-06-07T04:00:00Z

Vocally, she gives way to backing singers and Autotune when in full flight, but tonight's show is persuasively live, complete with the odd bum note and plenty of banter. Madonna – review 2012-07-21T23:05:36Z

Calls to boycott R. Kelly’s music and concerts have intensified this month after the Time’s Up organization published an open letter backing the #MuteRKelly campaign and calling on his business partners to cut ties. R. Kelly Sued for Sexual Battery and False Imprisonment in New York 2018-05-21T04:00:00Z

“That’s something I never would have done, but I had the backing and support of these beautiful people, my chosen family,” he said. The Ultimate Guide to This Fabulous Summer 2018-07-18T04:00:00Z

“Anywhere I Lay My Head,” the actress’s 2008 tribute album to Tom Waits, received a precious stamp of approval from Mr. Bowie, who supplied backing vocals on two songs. All the Young Bands: The Artists David Bowie Championed 2016-01-13T05:00:00Z

Ms. Serpa positions herself as an instrumentalist in the quintet, rather than a singer with a backing band, but she doesn’t worship the exploratory solo. | Sara Serpa Quintet : Instruments and Voice, Improvising on Melodies 2010-09-22T22:24:00Z

She is supported on stage by backing singers The Mamas. Beyonce debut closes Glastonbury 2011-06-26T23:57:02Z

As libraries and bookshops across America highlight the dangers of censorship with Banned Books Week, their annual celebration of the right to read, a campaign backing Anderson's book has taken wing across blogs and Twitter. Authors and readers rally to defend rape novel from school ban 2010-09-29T12:39:00Z

Each DVD features a host of vintage TV performances in their entirety, punctuated by reflections on the acts' careers and music by producers, songwriters, backing singers and the artists themselves. DVD series revisits British Invasion of '60s 2010-03-27T02:21:00Z

It was a critical moment, as Washington was seeking UN backing for its invasion of Iraq. Hollywood calls for the whistleblower who risked jail over Iraq ‘dirty tricks’ 2016-01-30T05:00:00Z

As compositions that don’t take themselves too seriously, “Wide Prairie” and “New Orleans” underscore their 1970s origins, with Wings helpfully acting as Linda’s backing band. La la la la lovely Linda: Remembering love and laughter with Linda McCartney’s "Wide Prairie" 2019-08-09T04:00:00Z

When she sings “I Feel it All,” she breaks it down to pure rhythm – the stomping feet and handclaps of her bandmates and three backing singers. Pitchfork Day 1 wrap-up: Feist, Japandroids, Big K.R.I.T., rain 2012-07-14T05:09:00Z

The film also shows the sharpness and originality of his musical mind, especially when he’s directing his amazing backing singers through their parts. The 30 best films about music, chosen by musicians 2019-08-18T04:00:00Z

Berry's children, Charles Berry Jr. on guitar and Ingrid Berry on harmonica, form part of his backing band on the record. At 90, Chuck Berry to release first new album in four decades 2016-10-18T04:00:00Z

Kudos to the Kennedy Center for backing this riskier programming, which goes against its own orthodoxy. Review | San Francisco Ballet takes the Kennedy Center stage with six bold new works 2018-10-24T04:00:00Z

“The choreography that Curtis did on those Impressions records was absolutely brilliant,” Ms. O’Connor noted, “and when you listen to reggae that’s what you hear mostly, especially in the harmonies of the backing vocals.” Recalling Curtis Mayfield, Soul’s ‘Genius of Gentleness’ 2012-07-19T21:57:14Z

Though the splashier choice would be Mad Max: Fury Road, Spotlight has the near unanimous backing of critics and audiences alike for its assured, no-frills filmmaking and its brilliant ensemble performance. Here's Who Will Win at the Golden Globes 2016-01-08T05:00:00Z

Now the theatrical behemoth, which runs five spaces on Broadway and off, is backing her once more, staging her new work, “Napoli, Brooklyn,” in its larger Laura Pels Theater. Three Daughters and a Fraying Father in ‘Napoli, Brooklyn’ 2017-06-21T04:00:00Z

Scale, texture, light, air, mood; all that changes when you’re physically present, shifting positions, moving in close, backing away, hearing noise from the street. The 54 Galleries to See Right Now in New York 2018-04-26T04:00:00Z

Mr. Costello played in small, sometimes folky bands with names like Rusty and Flip City before pulling together, in the mid-1970s, the musicians who become the Attractions, his first backing band. Review: Elvis Costello’s ‘Unfaithful Music & Disappearing Ink,’ a Memoir 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z

That her father, hair slicked back, was backing her with convincing electric guitar shimmies drove home the point: Haley doesn’t want to be polished. ArtsBeat: 'American Idol': The Top 3 2011-05-19T13:27:55Z

But as the opening chords play, she stops the backing pianist. 10 Best Moments From Adele Live in New York City 2015-12-15T05:00:00Z

By contrast, the frontman explained the personal tension surrounding the grand "Methusela," which received its live debut with assistance from backing tracks. At Ravina, Billy Corgan challenges himself, audience

The Kochs are also major financial supporters of libertarian and conservative causes and candidates, raising questions about their political intentions, if any, in backing Meredith. Koch Brothers’ involvement in Time Inc. purchase raises concerns 2017-11-27T05:00:00Z

The small New York film distribution company has remained an underdog even in a business that prides itself on backing long shots, and competes against deep-pocketed rivals such as Fox Searchlight Pictures and Weinstein Co. With 'Boyhood,' indie player IFC crashes the big shots' party 2015-02-21T05:00:00Z

The formal definition of an “independent film” is one that is made with private financing rather than studio backing. The State of Independent Film in 2016 2016-05-09T04:00:00Z

He recruited a group of properly worshipful millennials to serve as his new traveling backing band. Perspective | If a human being was capable of feeling it, David Berman could write it and render it profound 2019-08-08T04:00:00Z

It didn’t help matters much when it began to appear that the Times was backing away from some of the project’s bolder claims. How the 1619 Project took over 2020 2020-10-13T04:00:00Z

When Mohammed and his vocal instructor visit one of Gaza’s richest men to ask for financial backing, the guy barely pretends to listen to their ardent, nationalistic pitch. Building a Palestinian “Idol”: A subtle fable of cultural survival and pop-culture triumph 2016-05-27T04:00:00Z

Politico reported that the site receives significant financial backing from Robert Mercer, a hedge-fund billionaire, and his daughter, Rebekah. Bannon molded Breitbart into a far-right sledgehammer. How it will be wielded in the Trump era? 2017-02-19T05:00:00Z

But by the end of the 1960s, he was leading his own groups, backing his lead singers with roiling, slamming arrangements that made them shout to keep up; he was blasting his way toward metal. Jeff Beck’s 10 Essential Songs 2023-01-12T05:00:00Z

Sometimes actors have a week to work through a song, sometimes just a few hours to learn their parts before they lay down a backing track, in a process known as a pre-record. On TV’s New Musicals, Every Episode Is Opening Night 2020-01-07T05:00:00Z

September: Stills’s new solo album, “Stills Alone,” features himself alone or with minimal backing on songs that include covers of the Beatles and Bob Dylan.  Stephen Stills: A classic rock Zelig 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z

Music and TV critics, given the onslaught of content available, are always missing some phenomenon the large culture unearths or backing a show or a record that appeals only to other critics. How Keith Lee, a TikTok food critic for the new economy, guides us to eat well -- and good 2023-11-01T04:00:00Z

The vocals, sung to a backing track, were dispatched with verve-free professionalism, her personality buried by formula. Concert review: Nicki Minaj at Chicago Theatre 2012-07-17T05:51:00Z

The company said in a statement Wednesday that it was unable to secure necessary financial backing and clear other hurdles. Plan ditched to revive pair of ABC soaps online 2011-11-23T20:49:07Z

At a time when enjoying reading is highly regarded but many fear is in danger of being lost, parents are wisely backing their children's choices. Is Enid Blyton back in fashion? - Book doctor 2012-06-05T12:28:00Z

The backing band was driven on by Bongo Eddie, Creole's sidekick for more than 30 years, along with the versatile guitarist Mark Anthony Jones and a powerful three-piece brass section. Kid Creole and the Coconuts 2010-04-23T21:30:00Z

"Movie night!" one of his backing singers cackles. A peek into Prince's mind 2012-09-20T22:04:00Z

In Mr. Tavener’s “Lament to Phaedra,” the program allowed her to control the entrances of backing drones, giving her greater rhythmic freedom than if she were merely playing to a recording. Music Review: East Meets Farther East When the Aural Mirrors the Visual 2011-03-14T23:00:14Z

Normally that would have me backing out and heading for what I'd been doing prior to accessing the app — watching dog videos on TikTok — but in this particular instance, they got me. Lensa is turning us into AI thirst trappers with its ubiquitous portrait app 2022-12-09T05:00:00Z

Although his voice is as powerful as it is on his albums, he seemed mostly content during the concert to let his backing tracks and backup singers do the heavy lifting. Ladies night at Verizon Center: Chris Brown, Trey Songz do their biggest hits 2015-02-23T05:00:00Z

Frizza proved an adroit and flexible accompanist, supporting the singers without drowning them out, and giving them attentive backing in their arias. Seattle Opera’s ‘Rigoletto’ a triumph of singing, acting, playing 2014-01-13T18:59:07Z

There are backing vocals that sound like a Balkan choir. New band of the day ? No 976: Dark Dark Dark 2011-03-01T16:24:00Z

But no: the complaint about "the Facebook" is set to a backing so excitable it sounds less like a fiftysomething's grumble than a strident call to arms. Paul Weller: Wake Up the Nation 2010-04-15T14:30:00Z

She spoke of her interest in physics while backing which looks for 12 new artists in Wales to support over the next year. Church to study for physics degree 2014-03-12T14:40:46Z

Homegrown independent burger franchise founded with backing from the Prince’s Trust. In the Royal Borough of Windsor, attractions ancient and modern 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z

He claims that she wrote the whole thing—melody, lyrics, and all—in three days straight, and the footage finds her alone, in the booth, with headphones on, adding the vocals to the backing track. “Amy,” Back from Black 2015-07-01T04:00:00Z

After the wood backing of the painting is restored, it is due to return to a special room in the Uffizi, where it will be on display with two other Leonardo works. Leonardo restoration sheds light on genius as a young man 2014-09-24T04:00:00Z

An advocate of transparency and full disclosure as a journalist, Brown won’t say who is backing her nonprofit organization. Campbell Brown goes after teacher tenure in transition from journalist to advocate

Mr. Richmond was working as a jazz drummer with the Nelson Riddle Orchestra in 1959, backing Frank Sinatra in Las Vegas, when Mr. Lewis, attending one of the shows, came backstage and introduced himself. Bill Richmond, Longtime Colleague of Jerry Lewis, Dies at 94 2016-06-22T04:00:00Z

There were “some very fine people” on both sides, he said, backing up his initial condemnation of the violence “on many sides.” Perspective | This week should put the nail in the coffin for ‘both sides’ journalism 2017-08-16T04:00:00Z

Scraps of painted steel, crushed and welded, are attached together with discarded shreds of fabric to a sturdy backing board. Auctions: Stellar Auction at Sotheby's for Some Classics of Contemporary Art 2011-05-10T11:30:05Z

Most institutions supported the bill, Mr. Brodsky said, citing the backing by the Museum Association, which represents some 360 cultural groups and individuals in the state. Bill to Stop Museums From Certain Art Sales May Die 2010-08-10T22:24:00Z

Yet the feeling persists that backing off from a runway show is a cop-out or a sign of weakness, although mini-movies are increasingly used by big brands to focus on a particular message. Special Report: Fashion: Is a Runway Show Really Necessary? 2010-09-29T17:49:00Z

There are institutions, some with state backing, in the market for rare works to fill museums and galleries that have sprouted up, particularly in the Middle East. 2010-02-04T16:46:00Z

In Morocco each would be leading his own group; here, they shared the same backing ensemble. Music Review: Mystical Morocco Bursting With Tribal Rhythm 2011-05-22T21:45:10Z

Her backing band was wearing matching suits and bolo ties. The Singer Angel Olsen Is Present 2016-09-23T04:00:00Z

There’s a learning curve when backing up a trailer, Beasley said. Planning an RV trip? Here’s what you need to know before you go. 2020-06-18T04:00:00Z

When the small painting with a slightly damaged surface and cracks in its wood backing materialized in September at an auction house in New Jersey, no one expected great things.  How a long-lost Rembrandt painting found its way to the Getty Museum 2016-05-05T04:00:00Z

He got James Brown's backing band to appear on his debut album by bribing them with fish fingers. Tall tales 2011-04-25T05:48:58Z

I freelance for various publications, spouting out my opinion and backing that up with facts and statistics. He told me he’d “cut out my kids’ tongues”: The experience with online harassment I can’t forget 2016-03-13T05:00:00Z

Elsewhere, on the mournful “Roses/Lotus/Violet/Iris,” which features backing vocals from the indie all-stars boygenius, Williams conjures poignant imagery: Hayley Williams Lays Down New Roots on Her First Solo Album 2020-05-08T04:00:00Z

Despite his friendship with Mr. Trump, Mr. Kraft is considered one of the more liberal owners, backing an array of progressive causes and voting Democratic more often than not. Robert Kraft Awaits Your Judgment: ‘I Am Truly Sorry’ 2019-03-22T04:00:00Z

The idea -- alternative distribution of movies via video-on-demand on cable and satellite television systems and the Internet -- is what some "indie" players at this week's major industry event, the Sundance Film Festival, are backing. 2010-01-23T18:02:00Z

To do so, the artisans working at London’s Goldsmiths’ Center have the backing of a group that follows the spirit of medieval guilds. Reinventing the Medieval Guild 2014-11-17T05:00:00Z

The Kazakh American Association asserts that by backing the sequel, Amazon Prime Video is actively promoting racism, cultural appropriation and xenophobia. Kazakh American community slams "Borat 2": "Why is our nation fair game for public ridicule?" 2020-10-26T04:00:00Z

He had such powerful backing as he rose through the ranks. "These girls became perfect prey": The women who ended Larry Nassar's abuse tell their stories 2019-09-14T04:00:00Z

With backing from a whiskey company, Spacey ran a contest to find talent from the United States, Russia and South Africa. Kevin Spacey debuts South African short film 2012-05-13T11:46:08Z

A prominent Beats 1 logo on Soulection-related programming, access to professional recording studios and engineers and the backing of the world's most enviable brand. From local podcast to a Beat 1 audience of millions, L.A.'s Soulection breaks big 2015-07-07T04:00:00Z

Or rather they didn't: unable to work out how to reproduce its complex patchwork of sounds on stage, they opted to mime to backing tapes. The Pretty Things: SF Sorrow 2010-05-06T14:30:00Z

Mr. Trump repeatedly vowed to eliminate both endowments, which nonetheless continued to receive increasing levels of federal support during his term, thanks in large part to bipartisan backing in Congress. White House Restores Arts Commission Dissolved Under Trump 2022-09-30T04:00:00Z

The government is backing a July 30 vote to elect an assembly with the power to rewrite the constitution. Gustavo Dudamel speaks out on Venezuela's constitution fight: ‘The present is the future’ 2017-07-21T04:00:00Z

“This thing does boil down to: why did they recommend it when it didn’t come with any authoritative backing, to our knowledge?” he said. It Might Have Been a Masterpiece, but Now It’s a Cautionary Tale 2017-09-19T04:00:00Z

I hear strange music" backing vocals – and the humour far surpasses that of Brother: "We're playing more shows, where the songs will be different. Herman D?ne, Low and Sea Of Bees at SXSW 2011 - review 2011-03-17T18:42:01Z

The 3,500-member group also refused to support the book because that would be tacit backing of Yanukovych's undemocratic policies, it said in a statement. Ukraine's leader accused of plagiarism in new book 2011-10-27T10:36:08Z

It's telling that he's insisted his young backing band, the Business Intl, are given equal billing. Mark Ronson and the Business Intl 2010-09-30T20:30:00Z

You might be backing a Super Bowl winner. With Washington out of the playoffs, football fans look for a new favorite 2016-01-13T05:00:00Z

Marzipan stays onstage throughout her number; and, though accompanied by a backing group of four young women who echo some of her moves, she’s almost continually in motion. Fresh Dewdrops for New York City Ballet’s ‘Nutcracker’ 2016-12-29T05:00:00Z

Filin may have been brought low, but he is not backing down. Nearly blind from an acid attack, the Bolshoi Ballet’s director still has an eye for beauty

But the actress showed photographers she was backing the Brits all the way by wearing a small union jack flag under her gown. In pictures 2011-02-28T02:42:10Z

The Italian collector and philanthropist has made buying and backing female artists her central mission. The Art on Her Walls Echoes Her Mission: Backing Bold Works by Women 2018-01-23T05:00:00Z

And it’s backing public officials committed to protecting free expression. Our First Amendment test is here. We can’t afford to flunk it. 2016-11-13T05:00:00Z

The Staple Singers eventually moved from Epic to Stax Records, where, with the backing of both Booker T. & the MGs and the lauded Muscle Shoals, Ala., studio session men, the group transitioned to secular music. Sound of civil rights rings out in resurrected Staple Singers records 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z

With the backing of Stitcher and SiriusXM, Mars said he hoped to continue producing ambitious work — without the strain of handling the financing himself. SiriusXM Is Buying ‘99% Invisible,’ and Street Cred in Podcasting 2021-04-26T04:00:00Z

Mr. Cennamo’s gamble will cost him and the family members and friends who are backing his presentation just over $50,000, a sum not easily recouped. New York Fashion Week: No Beginner Discounts At Lincoln Center ? New York Fashion Week 2011-09-07T22:55:58Z

Her sense of melody feels stale and flavorless, as if her backing tracks were freeze-dried when the Black Eyed Peas still ruled the world. Review | Will Nicki Minaj ever release an album that’s as good as she is? 2018-08-13T04:00:00Z

Cox has a gift for speaking with absurd, glorious extravagance and backing it up with unexpected physicality; she has a dancer’s grace, a classical actor’s aplomb and a nightclub comic’s nerve. Review | A Greek-set ‘Comedy of Errors’ adds songs to the slapstick 2018-10-02T04:00:00Z

The synthesizers normally occupy the top part of the mix, but Angelakos’ falsetto went higher still, often supported by munchkin-like backing vocals. Concert review: Passion Pit at UIC Pavilion 2013-02-23T06:19:00Z

In 1958, with the backing of Time Inc., Mr. Drew made a film called “Weightless,” about experiments with men in a gravity-free environment. Robert L. Drew, Pioneer in Filmmaking, Dies at 90 2014-08-01T04:00:00Z

Eventually she got backing from an oil company which helped her to set up her first centre for street children, where they could get medical help, food, education and friendship. My 700,000 children 2016-02-13T05:00:00Z

Starts off pretty rough, it's almost like she can't hear her backing music. 'Idol': Pia nails Whitney, Haley fumbles it 2011-03-17T02:32:00Z

Well over an hour into her set, Ms. Peacock fiddled with her drum machine, cursed at it, then successfully clicked on a backing beat, complete with canned slap bass and electric guitar. Annette Peacock Has Been Improvising Music for 7 Decades. Her Life, Too. 2018-12-12T05:00:00Z

Philippine presidential candidates had sought his backing during elections to endear themselves to his massive following. Dolphy, comedian adored by many Filipinos, dies 2012-07-10T16:40:09Z

They’re also tapestries suspended from the ceiling, with fabric backing and trim. 3 Art Gallery Shows to See Right Now 2020-08-19T04:00:00Z

Her solo act—with virtuoso backing musicians, including members of her band, the Carolina Chocolate Drops—evokes all the intertwined roots of America. Rhiannon Giddens: Musical Melting Pot Wows America 2015-04-15T04:00:00Z

More specifically, how, when given chase by a particularly adept hunting dog, a hog would always end up backing into a hole in the bank of a creek. Frugal Traveler Blog: Texas Road Trip, Part II: Art, Natural Beauty and Quietude 2012-02-21T17:55:52Z

Now, with no major label backing, the album finally emerges. Monarchy: Around the Sun - review 2011-08-04T21:00:03Z

To Ride admirers, it's the equivalent of Adele joining the Saturdays as a backing singer. Old music: Ride – Twisterella 2012-07-06T11:56:00Z

Rooms also have a literary bent, with secretary-style desks, framed poetry as art and lampshades with marbled paper that evokes the backing of old books. 8 New Hotels for Winter Enthusiasts in the U.S. and Europe 2022-12-03T05:00:00Z

There's a changeable roster of backing musicians, including Buddy Miles and Billy Cox, who would briefly become Hendrix's Band of Gypsies. Hendrix at 70: New album offers different look 2013-03-05T19:25:24Z

Filmmakers who entered the festival with few resources and no name recognition could exit it with the backing of a major studio and a burgeoning career. What’s a Podcast Doing at a Film Festival? 2023-06-12T04:00:00Z

No one could describe Donatella Versace as backing off from her position as displaying the most flamboyant expression of hyper-femininity in the couture universe. Dior Says It With Flowers 2012-07-02T17:48:48Z

Her enthusiasm could come across as naïve if not for the shrewd intelligence, decades of hard work and ample proof-of-concept backing it up. In ‘With Love,’ Gloria Calderón Kellett Comes Home for the Holidays 2021-12-15T05:00:00Z

The prolific musician, who died in 1993, formed the Mothers' final line up in 1973, releasing his final album Bongo Fury with them as a backing band in 1975, before going solo. Zappa bandmate Ray Collins dies 2012-12-28T10:15:08Z

Debuted in Munich last month, the promising Feel California opens with a warm vocal melody about ease and sunshine, and an unassuming backing. Frank Ocean – review 2013-07-13T23:05:30Z

“Don’t waste the time I don’t have,” Clarkson wails with a fiery force that could fuel a small country’s power grid, and the backing singers rise to meet her intensity. The Daily Revelations of Kellyoke 2022-06-08T04:00:00Z

In the end, the Academy ended up backing – a middle option between the tub-thumping patriotism of Lincoln and the hot potato juggling of Zero Dark Thirty. Oscars 2013: Argo wins best picture, but Life of Pi helps upset Lincoln's ship 2013-02-25T05:02:00Z

Proposals for television shows are generally not announced until they have a backing of a distributor. Levi Johnston Pitches Reality Show 2010-08-10T14:55:00Z

Now Azary has taken on the task of educating the mainstream public about electronic music’s legacy and culture — and Frankfurt city officials are backing him. With New Museum, Officials Give Techno the Stamp of Approval 2022-04-06T04:00:00Z

It was a perfect setup for Robyn, who shared much of the same backing band but used it to totally different ends. Robyn and Royksopp leave the Bowl dancing, and far from alone 2014-06-30T04:00:00Z

New Speedway Boogie is Robert Hunter's response to the day, written in elliptical, shamanic couplets to a tight blues rock backing. Readers recommend songs about concerts: the results 2010-05-27T22:30:00Z

The revelation of the killer, when it came, was not much of a shock: many viewers and an odds-on majority of those backing their suspicion at bookmakers had correctly identified the murderer. Shhhh! How keeping secrets became cool 2013-04-23T15:29:58Z

The backing of the national PTA, she said, would help parents push for better standards at the local level. Lunchtime is so short in some public schools, students are going hungry 2019-08-23T04:00:00Z

Union leaders criticised the Labour party for not backing the strike. Biggest strike in three years sparks furore over Tory plan for ballot law 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z

One of Jimmy Nederlander’s legacies was his backing of the next generation of Broadway stars, through sponsoring The National High School Musical Theater Awards. Broadway Legend James 'Jimmy' Nederlander Dies at 94 2016-07-26T04:00:00Z

He sang “Thinking About You” in near darkness, and with spare backing, magnifying his fragile falsetto. Critic's Notebook: Rihanna, Chris Brown and Drake Triumph at Video Music Awards 2012-09-07T07:25:03Z

The result is an intriguing if uneven set in which Antunes' sturdy, quietly intense vocals and straightforward melodies are set against far more complex backing provided by intertwining kora and guitar. Arnaldo Antunes, Edgard Scandurra & Toumani Diabaté: A Curva Da Cintura – review 2012-06-14T21:45:01Z

The health authorities have spent the last few years slowly backing away from this mistake, presumably in the hope that if no sudden movements are made, nobody will notice. The sugar conspiracy | Ian Leslie 2016-04-07T04:00:00Z

It was the first time this quiz team had ever won the free pint round Whose backing band were the Comets? Can you take on Britain's toughest pub music quiz? 2010-12-10T15:08:00Z

We all sang on it but most of the backing vocals were Mutt Lange, he’s the one you hear more than anyone else and Mutt’s an amazing singer. Def Leppard’s Phil Collen: We had more in common with Duran Duran than Iron Maiden 2015-10-04T04:00:00Z

Monteiro is keeping her fingers crossed that Reed gets the backing to mount his play. Historians irked by musical ‘Hamilton’ escalate their duel 2019-02-04T05:00:00Z

Tense relations with Ukraine accounted for a large part of the slump, following Russia’s 2014 annexation of Crimea and backing of a separatist conflict in eastern Ukraine. Russian exports of Vodka and liquor hit decade low 2016-02-16T05:00:00Z

Even some of the completely official posthumous releases had heavy editing, with original backing tracks rerecorded. An introduction to Jimi Hendrix, Seattle’s own international music icon, through books, movies and music 2020-09-18T04:00:00Z

The song arrangements are lush, filled with exquisite horns, crisp funky snare drums, backing vocals, a variety of natural keyboard sounds, and even pedal steel and vibraphone. Review: Iron & Wine's latest another step forward 2013-04-15T20:58:08Z

Security Council, argue the agency needs ”strong leadership, which can only come with the backing of a major power. Drained of cash and riven by rivalries, UNESCO seeks leader to revive fortunes 2017-10-06T04:00:00Z

Bethel dances across the top of a prominent bass line on “The Model” like a gothic femme fatale, while Paterson’s sparse backing vocals and a spidery guitar function as characters in a mini-film noir. Album review: Sons and Daughters, 'Mirror Mirror' 2011-07-11T04:18:00Z

If instead Pat expects your backing even when wrong, then you say why you’re unwilling to do that — your integrity, perhaps, or your belief that people look stronger admitting errors than doubling down on them. Carolyn Hax: Take a broad view of having your spouse’s back 2016-04-26T04:00:00Z

Mr. van Zweden provided consistent backing, but sometimes rhythmic details sounded rushed and clipped. Music Review: Philharmonic, With Jaap van Zweden Conducting Yuja Wang 2012-04-13T20:58:17Z

We added a harmonica line as the "final solo" of the fallen soldier, and the backing vocals at the end of the song are supposed to have this sense of ascension. Rumer's old music: Townes van Zandt ? Flyin' Shoes 2012-05-21T09:16:16Z

With a background like that, it's hardly surprising she should develop a style that switches easily between Celtic and Americana, especially as her remarkable backing band includes many of the cast of the Transatlantic Sessions. Heidi Talbot: Angels Without Wings – review 2013-02-14T22:00:01Z

And there are two designated zany moments: the a cappella group Straight No Chaser backing him in “You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch,” and the Muppets cackling along on “All I Need Is Love.” New Music Releases of the Season, From Jazz to Gospel 2012-11-22T20:23:16Z

He brought folk to a new audience and notched up a top 10 album with Poor Man's Heaven, thanks to his technique of mixing stomping, attacking ballads with impressive violin work and furious strumming backing. Seth Lakeman: Hearts and Minds 2010-06-24T21:35:00Z

He's now taking his case to the high court, with the backing of a batch of tweeting comedians, thanks to this fundraising gig. This week's new comedy 2011-04-08T23:08:48Z

It was wallowing in a shallow pool of seawater and Sully was dancing around the edges, alternately charging towards it and backing off, barking wildly all the while. Experience: I was attacked by a seal 2016-04-01T04:00:00Z

A defiant White began booking Duncan more frequently, with the network’s backing. Nearing 100, Betty White’s life is a page-turner in new book 2021-12-03T05:00:00Z

The conservatives are backing the patriarch of Venice, whose laundry-list of throwback reforms starts with re-prescribing the Latin Mass. A dozen or so other cardinals, along with a few nuns, play leading roles. The election intrigue of Robert Harris’s ‘Conclave’ 2016-11-22T05:00:00Z

Billed as “a cinematic concert,” it features original graphic projections by Light of Day, a New York visual-effects firm, paired to live performance by Mr. Krakauer and a five-piece backing band. Music Review: ‘The Big Picture,’ Movie Music at the Museum of Jewish Heritage 2014-01-30T23:53:10Z

Possibly because of its magnificent backing, Boardwalk has felt free to take chances. Boardwalk Empire Watch: The Crate 2012-11-19T13:30:43Z

Readers offered their own advice for a recent How To question about an outdoor drain that was backing up during rainstorms. How to restore the finish on bark-covered furniture 2017-03-10T05:00:00Z

He is also involved in this project, as producer, multi-instrumentalist and backing singer. Emily Smith: Traiveller's Joy ? review 2011-01-20T22:31:01Z

There, with backing from the National Performance Art Network and assistance from a local artist named Eartha Goodwin, he initiated a collaborative project that allowed him to engage with architecture quite directly. Art Review: Manuel Acevedo Shows His Visions at Bronx River Center 2010-08-18T22:35:00Z

Given the near-impossibility of finding mainstream backing for a film with such hardcore content, he had few qualms about getting into bed with the company. New-wave queer cinema: 'Gay experience in all its complexity' 2012-10-04T18:59:01Z

Hell, he even has science backing him up, thanks to skewed studies that “prove” that women just aren’t as funny as men. Does the Fall TV Lineup Finally End the ‘Are Women Funny’ Debate? 2012-10-03T12:00:32Z

On a long work table the perfectly made letters spelling out “negro” rested against a white metal backing. The Inside Story on Outsiderness 2011-02-25T21:36:23Z

That includes not only supporting a rising talent like Damien Chazelle, director of La La Land, but also backing Mel Gibson to helm Hacksaw Ridge. La La Land's success heralds return to Lionsgate's small-scale roots 2017-02-11T05:00:00Z

Patrick Wachsberger, a “CODA” producer, thanked Apple from the stage for backing the low-budget film, noting that the company was “able to basically put this everywhere in the world.” Onstage Slap Rattles Oscars, Before ‘CODA’ Triumphs 2022-03-28T04:00:00Z

"It kicks into its groove from the first second, with some delicious riffs along with backing vocals that make the chorus very sing-a-along" – soundblab.com. New band of the day ? No 984: If the Kids 2011-03-11T16:07:06Z

Instead, it was the old stuff, performed by a steamrolling backing band that the rapper had to shout over. This one tastes bland, too: Sweetlife and the decline of the American music festival 2015-06-01T04:00:00Z

He later performed at Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center and made appearances on television in the 1960s backing the popular country and pop singer Kay Starr on programs like “The Jimmy Dean Show.” Roger Sprung, Banjo Virtuoso of N.Y.C. Folk Scene, Dies at 92 2023-08-02T04:00:00Z

She finally insisted that he do something; so, with her backing, he got one of the first Volkswagen franchises in the West, back when the few VW drivers waved to one another on the road. Memories of Mexico 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z

In the past year the Sun, which Murdoch told Leveson reflects his thinking on politics in Britain, had been giving Johnson enthusiastic backing, celebrating his maverick style and "game for a laugh" attitude. Boris Johnson and Rupert Murdoch have another private meeting 2013-01-26T20:04:04Z

So you recorded it with Lou Reed singing on Mott's backing? David Bowie on Ziggy Stardust, white funk and other theatrical matters – a classic interview 2012-06-12T15:57:34Z

The state senator backing the new bill credited Oliver’s ability to turn boring topics into viral phenomena through online video as motivation for the new initiative. How the 'John Oliver Effect' Is Having a Real-Life Impact 2015-01-20T05:00:00Z

He attempted to approximate the sound of Phillips’s manzarene by deploying a small squad of backing musicians; his take is an airy jumble of glockenspiel, mandolin, horns, and percussion. Some of Us Are Haunted by Washington Phillips 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z

She also becomes so distracted that at one point she almost runs over her own child while backing up her car. ‘Simple Passion’ Review: An Ordinary Erotic Tale 2022-01-20T05:00:00Z

All these stories are set against the backing of a spectacular culture of seeing and being seen. Flappers: Six Women of a Dangerous Generation by Judith Mackrell – review 2013-06-01T10:01:01Z

Everything about “Rolling” — its melody and lyrics, Adele’s delivery and timbre, the role played by the backing vocalists — gestures back to a lost golden age of soul singers like Etta James and Dusty Springfield. The Songs of Now Sound a Lot Like Then 2011-07-17T01:45:26Z

But between her tighter-than-hell L.A.-based backing band, Icewater, her distinctive voice and jazz-horn-like phrasing and a bizarre kind of force when approaching the songs from “New View,” she delivers a mesmerizing live show. A great year for live music: From Wilco to Eleanor Friedberger and Philip Glass 2016-12-23T05:00:00Z

The 75-year-old British star is backing the documentary “My Beautiful Stutter,” which looks at the work of New York City-based nonprofit group SAY: The Stuttering Association for the Young. Helen Mirren finds bright side during the pandemic 2021-04-09T04:00:00Z

First, Wilmington is the county seat of Clinton County; second, the theatre’s renovation had the financial backing of Glenn Beck. What Michael Moore Understands About Hillary Clinton 2016-10-19T04:00:00Z

Mr. Sharp’s ponderous words — delivered as sighs as much as singing — take a reflective tone over bouncy backings. Pop & Rock Listings for May 22-28 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z

In addition to Bryan, the trio includes Rhydian Dafydd on bass and backing vocals and Matt Thomas on drums and percussion. A formidable British sound 2013-03-21T20:36:16Z

But seeking financial backing, especially from foreigners, will not prove an easy task in Russia. Russia lures Hollywood, raising bar for local film 2011-07-18T10:17:07Z

“I’m sure the first week was just a bomb of new ideas and ways of working, but I never got the sense they were backing away from the challenge,” Mr. McIntyre said. Trey McIntyre Project Collaborates with Korean Dancers 2012-11-09T23:06:30Z

He says that he had barely written a song in 40 years without smoking weed: according to the book, he had literally never performed with his most celebrated backing band Crazy Horse straight. Neil Young: 'You don't want to OD on music' 2012-10-04T19:00:01Z

“No way,” he said with a nervous laugh, backing up. Heading Upstate in Search of a Watery Eden 2013-07-24T22:16:29Z

But the real story starts in 1945, when Axis plots against Britain in the colonies gave way to Soviet backing for anti-colonial liberation movements as world war turned to cold war. Empire of Secrets by Calder Walton – review 2013-01-31T11:00:01Z

But “for much of her life she worked in relative anonymity in studios and on stages, backing up others,” it says. Rock Hall of Famers, Kids Celebrate Darlene Love 2013-10-18T15:18:43Z

“If you are going to spend serious money on a painting, I think you want a committed gallery backing it,” Mr. Russeth said. Just Like Taco Trucks, Art Takes to the Road 2014-05-30T04:00:00Z

That makes the company’s latest line of ironic T’s — edgy, cool, conservative shirts backing Mitt Romney — especially insidious. Urban Outfitters loves Mitt 2012-06-01T16:30:00Z

Japan only allows males to ascend the ancient Chrysanthemum Throne and changes to the succession law are anathema to conservatives backing Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Fate of Japan's imperial dynasty rests on shoulders of 13-year-old 2019-10-18T04:00:00Z

World tours with a backing band followed: We see trucks being unloaded at stadiums, lighting rigs going up, and electric guitars rocking out with post-punk clamor. ‘Anonymous Club’ Review: The Joy of Creation 2022-07-14T04:00:00Z

It consists of quotes from books selected at random from the library at Lympne Castle in Kent, where the track was recorded, and read by the castle's plummy-voiced owners over a stately orchestral backing. Readers recommend: solo Beatles songs – results 2012-06-21T11:53:16Z

Open Road Films is backing “Spotlight,” for instance, while Bleecker Street released “Trumbo.” Oscar Nominations 2016 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z

It didn't get off to the best of starts with Fong talking moodily to camera against a loud Moby backing track. TV review: DCI Banks: Aftermath, Horizon: Back From The Dead and Titanic: The Mission 2010-09-27T23:05:00Z

You spent years building up your career as a backing singer and songwriter before becoming a successful solo artist. Sheryl Crow: 'I was a people-pleaser and I had to unlearn that' 2010-07-17T23:05:00Z

He briefly looked for studio backing but was rebuffed. Politics on Film, but This Time Leaning Right 2010-09-07T22:28:00Z

Paramount is backing the adaptation of the August Wilson play, with Denzel Washington directing the film and co-starring opposite Viola Davis. Box Office: 'Rogue One' scores massive $155 million debut as Star Wars fans flock to theaters 2016-12-18T05:00:00Z

“It’s not just five backing musicians. It’s a musical community.” James Taylor, man out of time: “I feel like I’m a messenger from a prior world” 2015-06-16T04:00:00Z

The store also carries adhesives suitable for veneer work, as well as cherry and mahogany veneer with a pressure-sensitive adhesive backing. Restoring cabinet veneer may take more than elbow grease 2017-03-17T04:00:00Z

He recorded a series of ska songs, including "Bull Whip," which featured a young Bob Marley on backing vocals. Reggae pioneer Leonard Dillon dies in Jamaica 2011-09-29T18:31:04Z

The latter track was released as the album’s lead single and features backing vocals by her father, who died in November. Valerie June’s Music Is a Reminder That Life Goes On 2017-05-03T04:00:00Z

But it said there was still "a desperate need for funding and public backing". Call to save 'at risk' theatres 2011-07-14T12:14:58Z

Film-making without the backing of a big Hollywood studio is an unglamorous struggle. Arthouse v blockbuster: will superheroes wipe out serious movies? 2018-09-02T04:00:00Z

Because I’m backing one of these two horses, and it’s not the more popular one. A tiny Frenchwoman has had a huge impact on food in America 2018-01-12T05:00:00Z

And one really misses the variety and dynamism of a big band onstage, versus the synthesized smoothness of what often sounds like studio backing tracks. 'American Idol': Radio-friendly, but not camera-friendly? 2011-04-05T00:54:03Z

Their roles will reverse on Tuesday night, when Mr. Rawlings plays the frontman at a show to celebrate his excellent solo album “Poor David’s Almanack,” with a backing band that includes Ms. Welch. Pop, Rock and Jazz in NYC This Week 2017-11-30T05:00:00Z

Angel, Akala and Sway provide the musical backing to the visual art, with spoken word from George The Poet set to graphics from Funny Tummy. This week's new events 2013-04-20T05:00:24Z

The BBC Sound Archive and the British Library Sound Archive are among those backing the campaign. Plea put out for 'lost' TV shows 2011-06-03T15:30:37Z

Other reminders are occasional sightings of military ambulances or trains carrying military equipment and armoured vehicles on the outskirts of the city, though Russia denies backing the rebels with troops or weapons. Floods of Ukrainian refugees seek new life in Russia 2014-10-07T04:00:00Z

As disco declined in popularity, artists were no longer able to afford the lush sounds of a full orchestral backing, forcing a reliance on cheaper, synthetic sounds. Disco ain’t dead: how Beyoncé resurrected dance music and its queer history for "Renaissance" 2022-08-15T04:00:00Z

Intentional or not, Green's third album — her first with a backing band — taps into a particular generational confusion. Colleen Green takes on mature outlook on album 'I Want to Grow Up' 2015-02-13T05:00:00Z

The ensemble, which expanded to as many as 13 members for certain songs, presents a full-on soul revue, with a horn section and a trio of backing singers. Concert review: Bobby Womack at Brilliant Corners festival 2012-09-24T04:52:00Z

This contrast perhaps comes about because See Emily Play is sometimes accompanied by a backing band and sometimes plays on her own. See Emily Play: New Band Up North #31 2013-06-17T11:48:00Z

Famous backing bands are finally getting some respect from the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum in Cleveland. ArtsBeat: Bands to Follow Their Frontmen Into Rock Hall of Fame 2012-02-09T13:23:34Z

Cawthorn has called Trump a genius and a father figure, and the former president, for his part, continued backing him. What does Madison Cawthorn do now? 2022-10-11T04:00:00Z

Each slice is displayed on a glass shelf with a mirrored backing, the slices aligned to reconstitute the whole. Ry Rocklen's sly sculptures: There's more than what you might see at first 2016-09-16T04:00:00Z

Christopher Kane, meanwhile, now has the backing of PPR, the first acquisition of a new label by a luxury conglomerate in some time. On the Runway Blog: Professor Pinault Pays a Visit 2013-02-06T22:45:57Z

Arriving with a trio of backing vocalists, the hip-hop-soul singer stunned the crowd with a tight, powerful set that quickly eviscerated memories of hours-late waits and unfocused, erratic showings. BET Experience 2015: N.W.A reunion, Lauryn Hill among final thrills 2015-06-28T04:00:00Z

When Lewis recorded “Rabbit Fur Coat” with female backing duo the Watson Twins, things in Rilo Kiley were already rocky. Rebound, rediscovery, rebirth: How Jenny Lewis made her best album in more than a decade 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z

Smith's girlfriend, Edith Bowman, teams up with actor and Commitments singer Bronagh Gallagher to provide backing vocals on Held in the Arms of Your Words, and there's a real family feel to the night. Tired Pony 2010-07-18T21:01:00Z

He first met them in Hamburg in 1962 when he was a teenager backing up Little Richard, and they were all playing together at the Star Club. Get Back: The Beatles rocked the rooftop 50 years ago 2019-01-31T05:00:00Z

But Jean shows no sign of backing down. Wyclef Jean cannot appeal against Haiti presidency ruling 2010-08-26T10:47:00Z

We shot just outside Auschwitz, building a barracks and backing the train into Auschwitz proper, so when the train exits Auschwitz, it appeared in the film as if it’s entering the death camp. Steven Spielberg on Storytelling’s Power to Fight Hate 2018-12-18T05:00:00Z

“And I think we all know who that would be. It would be guitarist and backing vocalist Troy McLawhorn.” John Oliver’s show buys $15 million in medical debt and forgives it: “We’d be staging the largest one-time giveaway in television show history” 2016-06-06T04:00:00Z

Advertisers include Ford, General Motors, L’Oréal and Unilever, said Troy Young, the president of SAY Media, the company that is backing the site. Jane Pratt, Unbound and Ready for the Web 2011-05-18T19:25:37Z

In an age of communication that is to relentlessly unsubtle, I’m backing the aubergine in all it’s adorable, ambiguous glory. Sexting: the ambiguous aubergine vs the anatomically accurate 'va-moji' 2015-10-18T04:00:00Z

It didn’t much matter if the backing vocal, with that familiar slippery digital voice, was louder than what he was rapping into the microphone. Fetty Wap’s Tweaked Sound Yields Hit in ‘Trap Queen’ 2015-07-13T04:00:00Z

Ridgeley added that the duo experimented with various musical genres — they fused rap with disco and then added pop — Wham!'s finished songs had social lyrics with a disco backing. "WHAM!": The 6 biggest revelations from Netflix's documentary about the '80s pop duo 2023-07-06T04:00:00Z

That sums up his early years, and the last five under Ms. Chapelle’s backing. Special Report: Fashion: Nuturing by a Style 'Angel' 2011-03-06T18:54:56Z

Last week, Patrick urged the Fort Worth schools superintendent to resign for backing a transgender student bathroom policy. Texas is poised to be the next bathroom battleground in transgender fight 2016-05-18T04:00:00Z

But over the last few years he’s been backing away from that style, experimenting with clean-lined figures, à la Alex Katz, and now embracing the sharp edges of the Bauhaus and Russian Constructivism. Art In Review: DAVID KORTY 2012-08-02T20:33:44Z

Camps and his colleagues describe three experiments backing up their thesis. The upside of body odor 2014-01-07T13:30:00Z

Four workshops later, they are finally onstage, now with the backing of two commercial producers, Mara Isaacs and Tom Kirdahy, who are among the lead producers of “Hadestown.” Bhangra Is Big on Campus. Now It’s Inspiring a Musical. 2022-03-23T04:00:00Z

She said she was backing the project because, "I thought there was something very democratic about it, and modern." Photo project aims to capture the world in a day 2012-04-10T11:53:13Z

It was one of the only times The Roots weren't backing up other performers throughout the concert, which raised $100,000 for music education programs. Costello, D'Angelo and more perform at Prince tribute 2013-03-08T17:42:38Z

It’s got Booker T and the MGs backing Redding, and it’s a powerful, emotionally open-hearted concert no matter how you slice it. Five great live albums: From Otis Redding to Built to Spill 2016-07-05T04:00:00Z

He is immediately supportive, murmuring agreement and backing me up, though his interest seems to have waned since this conversation. My awkward sober sex life 2012-10-28T16:01:00Z

Cave’s particular mosaic was done in a positive setting method, meaning the glass pieces were glued directly onto a mesh backing — rather than creating the design backward, like a mirror image. Nick Cave Digs Deep, With a Symphony in Glass 2021-09-06T04:00:00Z

He scores! – picked over the entrails of his broken marriage to a backing less skeletal but no less feral than that of the White Stripes. The best albums of 2012 (so far) 2012-06-14T19:00:06Z

The same year, singer Otis Redding requested they serve as his backing band on a tour of the country. The 7 most tragic band deaths in rock history 2015-06-15T04:00:00Z

For his part, Gingrich showed no signs of backing down, or leaving the race any time soon. Mitt Romney wins Florida GOP primary 2012-02-01T01:00:00Z

His main contribution was to sweeten the bratty thrash of their debut, adding backing vocals to their rough-and-ready demos. Moulding music 2010-02-23T08:38:00Z

In the subsequent days, I packed the Mantis with food and equipment for a 4,000-mile road trip, trying not to fret about the backing up that awaited me. A latecomer to the #vanlife party takes a 4,000-mile road trip in a pop-up camper 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z

At the center Ms. Smith, who records under her first name, was icy cool, singing well, sometimes in concert with a backing track, and dancing heartily. Music Review: Onstage, Young Star Reins in Her Hair 2010-12-12T21:58:00Z

“A lot of people seem surprised that I’m backing a candidate, but it ain’t my first rodeo.” Willie Nelson talks Beto O’Rourke and why he feels sorry for Ted Cruz 2018-09-22T04:00:00Z

The seeds of Midnight Magic were planted when four members of the group were in the backing band for the disco revivalist outfit Hercules and Love Affair in 2008. Pop: Disco Revival in New York With Crystal Ark and Escort 2012-11-18T02:23:03Z

Will Seattle-area funders and individual patrons step forward to offer similarly generous backing here, in addition to the modest literary grants available now? Move over, coffee: It's playwrights' day in the sun in Seattle 2012-09-05T22:38:04Z

As an aspiring keyboard player, I was particularly drawn to the piano playing of David Sancious, a crucial lynchpin in Bruce's nascent backing band. The inauspicious arrival of Bruce Springsteen 2022-10-16T04:00:00Z

“He’d text me between songs: ‘I think the backing vocals on this song need to get bumped up a tiny bit.’ When Weird Al Yankovic Met Daniel Radcliffe, Things Got … Well, You Know 2022-09-08T04:00:00Z

“I give a lot of advice to my husband and tell him how it is and how I see it. I’m not backing off. I tell him the truth,” she said. Five questions about Melania Trump’s move to the White House 2017-06-12T04:00:00Z

Compelling as this is as a narrative device, it lacks any clinical merit or scientific backing. The pseudo-science of Alcoholics Anonymous: There’s a better way to treat addiction 2014-03-23T18:30:00Z

“I’m trying to be a good sport here,” she said as the backing track to “Emotions” played on. Mariah Carey Smiles and Glitters Through a Television Fiasco 2017-01-01T05:00:00Z

It informs the album artwork, the touring stage presentation and the outfits of his backing band, which alternates between all-male and all-female lineups. In first solo album, Jack White taps a blue vein 2012-05-03T14:01:11Z

Softly One Saturday Morning had to be made with financial backing from Europe. New Africa: the film-maker exploring feminism in Algeria 2012-08-24T23:05:17Z

By the time they were backing him in the studio, a musical intuition had formed. Meet the Musicians Who Gave Isaac Hayes His Groove 2017-11-15T05:00:00Z

The guitar sounded like synthesizer, the keyboard like a guitar, drums sparingly hit with mallets by Daniel Franz abetted by tinny backing drum machines. Concert review: Beach House at Showbox 2012-10-05T16:31:07Z

He began backing down after a furious response emerged online. Stephen King apologizes again for “palpable bitchery” tweet: “That wasn’t my intention” 2014-02-06T01:48:00Z

He noted that officers are taught to run headlong into danger rather than backing off, when backing off in some situations is more courageous. Teaching Ferguson: What police are learning 2015-02-06T05:00:00Z

It turns a lethally incisive backing track into a thrilling, expansive trip; the melodic changeups are snapping visions of light. An Obsessive Listen to a Twenty-Five-Year-Old Album 2016-02-04T05:00:00Z

Initially Mr. Tweedy also toyed with the idea of having Wilco play on the record as Ms. Staples’s backing group. Music: A Little Nudge, and a Soul Singer Is Back to Her Roots 2010-09-19T04:35:00Z

All that comes from the church and that's the character profile of the backing singer. The secret lives of backing singers 2014-02-25T00:47:09Z

Instead of backing away from her idiosyncrasies, she embraces them all the more in her fiction. Miranda July sheds her pixie image with novel 'The First Bad Man' 2015-01-08T05:00:00Z

Prince Charles has given his backing to the show, while the exhibition itself is essentially being bankrolled by Australians – rich patrons of the National Gallery of Australia and the government itself. Australia's most treasured art comes to London for biggest show yet seen in UK 2013-05-02T15:00:22Z

Just in time for the holidays, Indiana University is backing off a dormitory’s “diversity program” display that recently asked, “Can Santa Claus be a black man?” A university’s terrible “black Santa” question 2013-12-04T15:56:00Z

“Getting Married Today,” from “Company,” in which a bride with last-minute jitters considers backing out of her wedding, was the turning point from lighter to darker. Music Review: Maude Maggart Explores Love at the Oak Room 2010-04-14T21:17:00Z

Some give advice, such as backing away occasionally, so your victim gets the impression that you’re working hard not to touch her and that any contact is the fault of the crowd. Jessica Valenti: my life as a ‘sex object’ 2016-05-28T04:00:00Z

Jesse Jackson Jr. on Monday touted the backing of more than 50 ministers, including one who said “political demonic forces” were driving the agenda of Democratic primary opponent Debbie Halvorson. Jackson supporter: 'Demonic forces' drive foe 2012-02-20T21:51:00Z

There's even a thoughtful meditation on the existence of God, Doubting Thomas, given a slinky, bluesy backing, and an update of the traditional Nottamun Town, now treated as a contemporary political nightmare. Steve Tilston: The Reckoning ? review 2011-07-21T21:31:01Z

There's an amazing bit two-thirds of the way through when Toliver and his backing singers interpolate lyrics from Ain't No Mountain High Enough, before it effortlessly slips back into its original melody. New music: Marques Toliver – Control 2013-03-27T13:02:00Z

Soon after learning that her husband was not backing away from his decision to support Mr. Trump, Dr. Maguire picked him up at work. He Likes Trump. She Doesn’t. Can This Marriage Be Saved? 2016-08-13T04:00:00Z

Through the resort windows that night we could see family-size S.U.V.s with luggage pods on top rolling in, backing up along the driveway to Charlevoix’s front entrance. At a Club Med Ski Resort, Learning to Love the Apéro 2022-12-03T05:00:00Z

The Washington program has backing from public health authorities and educators and state law. “11-year-olds shouldn’t get IUDs!”: Fox News creates mythical preteen IUD seeker, ignoring the success of school-based reproductive healthcare clinics 2015-07-10T04:00:00Z

His backing persisted even while the Germans set up roadblocks and military installations all along the southern coast during their occupation of Norway. Why Name Your Book After Hitler's? 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z

As her humiliations — and our incredulity — escalate, the director periodically allows us some relief, backing his camera out of the storeroom where Becky is confined to check on her mystified colleagues. Movie Review: Movie Review: ‘Compliance,’ Directed by Craig Zobel 2012-08-17T15:23:01Z

Disco Compilation is brilliant, building from a harp backing to a pulsing beat and a celebration of music's power to console. Serafina Steer: The Moths Are Real – review 2013-01-10T22:15:01Z

Still, Cunningham refuses backing down and reveals what she did not in those first episodes, that Kelly abused her too. "It took hell to get there": The legacy of "Surviving R. Kelly" bringing down a predator 2023-01-08T05:00:00Z

When he spread out the arrangements across his large backing band on “Work Song,” the mix of spare, wide-open handclaps and precise vocal harmonies did the concert's sacred setting justice. Hozier takes a worshipful L.A. to an actual church 2014-10-17T04:00:00Z

It’s haunting, it’s evocative, it has a sense of humor, it has great backing vocals from myself and Bill. R.E.M.?s Mike Mills on Saying Goodbye After Three Decades 2011-11-14T12:00:31Z

At some point the bindings were dismantled, and the Ten Bamboo gossamer papers were mounted on heavier backings. Delicate Chinese Albums for Wealthy Show-Offs 2014-07-31T04:00:00Z

When backing up his argument, Butler does a lot of explaining of things that aren’t actually on the ballot. The last push of the pot campaign in D.C. starts with a wake-and-bake

And an equally intricate, sculptural “textile,” by Elisa Strozyk, is actually made of small pieces of laser-cut walnut veneer, glued to a viscose backing. Art Review: ‘Against the Grain,’ at the Museum of Arts and Design 2013-06-06T21:50:05Z

Who would have thought that Bieber's backing singers would resemble a barbershop quartet recruited from the yakuza? Justin Bieber and Katy Perry live 2011-03-20T00:05:30Z

A restorer removed it from its backing to discover that the paper on which the drawing had been made had a watermark — an identifying pattern that indicated its 17th-century maker. A ‘Sleeper’ Discovered at Auction Tells a Very Dutch Tale 2022-06-15T04:00:00Z

After a beach-themed kids section, featuring singing sharks and dancing beach balls, she ascended on a pair of sparks-shooting stars while singing to the backing track of “Firework.” Super Bowl music: Katy Perry plays to her audiences 2015-02-01T05:00:00Z

A beat arrives, along with backing voices and swelling strings, only to abandon her before the song ends. Burna Boy’s Cry for Nigeria, and 9 More New Songs 2020-11-06T05:00:00Z

Now the Arts Council is recognising and rewarding the venue's success and backing it to achieve bigger and better things in the future. Funding drama 2011-03-30T17:02:13Z

The films will not be part of normal festival programs, but will screen in all cities simultaneously with promotional backing from the festival organizations, which will share in revenue. Building an Alliance to Aid Films by Blacks 2011-01-07T23:54:35Z

She began her singing career in the traditional setting of a gospel church choir, and at 15 sang backing vocals on Chaka Khan's 1978 soul hit I'm Every Woman. Whitney Houston: squandered talent of a singer who had it all 2012-02-12T17:13:58Z

With Brunswick’s backing, thousands of tables were made and installed in arcades, pizza parlors, community-center basements—anywhere with a stretch of faux-wood panelling and a proximate crew of wan, beanpole kids. The Forgotten Greatness of Air Hockey 2016-08-09T04:00:00Z

"Is that really just a lot of people dancing to a backing track?" one disgruntled man demands before absenting himself from the room. The Knife – review 2013-05-11T23:05:48Z

Too often Rihanna relies on the skills of her backing singers to fill in phrases she can't be bothered to finish, and there are only snippets of hits such as Take a Bow. Rihanna – review 2013-06-16T16:09:59Z

The unstretched canvas peels away from its backing, as if levitating. Etel Adnan’s Bittersweet Arrival at the Guggenheim 2021-12-02T05:00:00Z

She launched a campaign for the government to commission such a report in May 2014 with the backing of the Guardian and UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon. Genital mutilation risk triples for girls and women in US, CDC study finds 2016-01-15T05:00:00Z

Are those the only reasons a candidate should reject the Kochs’ backing, or even the main ones? Charles Koch goes full Tyrion Lannister: His threat to back Hillary hints at the brothers’ devious game of thrones 2016-04-25T04:00:00Z

As their courtship heats up, their game of attraction and repulsion evokes two wild animals, sniffing and spitting, backing away, then pouncing and grappling in a rite that seems more painful than ecstatic. ‘Miss Julie’ Stars Jessica Chastain and Colin Farrell 2014-12-04T05:00:00Z

The doctor was also afraid that pay-for-performance might undermine doctors’ inner motivation to do well without extra pay-but there’s no research backing that up, either. Studies: Linking doctors’ pay to performance is better for patients 2013-09-12T18:10:00Z

He made a foray into the recording studio in 1978 recording a version of the Floral Dance which he sang over a backing by a brass band. Obituary: Sir Terry Wogan 2016-01-31T05:00:00Z

The author also deals unsatisfactorily with the mystery over who really provided the backing for Mr Berlusconi’s stupendously ambitious and costly early business ventures. He’s back 2015-11-05T05:00:00Z

Alabama was the only group not to use the supercharged backing band. Surprise! Keith Urban gets a shocker at benefit 2012-04-11T04:44:09Z

Although he had recorded a backing track the night before, he insisted on singing live instead of lip-syncing, “to give it that extra verve,” he said. On TV’s New Musicals, Every Episode Is Opening Night 2020-01-07T05:00:00Z

They changed their minds, eventually fully backing me. Swiping right in the fertility doctor's office: On pursuing romance and single motherhood at once 2021-08-28T04:00:00Z

Young had obviously reached a bad stage in his life, but the backing by the London symphony orchestra makes it luscious. Tracks of our tears: the songs that make G2 writers weep 2011-04-08T07:00:02Z

Named after the New Power Generation, Prince's backing band, "the festival will play host to real music by real musicians", the singer said. Prince to curate music festival in Denmark 2011-07-19T09:42:34Z

It’s amusing when, like human delivery trucks, they say, “backing up” while backing up, amusing when “going forward” progresses to “penetrating, penetrating.” Dance Review: ?The White Box Project? by No?mie LaFrance - Review 2011-09-11T21:55:11Z

Plus, Apex of the Sun – which features some angelic backing vocals from the equally good and equally Swedish Icona Pop – seems worth it. New music: Fibes, Oh Fibes! – Apex of the Sun 2012-07-12T10:27:49Z

The set is due in March, and the Diplo-produced “Living For Love” will be sent to radio very soon, getting the full backing a lead single deserves. The Grammy Performances This Year Are All Going To Be Amazing 2015-02-08T05:00:00Z

He assembles his roving collective of backing musicians in support of “Band of Brothers,” a new record set for release this month. Pop, Rock & Cabaret Listings for June 6-12 2014-06-05T04:00:00Z

Waterhouse’s band – hard-swinging rhythm section, blaring sax, insinuating backing singers – turned the claustrophobic room into a sea of shoulder-to-shoulder shimmying and shouting. Top concerts of 2012 2012-12-20T21:35:00Z

A dandy, boulevardier and self-educated litterateur, Mr. Sonnenberg consulted only his own taste, backing it with substantial paychecks to his writers, some well known and others not. Ben Sonnenberg, Founder of Literary Journal, Dies at 73 2010-06-26T01:00:00Z

The bonus tracks for “Led Zeppelin II” include alternate mixes or backing tracks for most of the album’s songs, and one unreleased tune, “La La.” ArtsBeat: Led Zeppelin Album Reissues Will Offer Previously Unreleased Song 2014-03-13T19:40:07Z

It is in the end a profile in courage, even if Johnson has to win votes by backing senators’ pork projects. In Washington, the drama never ends

When it came time to record vocals, Eddie Holland would guide the lead singer and Mr. Dozier would coach the backing vocalists. Lamont Dozier, Writer of Numerous Motown Hits, Dies at 81 2022-08-09T04:00:00Z

Now a group of small podcast companies, using an influx of cash and inspired by the medium’s success in the United States, are trying to prove they can produce content without the public broadcaster’s backing. U.K. Podcast Companies Want What the U.S. Has, Looking Past the BBC 2021-03-15T04:00:00Z

He kept moving around, stalking and kneeling, with a microphone in the bell of his saxophone; he was building long-tone melodies against digital backing. Music Review: Hubble and Diamond Terrifier at Zebulon - Review 2011-12-21T22:48:40Z

Mr. Adams is part of a generation of musical innovators who continue to be revered as mavericks by a loyal and diverse fan base even as they enjoy the backing of the field’s big institutions. Review: John Adams Wrestles the Ghosts of His Musical Fathers 2017-03-10T05:00:00Z

At the same time, there's a fine line between backing up your friend and leaping in to be the white savior. Take 2: White allies, here's another list of what to do and what not to do, or wear, or watch 2020-06-09T04:00:00Z

In another Instagram video posted on Wednesday, Johnson wasn’t backing down from his comments. The Rock Hints at Resolution With 'Unprofessional' Co-Stars 2016-08-11T04:00:00Z

“As you can tell from my background, I’m a bit unorthodox, and I’m passionate about backing young and new entrepreneurs,” he said, noting that the draw was not about investing in “luxury or glamorous brands.” The Businessman Behind Cool British Fashion Brands 2017-02-21T05:00:00Z

Each time, he has only a quiet bass guitar backing him. Bob Dylan’s Masterpiece Is Still Hard to Find 2018-11-13T05:00:00Z

Prepare to be unendeared – as the hirsute American offers his unlikely backing to the campaign to make Boris Johnson the prime minister of Britain. Blackadder marches again and Zach Galifianakis votes for Boris 2012-10-10T08:11:05Z

We were together in Lulu's backing band for two years. Clem Cattini, Britain's record chart topper, keeps that backbeat going strong at 72 2010-03-28T00:06:00Z

Now, with the backing of the AFL-CIO, the union has singled out Lionsgate. Musicians implore Hollywood to stop scoring films overseas 2014-05-27T04:00:00Z

Some of the alternate takes are stripped-down versions reminiscent of how the band played live, without backing musicians to play the extra guitars and other instruments added in the studio. Jimmy Page finds there's still whole lotta love for Led Zeppelin 2014-11-20T05:00:00Z

Netflix and the movie review website Rotten Tomatoes are among organizations backing the initiative. Sundance Film Festival aims for more movie critic diversity 2020-01-04T05:00:00Z

In many past productions Ballet Theater has seemed not a true company but a backing group for guest stars. Dance Review: Down on the Dacha, Farmers Showing Off Expressive Footwork 2011-01-23T22:45:37Z

Ms. Everett’s performances are somewhere between theatrical stand-up and bawdy cabaret, with stories and songs about men, sex and love brought to life with help from her backing band, the Tender Moments. Comedy in NYC This Week 2017-01-12T05:00:00Z

"If the insinuation is it's a reflection of EA Sports backing away from its relationship that goes back literally 13 years with Tiger, that's not the case whatsoever," said Moore. Tiger Woods dropped from cover of his own game 2011-01-05T23:24:34Z

MTV has often been accused of cowardice, of backing down to calls for censorship, excessive use of the "bleep" button, or for banning the likes of Jesus Christ Pose by Soundgarden. MTV: 30 years of innovation and corporate rock'n'roll 2011-08-01T10:52:50Z

In a report, it said virtually no new artists had broken through without the backing of a record label. Music stars 'still need labels' 2010-03-09T14:47:00Z

In May, Condé Nast agreed to a $2 billion lease, giving the project the financial backing that it has needed for so long. What Took So Long? Why the World Trade Center Still Isn't Finished 2011-09-09T09:00:00Z

“David would say, ‘If this sounds like my songs with Woods as my backing band, that’s not a bad thing,’” Taveniere said in a call from Los Angeles. Woods Became David Berman’s Band. Then They Picked Up the Pieces. 2020-05-19T04:00:00Z

On several occasions, Hendrix would hit the road as a backing member for touring artists and after getting stranded in various cities Cox would send him money to get back to Nashville. Jimi Hendrix’s Army buddy and bassist helps keep his spirit alive with Experience Hendrix Tour 2019-09-24T04:00:00Z

Her compositions included a rhythmic piece that integrated backing samples of Indian music, and a sound collage incorporating Bulgarian and Azerbaijani scales. Fluid Piano Launch | World music review 2010-03-31T21:00:00Z

Springsteen is also an outspoken supporter of Democratic politics, campaigning for President Barack Obama ahead of the 2012 U.S. presidential election and backing Democrat Hillary Clinton in November's election. New Jersey's Monmouth University to host Bruce Springsteen archive 2017-01-11T05:00:00Z

Heck, even the backing soundtrack to my 80s childhood, Sesame Street, moves with the times, with Bert appearing to have finally come out, tweeting that his hair is "more 'mo' than 'hawk'". The cassette Walkman has gone, and I must move on 2010-10-26T18:02:00Z

Sammut said the initiative had the full backing of Pope Francis, an avid Argentine soccer fan who has called several conferences at the Vatican to study ways of combating human trafficking. Nuns, backed by pope, warn of human trafficking at World Cup 2014-05-20T04:00:00Z

When the series idea was brought to HBO, they were intrigued that so many feature film talents were backing the idea. 12 spine-tingling facts about "Tales From the Crypt" 2022-08-08T04:00:00Z

The very capable backing band was shrouded in darkness most of the night. Music Review: Jay-Z and Kanye West Swap Stories on Saturday Night 2011-11-06T18:44:46Z

He described a moment during the funeral held for President Ronald Reagan in which television cameras captured a vehicle backing up, together with an audible "beep, beep beep" that was reminiscent of a delivery truck. Behind scenes of royal wedding, meticulous preparations under way 2011-03-09T16:42:15Z

Of course, there's Glee, which I quite liked: even though I'd like to hear the songs without the instrumental backing, it's certainly enthused a whole generation of high-school kids about vocal music. Bobby McFerrin gets vocal 2010-05-06T22:05:00Z

Gill has continued to line up backing from high-profile actors and filmmakers for the effort, building on a list that includes the likes of Steven Spielberg, Martin Scorsese, Brad Pitt and Arnold Schwarzenegger. An Oscar recognizing stunts? Jack Gill urges academy action 2015-06-23T04:00:00Z

If indeed there is a life beyond this one and we are judged for the good we did on earth, a TV executive is guaranteed at least a few bonus points for backing "Southland." "Southland" finale: TV at its best 2011-03-09T21:02:00Z

Named for the burlap bags used as backing, these patchwork narratives frequently incorporate scraps of the clothing of the missing and were frequently made in support groups. Art Review: ?Testimonios,? Popular Arts at El Museo del Barrio 2012-02-09T23:48:36Z

The four members of her capable backing band wore uniforms: all white, with accents to match the primary colors in the cross-hatched set design. Music Review: A Big-Voiced Singer Takes Off In Several Directions at Once 2011-07-28T22:09:05Z

But despite backing from heavy hitters like Nike and Vice, which will be recording the shows, the festival was still losing money, Mr. Morgan said, upward of $150,000 a year. Afro-Punk Festival Embraces the Big Time 2011-08-25T23:04:01Z

We already had some people we thought were partners backing out before anything had even gone public. When Pyer Moss Brought Police Brutality to the Runway 2020-06-15T04:00:00Z

She left the lingerie empire in 2006 to start her own collection, but had been working at fashion houses again after the economy tanked and she lost her backing. Police seek warrant in NY fashion designer's death 2010-12-10T18:32:00Z

For artists, especially ones without major-label backing, sticking with vinyl has now become a question about whether it is worth the trouble. Vinyl Is Selling So Well That It’s Getting Hard to Sell Vinyl 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z

Last summer, with backing from a patron who she said wishes to remain anonymous, Ms. Harvey started En Avant, a foundation that will present master classes and offer scholarships and mentoring. Dance Veterans Join Forces for the Betterment of Ballet 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z

Another work in the collection is a portrait of Russian President Vladimir Putin, whom Kiev and Western states accuse of providing military backing to the insurgency, something Russia denies. Ukrainians turn ammunition into art to depict horrors of civil war 2016-09-27T04:00:00Z

"Being a backing singer was my idea of heaven," she once said, which doesn't exactly suggest a cut-throat desire to elbow aside the competition. Jessie Ware: Devotion – review 2012-08-16T15:29:01Z

At the start of the clip, a woman who appeared to be a customer attempted to intervene, before backing away. Georgia Dunkin' employee stabbed by customer upset that chain ran out of doughnut flavor: police 2020-12-08T05:00:00Z

After they formed the Smiths, she came back out of obscurity to cover “Hand in Glove,” with the Smiths backing her, on Top of the Pops. Paint a Vulgar Picture: A Fan’s Notes on a Biography of The Smiths 2013-01-16T13:00:19Z

After 50 years of Philadelphia International Records, it’s that achievement — spreading a message of empowerment and then backing it up with action — that Gamble and Huff point to as their true source of pride. 50 Years Later, Gamble and Huff’s Philly Sound Stirs the Soul 2021-02-25T05:00:00Z

Well, you can, if you're young enough, and you have the backing of an industry eager to keep the feeling alive. New band of the day: The Orwells (No 1,519) 2013-05-24T15:02:04Z

A recent poll found the NHS is a principle concern of British voters, with 77 percent of the public backing an increase in public spending on healthcare. Play predicts chilling future for Britain's prized health service 2018-08-25T04:00:00Z

Dip the prop syringe in the bowl and pull the retractable backing until mixture fills the syringe. How to make a spooky Halloween charcuterie board complete with prop skull 2021-10-23T04:00:00Z

And while most songs begin with Grant singing to spare backing, they end with his voice submerged in sludge courtesy of his four-piece band. John Grant 2010-06-27T21:15:00Z

Photograph: Samir Hussein/Getty Images There is, then, something afoot: a waning of the old stigma that got in the way of "creatives" backing the Tories, and resulted in any who did facing loud ridicule. Uncool Britannia: how British culture turned Tory 2011-02-03T08:00:00Z

Behind the bar, against a ramshackle plywood backing, was an entire skyline of bottles — the standard back-bar landscape, or so it appeared. Shaken & Stirred: The Choices? Rum and Rum 2009-12-12T04:54:37Z

Unsurprisingly, the Ark Encounter and Answers in Genesis have attracted a loud chorus of critics who question this financial backing. A giant ark is just the start. These creationists have a bigger plan for recruiting new believers. 2017-05-24T04:00:00Z

They rarely arrive in a baby-manual-ready bundle, already replicated, with a massive data set backing up the conclusions. Motherlode Blog: Dear Parents: Please Ignore the Latest Research 2013-07-19T12:31:22Z

Let's overlook the fact that the backing vocals are lifted almost directly from KC & The Sunshine Band's Get Down Tonight, because right now it's damp and cold and Adele sounds like warm Ribena and horns. This week's new singles 2011-01-15T00:05:59Z

He described “Only Wanna Be With You” as an intersection of backing music he didn’t like and “the cheesiest lyrics I could possibly write,” words which he proceeded to fiddle around with. Music Review: A Wandering Talent Grows Roots in Country 2011-04-27T21:46:34Z

And though Netflix isn't backing any real-life murder games, the actions of its executives have shown a preference for protecting the already privileged, not the employees who need the most while asking for the least. Netflix execs and "Squid Game" VIPs are playing from the same out-of-touch handbook 2021-10-24T04:00:00Z

Chairman of The Theatres Trust, Rob Dickens, said it was "great news" to receive the backing of "a leading light in the entertainment world". Craymer donates cash to theatres 2012-09-13T13:37:03Z

More than 100 artistic directors nationwide signed their own letter backing Roth. After firing and controversy, Roth and Theater J moving on 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z

And his 10-piece backing band looked as if it came straight out of a debonair 1940s nightclub. Kem keeps things classy, stylish at Auditorium 2011-03-27T14:13:34Z

Yes, the arts, especially in America, where government support is so paltry compared with Europe, have relied on backing from the wealthiest sliver of society. Critic's Notebook: Balcony Seats Can Help Economic Inequalities in Arts 2011-12-29T18:00:01Z

He painted this on the backing of a cheap mirror with broken glass. Two Lives in Art, and a Collection Tracing Their Trajectory 2019-02-12T05:00:00Z

He got their backing, financially and vocally; he also inspired them. Obama's art army 2012-11-05T22:00:02Z

Ace Records, which was Mr. Smith’s label as well as Mr. Ford’s, had Mr. Ford record a new vocal over the Smith band’s backing track. Frankie Ford, Singer of ‘Sea Cruise,’ Dies at 76 2015-09-30T04:00:00Z

It is time to add some mid-range colour: a lead guitarist, a keyboard player, backing singers, perhaps a flautist for that unexpected prog-rock interlude. How to eat: tuna salad 2015-07-06T04:00:00Z

During the first song, “Turn to Dust,” she coos over a sparse backing of light drumming and gauzy guitar work. Down the Rabbit Hole with Wolf Alice 2015-06-23T04:00:00Z

"Capital FM made us do this show with a backing track playing," he began. Disclosure admit miming at Wembley – but say they didn't want to 2013-06-11T12:02:49Z

In an unusual lack of cohesion, Hollywood’s most influential guilds spread their marquee awards among the films, with the actors going with “Spotlight,” the directors backing “The Revenant” and the producers honoring “The Big Short.” Holding Out Hope for ‘Room’ to Win the Oscar for Best Picture 2016-02-18T05:00:00Z

The AD is the field general who carries out the schedule, with the backing of the producer and UPM. Johnny Depp’s latest lawsuit reveals how Hollywood productions enable abusive behavior — Opinion 2018-07-15T04:00:00Z

He was told by the Vichy police, with the apparent backing of the American consul general, that he had “gone too far in protecting Jews and anti-Nazis,” Riding wrote in “And the Show Went On.” In ‘Transatlantic,’ Stories of Rescue and Resistance From World War II 2023-04-01T04:00:00Z

So she connected with a backing group, The Spectacles, and the energy between the musicians felt more upbeat. Shelby Earl embraces her imperfections with new album 2017-03-09T05:00:00Z

In keeping with this theme, O'Brien dubbed his backing musicians the Legally Prohibited Band. Jack White records live album with Conan O'Brien 2010-06-14T10:22:00Z

It’s like a soundtrack to a disjointed film, and here the theater took over; for a stretch the vocalists sang against surround-sound backing tracks. Kate Bush Returns to the Stage, and Her Fans Are There to Welcome Her 2014-08-26T04:00:00Z

The gallery itself had scant financial backing, yet was setting up shop on 57th Street, in what was still, at the time, art’s commercial Gold Coast, a few blocks north of MoMA. JAM, a Gate-Crashing Gallery, Expanded the Idea of Blackness 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z

Instead, the narrator in “Anyhow” is a crusty scoundrel, gently mocked by his backing singers. Concert review: Leonard Cohen at Akoo Theatre 2012-11-24T07:58:00Z

Here is a woman willing, if necessary, to conduct a straight-faced dance battle with backing singers dressed as evil monks. Vampire Weekend and?Janelle?Mon?e ? review 2010-12-05T21:31:00Z

“He doesn’t have the financial backing to support what it is he’s doing,” Carmenita Higginbotham, an art historian who teaches at the University of Virginia, says of his early career. Review: PBS’s ‘Walt Disney’ Explores a Complex Legacy 2015-09-11T04:00:00Z

The R&B diva only pretended to sing, lip-synching the words to a backing track. ArtsBeat: Marine Band Confirms Beyoncé Inauguration Performance Was Pre-Recorded 2013-01-22T18:24:38Z

When Roger Moore died in May, the age-old debate over the best version of James Bond once again roared into high gear, with many backing Mr. Moore’s suave-yet-silly portrayal. What’s on TV Sunday: James Bond and ‘The Jellies’ 2017-10-22T04:00:00Z

The first is a searching, forlorn opener with rhythmic backing vocals that huff and puff shallowly, as though they can never quite catch their breath. Arcade Fire’s Enduring Anxiety 2022-05-05T04:00:00Z

Among the more novel new features is the authentic, medieval-style Castle Wall backing the village. Fall colors and new village are draws at Portland’s dazzling Japanese Garden 2017-09-21T04:00:00Z

Between her frenzied fans, billion dollars and perfectly calculated every move, the right doesn't stand a chance and is backing themselves into an unpopular corner. The right is coming for Taylor Swift. They don't stand a chance 2023-09-29T04:00:00Z

The choices of backing music are random, to say the least. CeeLo’s Strange New TV-Theme-Song Album 2015-01-27T05:00:00Z

If you typically leave around 8 p.m., then choose 7:30 p.m., then 7, etc., backing your way into a life outside of the office. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: For this employee, high time to hop off the hamster wheel 2019-04-21T04:00:00Z

But even though Fleetwood got a drum solo, he and McVie were basically just part of the backing band on this night. Concert review: Fleetwood Mac at the United Center 2013-04-14T06:08:00Z

He was in fine form but was helped immensely by his world-class backing band, the Strayhorns. Review: Alan Jackson brought a little rain and a lot of country to the state fair 2016-09-17T04:00:00Z

Paramount is backing “The Adventures of Tin Tin” in partnership with Sony Pictures Entertainment. ArtsBeat: Clash of the Titan: Spielberg Movies Will Duel 2010-10-13T19:31:00Z

She recorded his song “Bluebird Wine” on her 1975 album “Pieces of the Sky” and invited him to play guitar in her backing band. Emmylou Harris and Rodney Crowell: “Chasing art with great intent sometimes leads you to dangerous places” 2015-05-14T04:00:00Z

Sony Records, which is releasing "Michael," also got the backing of other Jackson collaborators to prove that it is Jackson. Collaborators say new MJ album honors legacy 2010-12-10T12:58:00Z

It was a difficult parking job, with the car backing in and out in rhythm. What It’s Like to Hear the Same Piece of Music for 19 Hours 2017-09-29T04:00:00Z

It is being organized with the support and backing of the Royal Foundation of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry and the Ministry of Defense. Prince Harry enlists all-star cast for Invictus Games promo film 2014-05-31T04:00:00Z

When he pitched “Magical Boy,” about a trans man, “it blew me away that it was something a company would be backing and funding,” he said. Comics That Read Top to Bottom Are Bringing in New Readers 2022-07-23T04:00:00Z

The innovation of the podcast — a digital, downloadable, listen-whenever-you-like format — has opened up audio storytelling to upstart creators, who can offer their products to a global audience without any backing from a radio station. The Story So Far: Fiction Podcasts Take Their Next Steps 2016-11-11T05:00:00Z

Fighting a dismal backing band, the New Orleans native was still nimble and inventive, bending familiar lyrics in unanticipated ways on “A Milli” and “6 Foot 7 Foot.” Music Review: Axis of Hip-Hop Brings a Crowd to the Stage 2011-06-06T14:32:30Z

“It was such a Seattle thing to happen,” Jones said last year of their collective backing. How Seattle music stars help uplift the next generations of homegrown talent 2021-02-06T05:00:00Z

So how did a man more known for telecommunications than style trends end up backing the namesake label of one of Britain’s most pace-setting women? The Businessman Behind Cool British Fashion Brands 2017-02-21T05:00:00Z

Constantinople’s three instrumentalists provided expert backing and between-the-lines commentary, as well as an intriguing East-meets-West quality suggested by the juxtaposition of the gamba and the Persian instruments. Music Review: The Food of Love, Coaxed From Ancient Instruments 2011-03-07T22:05:43Z

Utah state officials stand by the backing, citing the money and international exposure the festival brings. Utah Group Objects to ‘Obscene’ Sundance Lineup 2013-01-15T19:12:21Z

Hendrix engineered his discharge in time to avoid being mobilised to Vietnam and worked hard as a backing guitarist for Little Richard, Curtis Knight, the Isley Brothers and others. The London years 2010-08-07T23:02:00Z

Taiwanese pop diva A-Mei Chang anchored a tribute to late Chinese pop composers, singing a medley of their works with orchestra backing. Chou, veteran Lee split top Golden Melody Awards 2011-06-18T19:46:04Z

He also accused The Post of having used “pay to play” tactics itself, and of giving readers insufficient disclosures about its financial backing. The new journalism — and the PR firms behind it 2021-06-04T04:00:00Z

He had backing track versions of a few Shadows albums with the lead guitar cut out, and he'd just play along to them. Kevin Parker: soundtrack of my life 2013-04-27T23:04:04Z

With the financial backing of a young investor, Lange soon set up a portrait studio patronized by many of the city’s most prominent citizens. Empathy and Artistry: Rediscovering Dorothea Lange 2020-02-13T05:00:00Z

When he was originally named, with Lorne Michaels’ backing, as Conan O’Brien’s replacement as host of Late Night, I was skeptical. Dead Tree Alert: Jimmy Fallon, America’s Fan-in-Chief 2014-02-14T12:24:07Z

But on Sunday Swift told her 112 million Instagram followers that she was backing — and would vote for — two Democrats running in Tennessee in the U.S. congressional midterm elections on Nov. 6. 'Speak Now' - Taylor Swift sets off storm by getting political 2018-10-08T04:00:00Z

There's a backing track that makes you want to dust off that old Nintendo or Sega console crammed in the back of the cupboard. Explorers – New Band Up North #26 2013-05-13T16:00:01Z

Excited by the techno and dance scenes, he met DJ and producer Adam "Adamski" Tinley, and teamed up with him to put lyrics and melody to one of Tinley's more ruminative backing tracks. Seal: The reluctant pop star 2010-09-16T22:00:00Z

Playing plantation parties and small gigs, he honed his skills to a fine edge and enlisted his brothers, Nick and Douglas, as his backing band. Blues guitarist Magic Slim dies in Pa. at age 75 2013-02-22T00:10:16Z

Trump and Giuliani pressured her to be more visible backing voter fraud, but she wouldn’t. RNC Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel is trying to hold together a party that Donald Trump might want to tear up 2021-01-28T05:00:00Z

Two men from the Netherlands rapping over the backing track to Madonna's Holiday, with the chorus from Cliff Richard's Summer Holiday. The five worst raps you'll ever hear 2013-01-25T13:30:00Z

Williams' falsetto swerves through a cushiony choir, the layers of backing vocals becoming another percussion instrument alongside the hand-claps during the bridge. Review: Pharrell Williams keeps it light with 'G I R L' 2014-03-03T16:24:00Z

But they're not backing down from their claim, with Franek saying, "I appreciate her response, but the question on the grammar still holds true." Taylor Swift hits back at Princeton Review's 'bad grammar' claim 2015-03-25T04:00:00Z

Especially when backing Mr. Marsalis, he eased away from strict chordal accompaniment, throwing in frisky riffs and spidery lines, as provocation and framework. Music Review: Wynton Marsalis Septet Members, Together Again 2013-12-27T21:14:06Z

But if two Red Priestesses are backing two different messiahs, there could be conflict. 10 Questions 'Game of Thrones' Needs to Answer in Season 7 2016-06-28T04:00:00Z

A bass player named Rob Stoner directed a backing band for Dylan and called it Guam. The Chaotic Magic of Bob Dylan’s Rolling Thunder Revue 2019-06-10T04:00:00Z

On the face of it, Skam seems like an obvious investment for someone who has made his money from backing largely youth-driven successes that others didn’t see coming. Skam: the hit Norwegian teen show headed for a US remake 2016-12-13T05:00:00Z

A representative for the company backing the tour, Live Nation, declined to comment. Tour snafu mars Britney Spears album launch 2011-03-30T00:56:20Z

Though Goldman has no institutional backing other than her own 16,000-square-foot store, no perch in New York or Paris, she wields an outsize influence in the fashion industry. Ikram Goldman, High Fashion’s Ambassador From the Midwest 2013-05-02T09:00:02Z

The literary journal, which published its first issue in April, had the backing of Astra Publishing House, the U.S. arm of the Chinese publishing conglomerate Thinkingdom Media Group. Astra Magazine Had Creative Freedom and a Budget. It Wasn’t Enough. 2022-12-03T05:00:00Z

How it works: Carousel syncs with your DropBox account and your phone, automatically backing up all of your photos you shoot on the cloud. 4 Easy Ways to Organize Your Vacation Photos 2015-08-27T04:00:00Z

After it’s burned, the paper leaves jagged edges or outright voids, and Kephart highlights the absences with backing sheets, often red, whose color shows through. In the galleries: Using heat to create several kinds of artworks 2015-01-07T05:00:00Z

The first three volumes sold 5,000 copies apiece, an astonishing feat for a self-published children's book with no commercial backing. Oksa Pollock: everything you need to know about the 'French Harry Potter' 2013-06-02T19:00:02Z

She comes out with a male backing band, all dressed in black, and sings a handful of songs from the new album. Lykke Li: 'The slightest remark can get me crazy' 2011-03-06T00:09:32Z

Ketienya sings the melody alone, while at least one other young woman provides backing vocals. The Magnificent Cross-Cultural Recordings of Kenya’s Kipsigis Tribe 2017-02-16T05:00:00Z

The single with the Edge intoning platitudes over a really tired backing: if we were to do something like that it wouldn't get past the demo stage. The Cure's Robert Smith: 'I don't worry about my epitaph' – a classic interview from the vaults 2012-08-21T12:17:40Z

Darlene Love, one of the stars of the film which shines a light on the world of backing singers, was so excited she broke into song as director Morgan Neville looked on. In pictures: Oscars ceremony 2014 2014-03-03T03:05:08Z

Opening with a delicate, music-box twinkle of electronics, it unfurls airily and purposefully, Ozanne delivering a flurry of lyrics as soft backing vocals coo in the background, interrupted only by weird gusts of feedback. Gang Colours – Invisible In Your City: New music 2013-07-23T06:00:35Z

So that no one missed the message of such numbers as “Evil People” and “Best to Live on the Good Side,” Kuti often held his backing musicians in check as he talk-sung the lyrics. Review | Angelique Kidjo offers intercontinental delights at Wolf Trap 2018-08-08T04:00:00Z

Vaughan’s backing band Double Trouble has backed Albert Cummings, a Massachusetts blues guitarist who plays Amp on Sunday. What the blues sound like, all over the map 2016-11-11T05:00:00Z

With the backing of a nimble combo, it's a fine match on most of these old and new tunes. Michael Bubl?, Carole King bring holiday cheer 2011-12-02T20:33:05Z

She eventually spent more than a decade as a member of the Raelettes, Ray Charles’s backing vocal group. Mable John, Soul Singer With a Star-Studded Résumé, Dies at 91 2022-09-10T04:00:00Z

Gingrich lacerated the "elite" of the Republican establishment and the Wall Street financiers backing Romney, whom he portrayed as a liar. Romney fails to deliver knockout blow 2012-03-07T13:05:00Z

Government officials figured that a statement of support for a Jewish homeland would generate backing for the war among American Jews and Jews in Russia. 'The Balfour Declaration': Jonathan Schneer's history of a short statement that led to the long conflict between Israelis and Palestinians 2010-08-11T23:15:00Z

Bouncy padding can make a thin carpet feel more luxurious but shorten its life by letting the backing flex too much. The cost-conscious consumer’s guide to buying carpet 2019-07-08T04:00:00Z

Mr. Roth heard her at a 1996 session backing the soul singer Lee Fields, and quickly began recording her through various labels he was associated with: Pure Records, Desco and then Daptone. Sharon Jones, Soul Singer With Dap-Kings, Dies at 60 2016-11-19T05:00:00Z

Which brings us to the main source of emotion in Drake's music, and the unsung hero in his career: Noah "40" Shebib and his R&Bemo backing tracks. Drake headlines Summer Jam, releases R&Bemo album "Thank Me Later" 2010-06-15T18:20:00Z

The backing dancers are dressed, at one point, as various New York landmarks. Pet Shop Boys at Glastonbury 2010 2010-06-27T10:28:00Z

The film was produced by Welsh production compnay Boomerang with backing from S4C, the Film Agency for Wales and private investors. Singer Duffy on film role debut 2011-03-02T12:53:52Z

First Cut Is the Deepest, sung with eyes closed, delivered an emotional kick, and You're in My Heart, with the audience on backing vocals, was moving as only a mawkish rock anthem can be. Rod Stewart 2010-05-31T21:01:00Z

Look hard at the lineup of backing singers, and you will notice that one of them is KD Lang, gracefully bopping along. Clive James: ‘If I were a pop star, I’d sing like Johnny Cash’ 2016-01-23T05:00:00Z

With the backing of a new investor they started the Partners agency, with offices in New York and Paris, where Hedi Slimane worked as an assistant, coordinating test shoots. | A History of Picture-Perfect Icons at DNA 2013-08-22T15:46:03Z

White and his backing musicians were due to play further concerts in Mexico, including shows in Guadalajara and Monterrey. Jack White band member dies on tour 2014-10-15T04:00:00Z

“Just be sure the shelf is level before you peel off the backing and adhere to the wall,” says Berliet. How to give your rental a new look — without angering your landlord 2021-04-11T04:00:00Z

The accumulated fan support, financial backing and legal muscle that have rallied around Mr. Echols suggest that his champions will continue to fight on his behalf. Books of The Times: “Life After Death,” by Damien Echols 2012-09-19T21:18:19Z

By backing away, he and a group of hikers successfully escaped two bears. What to Do When a Wild Animal Attacks 2016-06-27T04:00:00Z

Romney and his former partners have repeatedly pointed to another, smaller investment in steel that they say offset the GSI case and showed Bain's overall acumen in backing companies that create jobs. A closer look at Romney's job creation record 2011-12-04T03:23:00Z

With a seven-piece backing band, the first section of the concert was as sharp as the crease in James Brown’s bellbottoms, one song surging into the next.    Concert review: Raphael Saadiq at Park West 2011-06-04T15:16:00Z

Those songs fill half of tonight's show, with words of startling clarity often set to an innocuous glam-rock backing. Buffy Sainte-Marie – review 2012-08-08T11:49:14Z

"No retreat, believe me, no surrender," Springsteen sang, performing without the backing of his E Street Band in a darkened gymnasium lit by a spotlight. Stellar duo target Ohio's working class for Obama 2012-10-18T20:59:13Z

His nine-piece backing band, which included a muscular string section and backing vocalists, was equally part of the action, often balancing on an assortment of small rising platforms in the center of the stage. Usher brings hits, but not much new to Staples Center 2014-11-24T05:00:00Z

González’s guitar playing still drives all the arrangements, but they’re given new dimension by the lush, subtle sounds of the musicians and backing vocalists. The Week in Arts: Idris Elba, Taking on War and José González 2019-03-16T04:00:00Z

Horgan went to art college in Dublin, hung out with bands, did some backing singing. Sharon Horgan: ‘I want adventures. I want to do stuff that's challenging’ 2020-02-23T05:00:00Z

Horns and backing vocals often worked in conversation with a crackling rhythm section, creating a sense of buoyancy and sidewalk chatter. An Allen Toussaint Tribute by New Orleans’s Modern-Day All-Stars 2017-07-24T04:00:00Z

Radin is joined on stage by a band including cello, double bass and three young female backing singers who are so awkward, they look like they were press-ganged into joining glee club. Joshua Radin 2010-04-12T21:30:00Z

In addition to the sight of old buddies backing one another up, there’s footage of Mr. Armstrong dispensing wisdom at public lectures. Review: ‘The Forecaster’ Traces the Downfall of an Investment Manager 2015-04-02T04:00:00Z

Later, Jennifer Hudson sang a brief, respectful “I Will Always Love You,” wisely backing off imitating Ms. Houston’s bravura peaks. Critic?s Notebook: Whitney Houston?s Death Casts Shadow on Grammys 2012-02-13T05:31:15Z

The 17th-century equivalent of the "one that got away", it has a gay choral backing and a blaring crumhorn to boot. Readers recommend songs about hunting: The results 2010-08-05T21:45:00Z

Nickelodeon is backing the premiere with one of the biggest ad campaigns in its history, including trailers in cinemas, sneak peeks on Facebook and “blanket” Twitter promotion. A Word With: Miranda Cosgrove and Victoria Justice: Big Stars at 18, and Loving the Ride 2011-06-01T22:36:03Z

Her mum Sissy – a friend – told me her daughter had a great voice so I asked her to come sing backing vocals on my first solo album. Chaka Khan: 'A man needs to bring something big to the table' 2017-04-01T04:00:00Z

During a 2008 performance of “Touch My Body,” on “Good Morning America,” she came to believe that one of her backing vocalists was trilling too loudly, and announced, “Stop singing my part now, baby.” Mariah Carey’s Rather Perfect Farewell to 2016 2017-01-03T05:00:00Z

Lord Gillingham, showed up and ended up backing out of his engagement to another woman in order to propose to Mary. Everything You Need to Know to Watch Downton Abbey's New Season 2015-01-02T05:00:00Z

The bear eventually gave up, backing out of the garage without getting a meal. Country singer Brett Eldredge encounters bear in garage 2021-09-09T04:00:00Z

Much of the evening’s success was due to the crack backing band. Hamilton Leithauser might just be getting started 2017-02-23T05:00:00Z

Scale, texture, light, air, mood; all that changes when you’re physically present, shifting positions, moving in close, backing away, hearing noise from the street. 10 Galleries to Visit Now on the Lower East Side 2018-04-26T04:00:00Z

There's occasional backing from accordion, harmonica and even a string section, but the album is dominated by Tilston's exquisite guitar work, and features two spirited solo instrumental tracks, including a suitably virtuosic tribute to Graham. Steve Tilston: The Reckoning ? review 2011-07-21T21:31:01Z

Though it features lovely backing vocals from his 17-year-old daughter, Violet, the hazy “Show Me How” succumbs to predictability as Grohl wonders flatly, “Where are you now? Who’ll show me how?” Foo Fighters Are Shaken Yet Still Standing on ‘But Here We Are’ 2023-06-02T04:00:00Z

Two slices and three Mount Gay rums later, I made my way to the outdoor stage area to watch Eric and Marlon, this time backing a popular local act, Junior Tecla. With Cura?ao?s Music, You Can Hear the Cultural Mix 2012-03-16T21:28:10Z

The proposal, which needs the backing of all EU states to be approved, is opposed by Germany, Italy, Sweden and Bulgaria, according to an EU document seen by Reuters. To your health! Romania, Hungary push for brandy rights ahead of EU... 2019-05-16T04:00:00Z

We don’t have any sequencers, and we don’t have any backing tracks. Third Eye Blind’s second act: Stephan Jenkins still living that semi-charmed rock life 2016-10-28T04:00:00Z

The story of an underdog football team in Tennessee, “Undefeated” has the backing of the Weinstein Company, which knows how to run an Oscar campaign. The Carpetbagger?s 2012 Oscar Predictions 2012-02-24T00:38:40Z

The single-unit owners simply risk “backing up against the wall” more rapidly, he said, because there are fewer dollars in their 10 percent profit margin. Is New York Too Expensive for Restaurateurs? We Do the Math 2016-10-25T04:00:00Z

Once the bomber realizes that he gets a kick out of blowing people up, he needs financial backing to carry out spectacular attacks. Review | A believably creepy villain plays on the fears of a city 2017-12-29T05:00:00Z

The greatness of the Pips There is also an essay called 10 Bands I Wish I'd Been In, which singles out Gladys Knight's backing group the Pips. Robert Forster: me and my bridge 2010-07-14T20:31:00Z

Instead, it's Lee that sets off shivers, with Archer digging into the rootsy feel on I Am a Landslide, joined by Lee's two young daughters on backing vocals. Tired Pony 2010-07-18T21:01:00Z

And so she decided, with her mother’s backing, simply to tell people that she had quit. ?A Very Young Dancer? and the Life That Followed 2011-11-17T12:00:00Z

The actor Richard E Grant is backing a campaign to save a cinema close to where the cult film Withnail and I was filmed almost a quarter of a century ago. Richard E Grant joins campaign to save Cumbria cinema 2011-01-11T16:04:59Z

“Pavlov’s Dog,” from the London-based singer-songwriter Anna B Savage’s new album “In/Flux,” is a wonderfully tactile depiction of lust: panting backing vocals, escalating tension and Savage’s visceral, quivering voice. Feist’s Electrifying Return, and 9 More New Songs 2023-02-17T05:00:00Z

“I’m backing Mike Bloomberg,” he says in a video released by the former New York mayor’s campaign. Sam Donaldson says he’s backing Mike Bloomberg. Journalists have a problem with that. 2020-02-18T05:00:00Z

I am reminded that he wrote, before he became President, that his aim as a kid was to be “the toughest kid in the neighborhood . . . mouthing off to everybody while backing down to no one.” How Predictable Is Donald Trump? 2019-01-02T05:00:00Z

The very multitrack technology that allowed bass to be turned up also allowed lead singers to record backing vocals. Let's raise a glass to lovely, swampy, droning, booming bass 2013-05-29T19:00:00Z

Candidate Hollande will want Mélenchon’s backing to guarantee victory in the second round, and the price he will have to pay could well change the way President Hollande will have to rule. “The Intouchables”: Racial comedy, French style 2012-05-22T20:45:00Z

He made ballet scores and opera, borrowed his backing singers from Steve Reich's ensemble, did arranging work for Suzanne Vega, Mike Oldfield, even Desperate Housewives. Peter Gordon, New York's king of disco 2010-04-23T14:19:00Z

With the backing of a major label, the precocious rapper plans to release new music in 2019, aiming to raise his profile outside of Seattle. Burien rapper Travis Thompson signs major-label deal with Epic Records 2019-02-12T05:00:00Z

Over a familiarly tuneful electronic backing, Tennant intoned, in his deadpan way, the immortal words "SIX… FREE… STICKERS… " Amazing. Rewind radio: Victoria Derbyshire; Neil Tennant's Smash Hits Christmas; Andrew Sachs: The Revenge 2012-12-23T00:04:16Z

Where Sinatra’s version was reliant on orchestral backing, Dylan’s version emphasizes gentle electric guitar and steel guitars that hover between country and Hawaiian music. Bob Dylan posts 'Full Moon & Empty Arms' track from new album 2014-05-13T04:00:00Z

He’ll be compensated this time around, and there are now investors backing Noyes up, softening the personal financial impact on the couple. Red Truck is rolling out another bakery — and thousands of holiday baked goods 2014-12-08T05:00:00Z

Sharpville’s plan is to collaborate with other artists who are performing remotely but need a full backing band, and to carry out charitable works. Rock 'n' roll never dies: One British band jams away in isolation 2020-05-21T04:00:00Z

But she wasn’t backing down, figuring I was kidnapping him or something. The Manny Diaries 2021-11-12T05:00:00Z

He pronounced himself “as committed as ever” to this series, and is backing up that vow by conducting every orchestra concert this summer. Critic’s Notebook: New York Philharmonic Performs in the Parks 2013-07-11T21:34:28Z

The 39-year-old art dealer eventually won the backing of more than a dozen Rembrandt experts, including the former leader of the Rembrandt Research Project, who spent a year verifying its authenticity. Dutch art dealer discovers first 'new' Rembrandt in 44 years 2018-05-16T04:00:00Z

However, a more prosaic backing – with the interesting, rimshot-laden drum rhythms unfortunately sounding like biscuit tins in the empty room – can't hope to recreate his records' glossy Diplo and Switch productions. Alex Clare ? review 2011-07-13T17:40:01Z

Many are running for the first time, without the backing of Washington elites — and, inspired by the president’s improbable rise, they’ve taken on his brash tone and insurgent tactics, virtually campaigning in his image. Trump has spurred hundreds of women to run for office. Guess what? Some are Republican. 2018-05-24T04:00:00Z

In addition to backing reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, Bradlee led the Post to 18 Pulitzer Prizes, created its influential Style section and published a series of articles on the Pentagon Papers. Ben Bradlee's cinematic legacy in 'All the President's Men' 2014-10-22T04:00:00Z

There are even reminders of their past in the Kim Dealesque backing vocals that arrive a third of the way through. Pixies – Bagboy: New music 2013-07-01T10:50:20Z

Musical backing can also make palatable an overwritten sentence or clichéd turn of phrase. Kate Tempest’s Transformations 2016-05-10T04:00:00Z

I am particularly interested in your backing if you are a Californian computer hacker able to vote multiply. My bid to become Oxford professor of poetry is going from bad to verse 2010-06-02T16:00:00Z

It’s marketing with multigenerational backing, Mr. Kadin noted with obvious glee, and spans the almost mythical ad demographic: 5 to 75. Cultural Studies: Popularity of ?Star Wars? Endures, Even for Children 2012-03-10T00:31:59Z

Suspended in the very center of the Comcast Arena over a sea of screaming tween fans, he strummed an acoustic guitar and sang "Favorite Girl" without the support of his large backing band. Concert review: Justin Bieber at Everett's Comcast Arena 07/13/10 2010-07-14T14:57:00Z

Four backing players add a guitar and pedal-steel garnish, and fans add handclap-percussion: superficially, this gig is as conventional as they come. Kacey Musgraves – review 2013-04-16T16:26:58Z

Kelly hired Hawkins to sing backing vocals on “Born Into the 90’s,” his first album with his group Public Announcement. R. Kelly and the Damage Done 2019-06-03T04:00:00Z

With the backing of the MGM machine, the crew mounted three more Las Vegas productions, as well as shows in locations as far-flung as Australia, over the next decade. A Hip-Hop Dance Crew’s Frabjous Reign in Las Vegas 2021-06-11T04:00:00Z

Nothing could withstand the sheer artistic elan and commercial drive of Pollock, Rothko, and De Kooning and the backing of Clement Greenberg, a critic whose thumbs up or down meant life or death. Louise Bourgeois obituary 2010-05-31T21:50:00Z

She has been named creative director and lead designer for 10 projects planned or underway with the backing of iStar and its partners. New Beach Destination on the Jersey Shore? Asbury Park 2016-07-05T04:00:00Z

Firstly, backing up my view that Globish describes a process that is contagious, adaptable, populist and even subversive, there's the story of the Zimbabwean artist Owen Maseko. Everyone's talking Globish | Robert McCrum 2010-04-06T10:21:00Z

The Group Date Rose: Sean gets the rose for backing up his family values rhetoric with an actual interest in children. The Bachelorette Watch: Sixteen Bachelors, Three Departures, One Trip to Dollywood 2012-05-29T12:00:44Z

I think that song is a mix of East and West, where it's a rock band backing this female singer who's singing in Mandarin. Alan Yang on making Netflix's lush and devastating "Tigertail" and the song that made grown men cry 2020-04-10T04:00:00Z

Not all of the “Cleveland Hustles” winners were commercially successful: The owners of Cleveland-made Old City Soda, a soft drink company, competed and won financial backing to open a cocktail lounge, Old City Libations. A Cleveland Arts District Hustles and Rebounds 2017-11-15T05:00:00Z

“Make sure you are backing everything up in the cloud,” explains James Carder, a vice president of LogRhythm Labs, a computer security company. How can you protect your right to digital privacy at the border? 2017-06-08T04:00:00Z

But with the backing of the mayor of Englewood Cliffs, construction trade unions and New Jersey’s governor, Chris Christie, a Republican, the company won a variance. Critic’s Notebook: LG Listens to Conservationists and Preserves a Landmark 2015-06-23T04:00:00Z

As Steve Martin’s onetime backing band, these musicians were also world-class straight men during Mr. Martin’s festival dates. Pop & Rock Listings for Oct. 9-15 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z

It's bad that a director of Lee's stature was reduced to using Kickstarter to raise money for this movie but good that with his fans' backing he could make exactly the picture he wanted. British 'Hello Ladies' trades in embarrassment and sentimentality 2015-05-23T04:00:00Z

But while I seemed to those around me to be moving confidently towards the fix, my subconscious was backing further and further away. ‘Cancer I could deal with. Losing my breast I could not’ 2018-02-04T05:00:00Z

“I’m going to tell you a story about my life,” she said as her backing band struck up a groove, and what followed was a testimonial, or maybe the foundation of a personal mythology. Music Review: V. V. Brown?s Parasol Pop at Bowery Ballroom 2010-04-29T21:11:00Z

Its starts with a  slow, torchy vocal with little more than backing coos and a deep bass tone to underline it. Listen: Lorde's new single from 'Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1' 2014-09-29T04:00:00Z

“Over,” “Forever” and “Headlines” were made huge by his backing band, who otherwise mostly maintained the mellow, cloudy mood that Drake prefers. Music Review: Drake Performs at PNC Arts Center 2012-06-13T22:02:28Z

"Hypnotic Eye," the latest from Petty and his longtime backing band, the Heartbreakers, topped the tally with sales of 131,000 copies in the week that ended Aug. 3, according to Nielsen SoundScan. Veteran rockers Tom Petty, Eric Clapton top Billboard album chart 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z

Woodstock 50 was called off after months of setbacks over venues, permits and financial backing. Woodstock producer 'pretty bummed' at missed bid to recreate 1969... 2019-08-09T04:00:00Z

The 41-country singing competition featured a guest appearance by Madonna, who caused some controversy when two backing dancers briefly appeared on stage wearing costumes emblazoned with the Israeli and Palestinians flags. Netherlands Wins Eurovision Song Contest final in Israel 2019-05-18T04:00:00Z

“I unsubscribe,” Butler sings repeatedly throughout “End of the Empire,” and Chassagne underlines it with her backing vocals until the line’s fleeting cleverness wears thin. Arcade Fire’s Enduring Anxiety 2022-05-05T04:00:00Z

For much of the 70s, they survived as backing musicians or support for visiting acts, including the Rolling Stones and Willie Nelson. Robert Wilson obituary 2010-08-18T17:02:00Z

A few songs were also assigned to members of Mr. Hancock’s scrupulously polished backing band, which was O.K., in a junior-varsity way. Music Review: Honoring Herbie Hancock?s 70th, at Carnegie Hall 2010-06-26T00:35:00Z

David Thorpe’s engaging personal documentary, “Do I Sound Gay?,” tiptoes into treacherous waters, where it stirs up a few ripples before gracefully backing out. Review: ‘Do I Sound Gay?’ Examines a Manner of Speaking 2015-07-09T04:00:00Z

Avory says that Ray Davies occasionally calls him in to play alongside an already recorded backing track. How the Kinks turned a British history lesson into a rock masterpiece that still resonates 2019-10-24T04:00:00Z

The film, which stars Michael Douglas as the pianist, with Matt Damon as his long-time partner, was rejected for funding by multiple studios before finally finding backing from TV studio HBO. Cannes 2013 lineup: Ryan Gosling, Coens and Polanski 2013-04-18T10:53:20Z

He accused me of being “manipulative” and “backing him into a corner.” Ask Amy: Dad reneges on help with daughter’s down payment 2016-11-14T05:00:00Z

But Thomas explains the reasons for these precepts clearly, with backing quotations from the greats, and shows us plenty of exceptions. Monkeys With Typewriters by Scarlett Thomas – review 2012-10-13T23:05:32Z

If there was a band supplementing her backing tracks, the audience couldn’t see it. Review | St. Vincent goes it alone and it’s more than enough 2017-11-28T05:00:00Z

If this had got major label backing, I'm sure it would have made the charts. DJ Benji B Q&A 2012-10-12T23:05:54Z

The film appears to have Wilson's full backing. John Cusack to play Brian Wilson in biopic Love & Mercy 2013-04-18T11:23:15Z

By then, it was obvious that, despite the cage, the leather and some lumpy dancing, plus a slick, show-off backing band, Keys's heart is in the music, not the showbiz. Alicia Keys 2010-05-26T20:31:00Z

"But within three days we had over 1,000 signatures. We had a lot of backing from celebrities. Bill Bailey was one of the first to sign it," she said. Bottoms return to Rik Mayall TV bench 2014-11-13T05:00:00Z

The murals — oil paint on plaster with a metal lath backing — depict men and women in formalwear, men in top hats and tuxedos, women draped in fur-trimmed coats. Prohibition-era murals discovered during renovations of former Louisa Hotel 2018-03-21T04:00:00Z

The films will not be part of normal festival programs but will screen in all cities simultaneously with promotional backing from the festival organizations, which will share in revenue. Alliance plans to bring black-themed films nationwide ? including Seattle 2011-01-12T23:36:04Z

Instead of backing down, Ismayilova went public with the blackmail threat. Azerbaijan basks in glitz, fears exposure 2012-05-23T12:06:15Z

Adapted by Lee Hall - and co-produced by Disney, whose backing has helped fund a large-scale production with a 28-strong cast - the play sticks close to the film’s plot. London critics fall for ‘Shakespeare in Love’ 2014-07-24T04:00:00Z

The Hollywood Reporter has learned that the technology giant is backing a top-secret scripted series starring one of its own executives, Beats co-founder and rap legend Dr. Dre. Apple's First Scripted TV Show to Feature Dr. Dre 2016-02-12T05:00:00Z

Mr. Johnston’s backing bands, who were arranged by the tour’s booking agent, will choose their own set lists of Mr. Johnston’s songs. Daniel Johnston, Back on the Road, Hopes This Isn’t the End 2017-09-27T04:00:00Z

"The president stressed his support and backing to artist Assaf, whose talent represented pride to Palestine," said a statement by the Palestinian official news agency WAFA. Palestinians unite behind Gaza Strip "Arab Idol" star 2013-05-13T17:53:38Z

Mr. Bennett’s career took off after Mr. Miller persuaded him to record the ballad “Because of You,” backing him with a lush orchestral arrangement by Percy Faith. Mitch Miller, Maestro of the Singalong, Dies at 99 2010-08-02T16:28:00Z

Mr. Harrell then “tunes” the compiled vocal, making sure the pitch is precise, and “grooves” it, matching it precisely to the rhythm of the backing track. Kuk Harrell, Justin Bieber’s Vocal Producer 2012-06-29T12:43:09Z

LeBlanc even shares a collaborator with Oberst in Emmylou Harris, who dives to lend some typically deft backing vocals to the pinching guitars and guitar swells of If the Creek Don't Rise. Dylan LeBlanc: Paupers Field 2010-08-19T22:59:00Z

Along with the backing band that played on the record, they will perform at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio, Calif., on Saturday and then embark on a world tour. Music: MGMT?s Sophomore Challenges 2010-04-11T00:12:00Z

It was only when I started to think about it that I realized there is a whole scientific community backing up this theory of evolution. Godsmacked: I’m an atheist at a hardcore Christian academy 2014-01-24T13:00:00Z

Leslie Feist, who contributed backing vocals on “Dance,” called it “profound and very light” in an email. A Last Dance for Leonard Cohen 2019-11-19T05:00:00Z

“Sorry,” said Flores, backing away as the woman appeared ready to burst into tears of rage. Analysis | After a CNN interviewee erupts in anger, disaster reporting standards come into focus 2017-08-30T04:00:00Z

Sometimes we had an agenda to work outside of the genre the artist would normally work in: for example, imagining Jimmy Scott singing over a backing track that might have been lifted from Bowie's Low. New band of the day ? No 1,093: White Label 2011-08-26T15:44:34Z

Failing that, at least do the music journalist’s work for him and explain that in the turbo-commercialised, 18-hour-day pop Wall Street that you dominate, backing dancers are just a way of keeping score. Taylor Swift v Katy Perry: when even an actual olive branch can't end the froideur 2018-05-10T04:00:00Z

We didn't have the backing that we needed, the support to get it out there and keep it out there. "It would change our politics": Emilio Estevez on why we should all take a pilgrimage 2023-05-11T04:00:00Z

There are no jingles, or backing track, for the chart; there is no embellishment at all, in fact, and it's spread over two shows as if to dilute any danger of excitement building up. Radio 3's new classical music chart 2010-04-14T05:45:00Z

Most of the pre-party posse had entered without much trouble, along with West’s backing musicians and several G.O.O.D Music recording artists. In Search of Kanye 2016-06-06T04:00:00Z

Now the turbo boosters have been deployed – it's got backing from a big US network, some stars and fancy American writers have come on board. TV review: Torchwood; Single-Handed 2011-07-14T21:05:07Z

He began with tracks of a gangsta bent, rapped pugnaciously to a DJ backing. B.o.B 2010-05-30T21:01:00Z

These films have all been created without major studio backing. 'We're part of a greater movement': Hollywood finally gives Asian stories a spotlight 2018-08-15T04:00:00Z

So naturally they recruited her to sing with them on “The Lonely Side of Town,” melding the group’s backing harmonies with Knight’s smooth vocals. New this week: Documentaries on Bieber, Fauci and ‘Buried’ 2021-10-04T04:00:00Z

It doesn't help that the musical backing is so insipid: wisps of gentle guitar that too rarely surprise, as with the skewed chords of Wisely & Slow or the icy glint of Tongue Behind My Teeth. The Staves: Dead & Born & Grown – review 2012-11-15T21:45:01Z

The New York company launched in 2012 with just one program -- "Larry King Now" on the Internet video hub Hulu -- and financial backing from the world's second richest man, the Mexican telecommunications titan Carlos Slim. Laugh Factory teams with Larry King's Ora TV for new material 2014-07-22T04:00:00Z

He does self-aware tunes in a lush vocal over a synthy backing track from his laptop. At CMJ, Some Get Spotlight; Others Get Lost in the Haze 2010-10-22T23:42:00Z

You toured with Michael Jackson as a backing singer on his Bad world tour. Sheryl Crow: 'I was a people-pleaser and I had to unlearn that' 2010-07-17T23:05:00Z

“I told him directly in a phone call that I will not be pressured either into, or out of, backing this film,” she said. Pressured by Simmons Over Exposé, Oprah Winfrey Faced a Big Decision 2020-01-17T05:00:00Z

His accomplished band thrum with an ideal admixture of discipline and sullenness, while two new backing vocalists engaged especially for tonight's gig add poignancy to Hawley's growl. Richard Hawley – review 2012-10-06T23:05:53Z

There’s an enormous day and night translucent backing that surrounds Barbara Kean’s apartment – a gigantic background photograph, really. Designing Gotham: how the look and feel of Batman's home came to be 2014-10-06T04:00:00Z

He didn’t bring a band, just backing tracks, and he had two women from the Big Apple Circus as his go-go girls, dancing and hula-hooping in the ring with him. Music Review: The Circus Tumbles In, to the Sound of the ?70s 2011-01-05T23:16:37Z

It was a danced argument with the implicit backing of a global community. TikTok Is Dead (Maybe). Long Live TikTok Dance. 2023-04-07T04:00:00Z

Allen has a reputation for dumping gallons of seed money into new cultural projects, then slowly backing away to see if they can grow wings and fly on their own. Seattle Art Fair 2018: robots, puppets and million-dollar paintings part of this year’s extravaganza 2018-07-26T04:00:00Z

Curiously, one seems to be at hand, and it’s even got backing from the social scientists: It’s called the law of diminishing returns. The United States of Metrics 2014-05-16T04:00:00Z

There's also filler, where inspiration clearly lagged, and the sigh of, "Oh, that'll do," is almost audible: the backing of The Christmas Song sounds like something from a karaoke machine. Cee-Lo Green: Cee-Lo's Magic Moment – review 2012-12-13T15:33:00Z

In addition to Warner's "Argo" and Disney's "Lincoln," Sony Pictures is behind "Zero Dark Thirty," 20th Century Fox is backing "Life of Pi" and Universal is the force behind "Les Miserables." Big studios behind swag-fueled Oscar push 2013-02-23T17:59:09Z

The keyboard player refused to join in on backing vocals. How we made: Tom Robinson and Nick Mobbs on Glad to Be Gay 2013-07-01T17:24:15Z

Page last updated at One of the UK's largest karaoke and backing track production companies say shows like The Voice and The X Factor have fuelled a surge in popularity of their renditions. VIDEO: Voice sees karaoke sales spike 2012-07-04T08:08:44Z

The singers were amplified to mix with recorded backing tracks played rock-club loud. Music Review: Boy Meets Girl in Matt Marks?s ?Little Death, Vol. 1? 2010-07-09T20:31:00Z

"These new documents provide more backing to the serious charge that the Obama administration played fast and loose with national security information to help Hollywood filmmakers," said Judicial Watch president Tom Fitton. Film about Bin Laden killing helped by Obama administration, says watchdog 2012-08-29T11:21:35Z

These are intelligent songs about love going wrong, glossed with heavenly coos and backing harmonies and given percolation by the band's gentle funk. Solange – review 2013-01-20T00:06:13Z

Much more recently, her stage act has shown an increasing dependence on a chaise longue borne aloft, as troupes of backing dancers heft her around the set as she sings. Mariah Carey and the art of maximum energy conservation 2017-08-10T04:00:00Z

Leading his six-piece backing band through a roadhouse shuffle called “Lawless Times,” he rattled off a partial list of modern ills: police brutality, banking malfeasance, government corruption, online music piracy. Review: John Mellencamp, Still Defiant, at the Apollo Theater 2015-04-24T04:00:00Z

"He met me off the train and took me straight to Trident studios to record backing vocals on his cover of Love Me Tender." Mick Ronson: sideman and Starman 2013-04-25T11:24:51Z

Squirting glue into gaps between the backing and the framing isn’t a good idea. Warped wood around hall rack mirror may not be a problem 2019-11-08T05:00:00Z

Bruce Springsteen played most of the instruments on the record, but for several songs, he did have the backing of a small band — drums, bass, keyboards and violin. Bruce Springsteen's "The Ghost of Tom Joad," then and now 2017-09-16T04:00:00Z

With her brother Leo, the American writer played an important role in the financial backing that Picasso received in Paris. Art review: Of Picasso and Provenance 2010-06-11T12:00:00Z

It’s the most personal one to me as it references my grandmother Mary, and my mum sang backing vocals on it. Mary McCartney: ‘My mum sang backing vocals on Let It Be’ 2016-09-24T04:00:00Z

“We are not one of those firms that has any kind of taxpayer backing,” he says. Two years ago, Eric Cantor lost his House seat. Was it just in the nick of time? 2016-06-14T04:00:00Z

Sparked by last year’s Roger Daltrey solo run performing “Tommy” in its entirety with orchestral backing, The Who embarked on its Moving On! tour this spring, joined at each stop by a local symphony. Top 10 Seattle music events for fall 2019, from Lana Del Rey to The Who 2019-09-16T04:00:00Z

"Just tuning up my harp and viola, been asked by patti smith to join her again as part of her backing band," he wrote. Patti Smith writing detective novel 2011-01-27T10:13:03Z

“My first memory is of him backing us to the front door with a gun, saying he’d kill her, kill me and kill himself one day.” ‘My therapist gave me a pill’: can MDMA help cure trauma? 2016-09-16T04:00:00Z

With their long anticipated debut album dropping Friday with major-label backing, the big question was how those ’70s-steeped rockers from their hallmark live sets will translate on record. Thunderpussy keep rock ‘n’ roll alive on major label debut album 2018-05-24T04:00:00Z

They take meetings with famous designers for advice on their denim line, without a dime of financial backing or the faintest idea of a business plan. 2010-02-16T17:53:00Z

She began her career in Detroit, more commonly recording as Tobi Lark, and singing backing vocals for artists such as BB King and Wilson Pickett, Duke Ellington, Ben E King and Cannonball Adderley. Hail, Hail, Rock'n'Roll 2010-10-21T21:45:00Z

Van Etten and her four-piece backing group went through every song from the new record during a jittery, emotional set that felt very much like an artist writing a new chapter. Review | Sharon Van Etten’s 9:30 Club show was emotional, jittery and very much a new chapter 2019-02-07T05:00:00Z

When the project stagnated without financing, he persuaded them to hand over the reins to produce if he could quickly obtain backing. ‘Belushi’ Finds the Sensitive Man Inside the Wild Persona 2020-11-19T05:00:00Z

Two excellent backing vocalists in black baseball caps do much of the heavy vocal lifting tonight, allowing Rihanna to strut imperiously, her Madonna-like torpedo bra accentuating a flappy white pyjama ensemble. Rihanna – review 2012-11-25T00:05:37Z

They are the secret stars of the night, and provide a hushed and sympathetic backing that enables her slight but true voice to shine. Eliza Doolittle | Pop review 2010-03-24T22:15:00Z

Her backing quintet had a drummer, Neal Morgan, but almost for color alone; he had far less rhythmic work to do than what she’d assigned to herself. Music Review | Joanna Newsom: At Town Hall, Singing in Tongues, Some of Them Strung 2010-03-20T00:19:00Z

President Trump said Wednesday that Iran appears to be “standing down” or backing away from additional attacks after the country used missiles to strike two Iraqi bases housing U.S. troops. Iran backing away from more attacks, President Trump says 2020-01-08T05:00:00Z

During The Best Person I Know, a shoegazing throwback of organ and vocal, the backing singer literally stares at her footwear. Cat's Eyes ? review 2011-03-21T18:26:59Z

Magic Slim and his backing band, the Teardrops, performed a no-holds-barred brand of Chicago-style electric blues, led by his singing and guitar playing, and were regulars on the music festival circuit. Blues guitarist Magic Slim dies in Pa. at age 75 2013-02-22T00:10:16Z

No scripted version of Congress can help us deal with the complicity of the one backing this administration's mindless cruelty. Forget civility: On “The Good Fight,” “Luke Cage” and “Dietland,” resistance means go... 2018-06-30T04:00:00Z

For much of 1967, he and the Hawks - who would soon rename themselves the Band in part because people kept referring to Dylan's backing musicians as "The Band" - recorded informally, for their own pleasure. Levon Helm, key member of The Band, dead at age 71 2012-04-20T02:31:04Z

Sadly though, a likely reason that television and mainstream film studios haven't placed major backing behind politically relevant dystopic visions centering people of color is for the very same reason that "Handmaid's Tale" is popular. No, we're not living "The Handmaid's Tale" – it's worse, and a show highlighting how was passed over 2021-09-02T04:00:00Z

Instead, we got comedians doing what they'd do anyway – but with a backing band. The Horne Section ? review 2011-02-16T15:22:04Z

Apple showed no sign of backing down, however — until Swift spoke up. Taylor Swift speaks and Apple listens, how the superstar became music's most powerful voice 2015-06-23T04:00:00Z

Redding and Mr. Cropper planned to ask the Staple Singers to contribute backing vocals to “Dock of the Bay,” which never happened. The Enduring Power of Otis Redding’s ‘Dock of the Bay’ 2018-01-23T05:00:00Z

By the end, it sounded too transparently like a bunch of musicians backing up an extremely talented songwriter, Stephen Malkmus. Music Review: Still a Little Sloppy, but That?s the Point 2010-09-20T07:17:00Z

He exercises by running in place as she observes him and prevents him from inadvertently backing into a wall. Movie Review: ‘Planet of Snail,’ a South Korean Documentary 2012-07-24T22:08:39Z

Its publicity promises comedians improvising to Horne's backing band. The Horne Section ? review 2011-02-16T15:22:04Z

The instrumentation slowly builds after the first verse: adding an organ, and then a Leslie'd guitar, as the backing vocals become more complex. Jon Savage on song: Roy Harper serves up Hors D'Oeuvres 2011-01-26T12:58:35Z

Over clamoring, syncopated percussion, she and a corps of backing vocalists sing of festivals and celebrations, hard labor on cocoa farms and resilient love. Pop and Jazz Fall Preview: 66 Albums, Shows and Festivals 2017-09-08T04:00:00Z

He Legos onto backing tracks like an instrument, all tone and timbre. Drake headlines Summer Jam, releases R&Bemo album "Thank Me Later" 2010-06-15T18:20:00Z

Prince and his three backing singers roamed the stage walkways, and played to every corner of the arena. Prince at the United Center more fizzle than sizzle 2012-09-25T06:45:00Z

It is doubtful, however, whether any of these events receive quite the level of political backing that Beijing Design Week does. Beijing Design Week unloads crates full of Chinese creativity 2012-10-04T16:17:52Z

"You don't need one all the time. It's like a seatbelt: You just wear it when you're backing out of the driveway and then you can take it off." ‘"Saturday Night Live" starts with Alec Baldwin and Jim Carrey recreating the presidential debate 2020-10-04T04:00:00Z

He's soon duking it out with the Hammond organ grooves and lead guitar work of Phantom Limb, a fluent country-folk outfit from Bristol who act as his backing band. Rodriguez – review 2012-11-18T00:06:15Z

But some dialects, such as Cantonese and Hokkien, enjoy strong regional support even if there is little official backing for their use. China says more people can speak national language 2016-09-13T04:00:00Z

I also saw herons, egrets and sandhill cranes, though construction cranes and the beep beep beep of equipment backing up are just as noticeable for now. In Southwest Florida, taking a shine to the nation’s first solar-powered town 2018-02-01T05:00:00Z

They send the file to Brammer, who layers that vocal with the backing track and forwards it to the second person. Sing Duets Over the Internet 2020-05-31T04:00:00Z

With a major label backing him, Khalifa knew how to handle his business this time around. Rapper Wiz Khalifa surges to fame with new album 2011-04-07T16:01:04Z

Post a Comment India Backs Foreign Investment in Retail The government gave backing to measures that could open the country’s retail sector to global behemoths like Walmart and Ikea. Trendspotting: Color 2012-09-14T21:17:34Z

Kirkpatrick won her branch’s backing for the idea, and Unison West Midlands is asking candidates for West Midlands mayor to commit to piloting a basic income. Is Finland’s basic universal income a solution to automation, fewer jobs and lower wages? 2017-02-19T05:00:00Z

The levels of backing range from $10 for a continually updated production diary and a digital copy of the screenplay up to $10,000 for a role with a line of dialogue. Zach Braff launches Kickstarter campaign for film 2013-04-24T12:41:11Z

Despite that pedigree, in 2007 the government rejected a bid to give the building protected status despite the backing of culture watchdog English Heritage. Neighbors bid to save 'Oliver Twist' workhouse 2011-02-24T17:56:09Z

“I talk to myself and it’s quite surprising,” Thomas Mars quips on the chorus; by the second iteration, Koenig adds some backing vocals to keep him company. Björk Insists on Connection, and 11 More New Songs 2022-09-09T04:00:00Z

What is certain, Ms. Davison said, is that he died impoverished “because of business dealings of a son he was backing.” A Johannes Spitler Chest Goes to Auction 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z

They received funding from the British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, which in turn led to backing from a powerful figure: Dame Sally Davies, who was then Britain’s chief medical officer. In a Musical About Penicillin’s Inventor, Superbugs Take Center Stage 2022-10-21T04:00:00Z

Who, indeed, when you can have a siren in German Expressionist eyebrows and madcap designer outfits, crooning to propulsive backing tracks? Róisín Murphy, a Disco Queen Ruling Her Own Galaxy 2020-09-17T04:00:00Z

I was just going to be the bassist and sing some backing vocals, but then it became a three-piece and I became the singer. Lemmy and the life of an outlaw 2011-02-18T08:00:00Z

That didn’t stop the theatrical group, though, from bringing in explosive visuals and a backing choir. Watch Imagine Dragons' new single, "I Bet My Life" 2014-11-23T05:00:00Z

I’m with you on the nuisance of it, but also the charm of it, and I’m also backing the three-part answer you wrote for yourself without fully realizing it: Carolyn Hax: When a child’s happy humming turns, well, annoying 2015-11-29T05:00:00Z

Patrick Lynch, president of the Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association in New York, first mooted the boycott on Monday and has since also received backing from the Los Angeles Police Protective League. Philadelphia police union joins growing Quentin Tarantino boycott 2015-10-29T04:00:00Z

It's not just that America hardly needs another power balladeer – though even Americans would have found it hard to deny the power of Angels, as sung by the man and his 68,000-strong backing choir. Robbie Williams – review 2013-06-30T14:13:59Z

Backed by a five-piece version of his longtime backing band The Pharmacists, Leo threw himself into a set that spilled over into the early minutes of Saturday morning — and consistently crackled with emotion. Review | Singer-songwriter Ted Leo reemerges from a four-year gloom 2017-09-17T04:00:00Z

Murasaki subtly shows us that these women, unless they have the backing of a powerful man or enter a convent, are lifelong victims in a patriarchal world. The Radiant Prince Comes to Fifth Avenue 2019-04-19T04:00:00Z

Exhibit A is Ashlee Simpson’s disastrous 2004 Saturday Night Live performance: A backing vocal track for her song “Pieces Of Me” accidentally started playing as her band launched into a different song. Mariah Carey is right to fight 2017-01-03T05:00:00Z

As a backing band, they're unimpeachable, as Prince himself sings on "Fix Ur Life Up": "A girl with a guitar is 12 times better than another crazy band of boys." Prince dazzles and baffles on two new releases 2014-09-29T04:00:00Z

But secession could also bring a huge blow to Scotland’s economy, as it will no longer have the power of the pound backing it. Must-see morning clip: John Oliver is not impressed by England’s attempts to woo Scotland 2014-09-15T04:00:00Z

The backing of Ms. McClain, who is African-American, comes at a time when children’s channels are working harder to find minority stars. Tween Stars Wanted: Must Be Primed for Pressure 2011-05-10T12:45:47Z

The vocal serif Newsom affixes to the end of a word, her woozy harp, her loping piano, her languid, occasional backing band. Joanna Newsom ? easy to appreciate, hard to enjoy 2010-07-29T20:33:00Z

She was a contestant on the US version of The Voice and is now one of the stars of a film bringing the backing singers to the front of the stage. Michael Jackson's final duet partner 2014-04-02T05:21:44Z

Gillian Welch also adds backing vocals on seven of the 10 songs on the album. The Decemberists bring Americana landscape to Paramount Friday 2011-02-17T22:12:01Z

Earlier on Tuesday, "Interview" stars Seth Rogen and James Franco said they were backing out of a number of planned promotional appearances, including chats with late night hosts Jimmy Fallon and Seth Meyers. New York premiere of 'The Interview' canceled amid hack threats 2014-12-17T05:00:00Z

The finest female newcomer was Christine Salem, from La Réunion, who demonstrated her deep, soulful vocals with backing provided by her own percussion and two male singers and percussionists. Womad festival 2013-07-29T09:54:17Z

My husband tried backing me up on this, but his mom wouldn’t hear it. Ask Amy: If stepdad can’t walk down the aisle, he might walk away

But Democratic leaders showed no sign of backing away from him in the days before the election. Lawmaker charged with bribery cruising to win 2012-03-21T01:20:00Z

Outside the top 10 there was a notable performance by A24, the new arthouse distributor based in New York that launched last year with the backing of the Guggenheim Fund. Oz the Great and Powerful continues to cast its spell over the US box office 2013-03-18T11:55:35Z

Instead, however, the band win the crowd around, by the simple expedient of playing the hits, with Haim as guest backing vocalists: Loaded, Rocks, Come Together. Why Glastonbury belonged to the Rolling Stones 2013-07-01T08:32:17Z

I know his steadfastness and his tenacity and his never backing down, never shirking from a fight, never backing down from a commitment that he made. ‘They never saw this coming’: A Q&A with Kellyanne Conway 2017-01-26T05:00:00Z

Though Ms. de Havilland has the backing of the Screen Actors Guild, considerable forces have amassed against her. At 101, a Survivor of Hollywood’s Golden Age Throws Down the Gauntlet 2018-03-03T05:00:00Z

It seems an outlandish claim to make of Norman Lamb’s backing for integrated care “experiments”, but there is some evidence it may prove to be such a turning point. Today in healthcare: Tuesday 20 November 2012-11-20T16:53:00Z

The episode was already known, including by the studio backing the film, but on Tuesday Variety gave it new life by revealing that Mr. Parker’s accuser committed suicide in 2012 at the age of 30. ‘The Birth of a Nation,’ Nate Parker’s Heralded Film, Is Now Cloaked in Controversy 2016-08-17T04:00:00Z

Perhaps because of the financial backing from fans, Green took this film much more seriously than his last endeavor, at least according to its star, Macaulay Culkin. Macaulay Culkin: 'Aladdin is a passion project' 2016-05-10T04:00:00Z

In fact, when Pink Martini recorded the song "Dansez-Vous," we copied that production in reverse, with male voices backing me up. Serge Gainsbourg, introduction to a provocateur 2011-09-02T20:20:00Z

The stuff Barnett Newman, the Abstract Expressionist painter, notoriously derided as objects we bump into when backing up to look at a painting. Has Sculpture Become Just Another Pretty Face? 2011-08-09T17:39:27Z

A writer wants the backing of a producer for credibility. One Writer’s Diary for Television Pitch Season 2014-11-14T05:00:00Z

The undeclared but burgeoning campaign to elect Oprah Winfrey the next President of the United States has received another boost, with the full-throated backing of one of Hollywood’s biggest figures: Steven Spielberg. Steven Spielberg: Oprah would make a brilliant president and I will back her 2018-01-11T05:00:00Z

The Laura Peterson storyline is proof that's not entirely true, that it's quite real for those who don't enjoy the backing of the executives holding all the cards and their careers in their hands. "The Morning Show" looks at how consequences catch up to some people sooner than others 2021-11-13T05:00:00Z

Meanwhile, for younger listeners, there was novelty in seeing a band with nothing programmed in its sound and the freewheeling dynamics of an old-fashioned power trio backing an ornately unbridled singer. Greta Van Fleet Blasts Toward the Past 2018-10-17T04:00:00Z

Swapping shakes with the group's backing singers, who were dressed in sequins and moving with loose swagger, France grooved like Tina alongside the Ikettes. Foxygen knocks out a brave, raucous rock 'n' roll set at the Roxy 2015-01-04T05:00:00Z

"Billy Jack" was completed in 1969, but its release was delayed for two years as Laughlin struggled to find studio backing. 'Billy Jack' creator Tom Laughlin dead at age 82 2013-12-16T05:34:02Z

It was Mr. Chartoff who is widely credited for seizing on Mr. Stallone’s script and backing him as the title character. Robert Chartoff, Producer of ‘Raging Bull’ and ‘Rocky,’ Dies at 81 2015-06-12T04:00:00Z

The museum’s head since 1990, Piotrovsky is close to President Vladimir Putin of Russia and has made statements backing Russia’s invasion. A Blockbuster Exhibition, Ripped in Two by Russia’s War 2023-04-23T04:00:00Z

Mobile and often barefoot, Mr. Byrne and his backing musicians perform a collection of songs from his latest release, his solo catalog and the vast Talking Heads archive. 13 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2018-09-13T04:00:00Z

"I haven't heard the Stones signing without backing vocals for years," said Mike Griffiths, a 59-year-old television director and longtime fan. Rolling Stones again at their peak in rerelease 2010-09-08T00:46:00Z

But he clashed with Hunt towards the end, he says, because he had had enough of being overruled when backing original ideas by "someone with their penchant for yet another prank-based hidden camera thing". BBC's Shane Allen: 'I'm doing the job of comedy gods' 2013-03-24T18:15:01Z

Lovely strings, flute and backing vocals occasionally shed some light, but mostly this is Cave playing it slow, hushed and haunted. Album review: Nick Cave, 'Push the Sky Away' 2013-02-18T03:50:00Z

The Return of Bruno was Bruce Willis’ debut album and featured backing musicians including Booker T. Jones and The Temptations. 23 Actors Who Moonlight as Musicians 2017-01-20T05:00:00Z

In his first term as governor in the 1970s, his backing of new technologies to solve human and environmental problems led one journalist to label him “Governor Moonbeam.” The Story of California Told Through One Family 2018-09-14T04:00:00Z

This “new” performance fuses Queen’s original backing track with Mercury and Jackson’s separate vocals, all of which has been produced and remixed by William Orbit. Fresh Releases by Pink Floyd and Queen 2014-10-31T04:00:00Z

Over a lurching intro of horns, warm organ and cooing backing vocals, Tillmann's not inconsiderable pipes detail a typical narrative about a woman who's done him wrong. New music: Har Mar Superstar – Lady, You Shot Me 2013-03-14T09:00:00Z

With the board's backing, an "authenticated" work wins a much-cherished catalogue number. Warhol's box of tricks 2010-08-20T23:03:00Z

“He had my full, full backing. I was so proud of him.” Recent theater grad orchestrates new musical, ‘Cloak and Dagger,’ at Signature Theatre

Easy-going, breezy vocals were matched against bursts of scat singing, and backing that veered from funk and dub percussion effects to slinky accordion work. C?u 2010-07-19T20:46:00Z

Instead, he said he hoped his financial backing would be an incentive to other businessmen, both Italian and foreign, "to do the same to restore other monuments." ArtsBeat: Colosseum Won't Be Restored in a Day, but Work Is Finally Scheduled to Start 2012-07-31T16:53:09Z

The new track includes a backing choir of schoolboy footballers from clubs in the Premier League and the German Bundesliga. Peace record takes on X Factor 2014-11-04T05:00:00Z

Kamikaze Ground Crew, which opened the concert on Saturday, has a similar history; the band was originally founded in San Francisco as a backing ensemble for the Flying Karamazov Brothers, a juggling comedy troupe. 30 Years Later, Three Bands From New York’s Downtown Scene Unite for One Night 2017-12-12T05:00:00Z

Mr. Weinstein arrived at the with no fewer than seven offerings, and all of the major studios and their specialty divisions were backing one or more awards prospects. Film Festival Opens With a Crowded Slate 2013-09-06T17:09:25Z

The backing is sparse to start, with "ooh-oohs" that tug at the heartstrings, before becoming more rhythmic and symphonic, with swelling horns as part of an already busy mix. New band of the day: Fyfe (No 1,464) 2013-03-04T16:34:00Z

Large mirrors are positioned at the turns, and bus schedules must accommodate a fair amount of backing up and pulling over to let vehicles pass in the other direction. Few Americans know about this mysterious, remote valley in southern Japan 2016-05-05T04:00:00Z

Of the narcotics allegation, Mr. Bowles said that he hasn’t seen any facts or witnesses statements backing it. ‘Rust’ Armorer Transferred Narcotics on Day of Shooting, Prosecutor Says 2023-06-22T04:00:00Z

She delivers old-school charisma with her backing band, Mamafunk, at this second of two performances at one of her preferred local rock clubs. Pop & Rock Listings for June 19-25 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z

The Beach Boys will play two London gigs this week and then Mike Love will tour with a backing band instead. The Beach Boys 2012-09-26T14:57:14Z

The long coda to the multifaceted Brazos revolves around White intoning "Jesus Christ/ Is our Lord/ Jesus Christ/ He is your friend", over a bobbling bassline while trumpets, choirs and backing singers finally cut loose. Matthew E White: Big Inner – review 2013-01-20T00:04:03Z

It is led by a dynamic deputy mayor with the unanimous backing of the city’s politicians. Amsterdam's solution to the obesity crisis: no fruit juice and enough sleep 2017-04-14T04:00:00Z

Before her current success she had stints working as a tabloid football reporter, documentary maker and backing vocalist. Glastonbury festival: Jessie Ware's wildest moments 2013-06-29T23:05:17Z

Security Council, argue the agency needs ”strong leadership, which can only come with the backing of a major power. Drained of cash and riven by rivalries, UNESCO seeks leader to revive fortunes 2017-10-06T04:00:00Z

A song typically requires more takes and more setups than a dialogue scene, and every gesture has to match the backing track. On TV’s New Musicals, Every Episode Is Opening Night 2020-01-07T05:00:00Z

That’s not to say Dreijer has blunted their signature power to provoke, though: The song is hard-hitting and unpredictable in its structure, full of warping synthesizers and eerie, helium-pitched backing vocals. Bruce Springsteen’s Exuberant Soul Cover, and 10 More New Songs 2022-11-11T05:00:00Z

If nothing else, Paramount will get credit in Hollywood for backing an auteur director at a time when most studios are keeping filmmakers on extra-short leashes. ‘It’ Stays No. 1, as ‘Mother!’ Curdles 2017-09-17T04:00:00Z

“He was somebody you could trust and you could take pride in backing him,” Bergdahl said. Serial recap – season two, episode six: five o'clock shadow 2016-02-04T05:00:00Z

The song was glutted with cameos by Minaj and M.I.A., who dutifully moved their lips along with the backing track being piped through the stadium speakers in Indianapolis. Madonna sells, sells, sells at Super Bowl halftime 2012-02-06T00:37:00Z

It’s the sound of a band backing away, if only by inches, from the sound that made them famous. The Black Keys return with ‘Turn Blue,’ a little more subdued and psychedelic

By investing in the school as well as pursuing its own expansion, Farinetti believes the company is backing Italy's chief globally-renowned assets: food and culture. Storytelling school seeks to inspire a happy ending to Italy's recession 2013-06-20T19:59:43Z

As a fan of TLC, what would the benefit be of backing the project? TLC: Why We Decided to Fund Our Fifth and Final Album Using Kickstarter 2015-01-19T05:00:00Z

Joseph's characters illustrate the grandiose self-image of a country that hasn't quite been successful in backing up its lofty aspirations with actions yet. Manil Suri's top 10 books about Mumbai 2013-03-13T13:28:19Z

The backing is at times over-lush, but this is a brave, highly original set. Best world and folk music albums of 2012 2012-12-13T22:02:01Z

Move the flap so it is flat with the rest of the backing. How to replace pool tiles that have fallen off 2016-07-08T04:00:00Z

When not alienating his colleagues, he built a record of backing populist — and often losing — causes such as in-state tuition for Native Americans, restoring voting rights for felons and increasing the state minimum wage. Scandals usually end political careers. Not Joe Morrissey’s. 2015-08-17T04:00:00Z

When Ingmar Bergman exiled himself from Sweden after a tax wrangle, he got De Laurentiis' backing for the Berlin-made The Serpent's Egg. In Remembrance of Erratic Film Producer Dino De Laurentiis 2010-11-19T14:15:00Z

Members of Wonder's backing band since the 1970s will attest that he often seeks musicians with the same sensibility. Stevie Wonder: jammin' with the jazz set 2010-06-17T21:44:00Z

Jefferson and Madison won the debate, in part because of strong backing from Baptists, Methodists, Episcopalians, and some Presbyterians who considered any support from government an intrusion on their religious ambitions. Should atheists fight for religion in government? 2013-04-16T18:50:00Z

“Bad Sneakers” features the distinctive backing baritone of Michael McDonald, who would continue contributing on subsequent albums, and something else new: a guitar solo from Mr. Becker. Listen to 13 Essential Walter Becker Songs 2017-09-04T04:00:00Z

Certain ensemble scenes, notably a church picnic on Kittiwah Island, had to be played in the forestage area without the intended scenic backing. Review: A Vital and Sweeping ‘Porgy and Bess’ Debuts in London 2018-10-28T04:00:00Z

Members of Congress, including Barney Frank, a Massachusetts representative at the time known for backing civil rights issues, lobbied the U.S. Slave descendants seek equal rights from Cherokee Nation 2013-05-21T22:15:00Z

With endorsements like that, and the financial backing of Paramount, Mr. Fish was able to negotiate Mr. Ophuls’s return and to see that the film was completed the way its director wished. Marcel Ophuls’s ‘Memory of Justice,’ No Longer Just a Memory 2017-04-21T04:00:00Z

What interests me are fears that have had the backing of the nation’s most eminent scientific, medical, and governmental authorities. Did slaves catch your seafood? 2012-05-21T14:26:00Z

He dismantled window shades and wooden cigar boxes to create fabric and panel backings for his paintings. Moonlit Landscapes From a Tormented Painter’s Lucid Moments 2016-10-27T04:00:00Z

They would play those first Troubadour shows with the same backing band, both as a way to save money and because their styles were similar. You've still got friends in James Taylor and Carole King, who play Seattle May 9 2010-05-06T22:55:00Z

Chicago Style will seek backing from the spirits industry, but on its own terms. A New Cocktail Conference With a Political Twist 2018-02-02T05:00:00Z

With just two acoustic guitars backing him, he was at his mesmerizing best on a sparse reading of Zep’s “Going to California.” Concert review: Robert Plant at Taste of Chicago 2013-07-13T03:44:00Z

Roughly half of the film is devoted to Michael Todd's "Around the World" saga, following the still unproven movie producer as he attempts to get backing for the complicated project. 'Cantinflas' is buoyed by Oscar Jaenada, hampered by Hollywood 2014-08-28T04:00:00Z

Yet with state spending on the arts being squeezed, even in France, companies and private individuals are stepping in with bold spaces that enjoy the backing of its political leaders. Winged victory 2014-10-09T04:00:00Z

Mr. Richards, who, with Mr. Frankel, has collaborated on several projects with the Public, said he assumed that Mr. Hamingson had acted with the knowledge and backing of the board. Some Clues to Hasty Departure at the Public 2011-03-08T21:53:42Z

Here especially, his backing band was missile-grade intense, with arrangements that were far too burly for Mr. Brown’s voice. Kane Brown Reaches to Reconcile Two Sides in His Sound 2016-12-04T05:00:00Z

Mr. Reed gained the monster backing band he always craved, and Metallica had the liberating experience of playing second fiddle to a musician who prefers the spontaneous intensity of first or second takes. Music: Lou Reed and Metallica Team Up on ?Lulu? 2011-10-27T12:00:00Z

The main issue, Tseng says, seems to be vitriolic criticism of Morrissey's "stagnant" new material and a backing band that some fans think needs desperately to be changed. Throwing out his own fans ? has Morrissey finally lost it? 2011-07-14T14:52:59Z

The literary community is not backing me up here. A Critic’s Tour of Literary Manhattan 2012-12-14T17:13:34Z

"Somebody Who Cares" is a lovely, meditative gem with melancholy guitar and a chorus of lush backing vocalists. Paul McCartney's "Tug of War" at 40: A self-aware solace written in the wake of John Lennon's death 2022-04-30T04:00:00Z

In addition to backing the film slates overseen by subsidiary Altar Identity Studios, individuals can also buy a stake in Media Society itself. Film entrepreneur draws mixed reviews 2014-08-12T04:00:00Z

The hardest part was always going to be backing up. A latecomer to the #vanlife party takes a 4,000-mile road trip in a pop-up camper 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z

I spent way too much time pausing and backing up and taking screen shots of the note and the code key. 'The Americans' Recap: Paige the Interrogator 2015-04-08T04:00:00Z

But even she has two backing singers to perk up her high end, and an effects unit to play with, making this theoretically triumphant return after 14 years a little frustrating in places. Antony's Meltdown – review 2012-08-11T23:06:00Z

Or is she backing down because she fears for her life? ‘Empire’ Season 2, Episode 5: Baptism 2015-10-22T04:00:00Z

With a Chinese director; a mostly Chinese cast, story line and locations; and abundant references to the country’s culture, it is perhaps the most Chinese film to be made with significant Hollywood studio backing. Pander or Diversify? Hollywood Courts China With ‘The Great Wall’ 2017-01-19T05:00:00Z

Before the pandemic, “distancing” in Washington simply meant rhetorically backing away from some politically toxic figure or behavior. Melania Trump is having a hard time distancing herself from the president 2020-10-13T04:00:00Z

It was one hour past low tide, and as the ranger had promised the river was backing up, swelling before our very eyes. Explorer: Hiking Washington State’s Rocky Olympic Coast 2012-07-13T16:31:29Z

At what point did you realize that the audience was finally backing Colbourne and letting go of Sidney? "Sanditon" boss on that heartbreaking finale, a curious "Bridgerton" connection to and Season 3 2022-04-25T04:00:00Z

He was banned from performing in Ukraine last year after declaring his backing for the Russian president’s policies in the former Soviet republic. Emir Kusturica: Cannes rejected my film because I support Putin 2016-04-20T04:00:00Z

Beyond Oblivion, a start-up with backing from News Corp, plans the Boinc service, which will take a different approach by enabling free access to music for users who buy special devices. Analysis: Music industry banks on free in effort to get paid 2011-09-16T14:07:23Z

Cosmogony is a beautiful ballad, complete with full brass backing, which compels "heaven, heaven's bodies" to "whirl around me". Nature's way 2011-07-28T08:18:35Z

Yes, he's gambling – but he's basically backing a hunch that's confirmed by the trend. Hold on to your hardbacks ... we're in the middle of an ebook e-ruption 2010-07-26T14:26:00Z

An NBC executive who spoke on condition of anonymity and was not authorized to publicly discuss the deal, which includes some financial backing, said that Curry would have the freedom to work at any network. Ann Curry leaves NBC News to form her own production company 2015-01-13T05:00:00Z

Family friend Gary Robble, who was the lead singer of Mr. James’s backing band, announced the death but did not cite a cause. Sonny James, country hitmaker of ‘Young Love,’ dies at 87 2016-02-23T05:00:00Z

On several numbers, including their enduring hit Light Flight, McShee's voice was supported by the high-pitched backing vocals of Cox. Pentangle ? review 2011-08-03T17:26:04Z

And the venture capitalist firm Mousse Partners is backing the online auction house Paddle8. Art Makes a Move Online 2014-05-18T04:00:00Z

The director, Rob Melrose, has assembled a diverse eight-member cast to play some 40 roles and provide the backing music, too. Theater Listings for Nov. 28-Dec.4 2014-11-27T05:00:00Z

The researchers describe four experiments providing evidence backing up their thesis. There’s a reason we eat more junk food in front of the TV 2013-06-04T20:43:00Z

“So when the painting was revealed, it had a backing instantly. There was no question of how it fit into Gorky’s oeuvre.” Art That Was Hiding in Plain Sight 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z

The overwhelming majority, even in the best times, don’t benefit from Hollywood-size paychecks or institutional backing. A ‘Great Cultural Depression’ Looms for Legions of Unemployed Performers 2020-12-26T05:00:00Z

In "You," she's searching for someone, the soft backing beat like an echoing sonar system. 5 Songs You Need to Listen to This Week 2017-08-11T04:00:00Z

The most interesting origin story is also the one with the most historical backing. ‘Jeuje,’ ‘Zhoosh,’ ‘Zhuzh’: A Word of Many Spellings, and Meanings 2022-01-31T05:00:00Z

Ortega has maintained that mass protests against his government in 2018 were an attempted coup with foreign backing. Nicaraguan writer Sergio Ramirez to live in exile in Spain 2021-10-22T04:00:00Z

Parnell was an Irish member of Parliament, a champion of his country’s cause in Britain; as Kavanagh writes, his involvement in the league “would almost certainly guarantee the backing of Irish America.” The Murders That Touched Off Ireland’s Bloody Campaign for Self-Rule 2021-07-16T04:00:00Z

Valiant Entertainment planted the seeds for the comic imprint's return last year, putting together a new management team and lining up writers and artists after it got financial backing from Cuneo & Co. After long hiatus, Valiant Comics returning in May 2012-01-17T16:53:08Z

"I'm still getting to know this piece," murmurs Heyler, stepping in close to the painting and then backing up to the far wall, to make sure the height suits her. Filling L.A.'s new Broad museum is an art in itself 2015-07-06T04:00:00Z

The jeering not only shattered etiquette but also challenged civil rights; the scandal quickly went national, with widespread backing for the actors. Turn off your phone. And ignore the prostitute. 2015-04-29T04:00:00Z

The backing band, with its funky rhythms, comprises other classical artists on early instruments, including the long-necked lute called the theorbo. Perspective | How a classical musician turned 400-year-old French songs into a modern hit 2018-01-04T05:00:00Z

When Lawrence realized that Mars was a seasoned guitarist, bassist, pianist and percussionist, he suggested that the two of them begin creating their own backing music and start producing on the fly. Bruno Mars strikes out on his own with "Doo-Wops" 2010-10-04T22:47:00Z

It was while on the road a few years ago with the band Akron/Family as his backing group that Mr. Gira felt something like a Swans feeling again. Never Say Never: Swans Return 2010-09-05T00:14:00Z

But her set proved that she’s not a studio confection, even though backing tracks reproduced her backing­ vocal chorales. CMJ 2014: Make That R-Y-N Weaver 2014-10-23T04:00:00Z

As for how to inject new life into the peace process, what about the backing dancers? Taylor Swift v Katy Perry: when even an actual olive branch can't end the froideur 2018-05-10T04:00:00Z

The backing tracks, layered from old soul records you probably haven’t heard, altered with clouds of reverb and extra drips of bass, draw you close; they’re intricate and needling, with dropouts and beguiling broken rhythms.  Playlist: Albums From Mary Stallings, Black Breath and Miguel 2012-03-30T19:29:10Z

He's brought out a well-received album, a documentary and a concert film with his reunited backing band, the Rumour. Rumour has it: Rocker Graham Parker is back 2013-10-08T11:49:52Z

In one scene, Amy humiliates and bullies her new sidekick, backing her up against a set of lockers and barking “Look at me!” as Ester avoids her eye. ‘Nasty Women Rep’ grapples with sexuality, society 2017-03-21T04:00:00Z

The other problem is—and this is also true for Lou Reed’s backing band in Episode 5—there’s no such thing as an instant rock band. Behind the music on “Vinyl”: This is why David Bowie cover bands are so rare 2016-03-21T04:00:00Z

They claimed they were treated like Williams's backing band, with managers and label reps "ignoring and pushing around" other Paramore musicians. Paramore: 'We are not a manufactured band' 2011-01-07T13:34:40Z

The high drama and urgency of Danger is magnified by a tough, snappy arrangement and ominously gothic backing vocals. Erykah Badu – review 2012-06-29T15:21:57Z

But they played nearly the entire piece in rhythmic unison: phrases that stop and start, hammering away and switching to syncopation, building up and backing off and gearing up again with a different attack. Music Review: It All Comes Through in the Mix, Even the Kazoos 2011-03-08T23:21:59Z

He isn't going to have the political backing to do anything that radical. Meltdown 2010: Richard Thompson on curating this year's event 2010-05-29T23:05:00Z

A manager of professional gamblers, La Linda offers Tell the chance to up his game by going on the poker circuit with lucrative financial backing. ‘The Card Counter’ Review: A Gambler’s Existential Solitaire 2021-09-09T04:00:00Z

But the generic arena affectations and the lack of audience interaction were minor problems compared with Grande’s biggest one: Her gorgeous four-octave soprano was often obscured by her bass-heavy backing band. Review | Not much ‘dangerous’ about Ariana Grande’s live performance 2017-02-28T05:00:00Z

Fifty years ago this month the Rat Pack were on the campaign trail, backing a presidential candidate whose youth and vigour appeared to mirror their own. When the Rat Pack ruled supreme 2010-10-07T19:29:00Z

It was released in 1952 on New Orleans's Specialty Records label, with a crack backing band including Fats Domino on piano and Earl Palmer on drums. Readers recommend: Mr and Mrs songs ? results 2011-04-07T11:23:48Z

He certainly has widespread backing from the Met’s board and in the orchestra, despite some reported grumbling. The Dilemma of James Levine and the Metropolitan Opera 2011-09-24T04:29:45Z

Could a bookbinder help, as the backing seems to be bookbinder’s cloth? How to replace pool tiles that have fallen off 2016-07-08T04:00:00Z

So, backing his judgment, South played a diamond to dummy’s queen and returned a club to his nine. Bridge: Bridge - Vanderbilt Knockout Teams Final 2013-05-03T23:25:19Z

Every time we get there, you and I agree; all of a sudden you guys keep backing up, backing up, backing up. Books of The Times: ‘The Price of Politics,’ by Bob Woodward 2012-09-08T00:31:09Z

“There is very little evidence backing up its effectiveness,” said Joe Costello, a senior research associate in sports medicine at the University of Portsmouth. After accidental death, some scientists question cryotherapy's safety 2015-10-27T04:00:00Z

Mr. Étaix, unable to find backing for his films, returned to his first love, the circus. Pierre Étaix, Director and Slapstick Actor, Dies at 87 2016-10-14T04:00:00Z

With the backing of Vulcan, Mr. Allen’s investment company, the Seattle Art Fair was a well-funded if experimental initiative to bridge geographic and social divides. Seattle Art Fair Receives a Boost From Tech’s Big Spenders 2015-08-02T04:00:00Z

While fans bopped to the call-and-response of her backing vocalists shouting “Five, six, seven, heaven,” Garbus wondered -- “I woke up like a heartbeat with a panic attack… Hey life, why do you keep me around?” At the Fonda, tUnE-yArDs gets primal 2014-06-06T04:00:00Z

March 7th: Björk, who turned fifty in November, made her Carnegie Hall début in a program of songs from her latest album, “Vulnicura,” with the backing of string players from Alarm Will Sound. Notable Performances and Recordings of 2015 2015-12-15T05:00:00Z

This is because several of Michael's relatives – along with the official Michael Jackson Fan Club, and even the singer's executors – aren't backing the show. Michael Jackson tribute concert lineup revealed 2011-08-12T10:19:08Z

She’s doing this with backing from Dig Food Group of the Dig chain. Baked Pastas Nodding to Florence Come to the West Village 2019-12-10T05:00:00Z

Goodwill Hunt in G: Five hipsters compete for the biggest thrift store deal to the hypnotic backing of a piano sonata. Style Invitational: Make some bad choices — ‘questions for terrible people’ 2016-10-26T04:00:00Z

She felt she needed the backing of her nieces and nephews, she said, because the land would have eventually become theirs. A Billionaire?s Eye for Art Shapes Her Singular Museum 2011-06-16T04:01:06Z

That’s a journalistic imperative — although he often reverses his public statements with little explanation, as he did recently in first supporting gun-control measures and then acceding to the National Rifle Association’s wishes by backing down. Perspective | Live coverage of a Pennsylvania rally was another free ad for Trump’s favorite candidate: Himself 2018-03-13T04:00:00Z

Over coffee the next morning, the two actors talked about the difficulties involved in mounting a show in Edinburgh without the benefit of a big company backing them. Edinburgh Strategy: Check Reviews, Take Chances, Hope for the Best 2013-08-25T21:06:01Z

She took to calling them Revive Da Live, a name that, at a time when turntablists were dominant, captured her interest in backing hip-hop artists with jazz musicians performing live. Meghan Stabile, Who Linked Jazz and Hip-Hop, Dies at 39 2022-06-22T04:00:00Z

Wondery, with backing from 20th Century Fox, is just one of several audio media start-ups blossoming with the groundswell of public interest in podcasts. Listen closely: why Hollywood has become obsessed with podcasts 2018-02-14T05:00:00Z

Bugg doesn't speak and barely moves – the backing bassist and drummer show the only signs of life – but is still compelling. Jake Bugg – review 2012-11-15T12:24:04Z

Away from the backing band’s high-decibel impact, the harmonic details of Little Big Town’s four-part vocal arrangements were in sharpest relief. Review | Little Big Town mixes searing and saccharine at the Anthem 2018-03-04T05:00:00Z

The most compelling frontman in the history of rock'n'roll retreats to sing backing vocals for Patty Griffin's "Love Throw a Line" and takes a rear seat again for Darrell Scott's "Satisfied Mind". The showman must go on 2011-01-30T00:03:02Z

“I thought: I just need a break from framing. I’m tired of backing everything up and explaining why this character does this and that.” Esperanza Spalding Will Record ‘Exposure’ in Front of the World 2017-07-26T04:00:00Z

However, the Bandera Wranglers are not backing down – despite reportedly receiving death threats on social media. Woody Harrelson, PETA team up, urge Texas governor to ban 'cruel' Bacon Bash event 2019-05-23T04:00:00Z

The format was that of a review, with an impressive 10-piece band, three singers and a string section providing the backing for 12 artists, who mostly performed three songs each. Reggae Britannia ? review 2011-02-07T18:11:42Z

More than 100 of its earliest episodes, The Guardian said, are missing because the BBC did not start backing up its recordings until 1978. ArtsBeat Blog: Vintage 'Doctor Who' Episodes, Believed Lost, Have Rematerialized 2011-12-12T14:52:15Z

She lost her backing during the recession and had recently returned to working at fashion houses. Murder charge for songwriter's son in NY tub death 2011-01-03T21:08:08Z

A reformed financial system will allow British entrepreneurs to get the committed financial backing they need, becoming the capitalist leaders in Europe. 20 predictions for the next 25 years 2011-01-02T00:05:22Z

But the sight of a dozen anglophone singers contributing backing vocals in Russian on the closing ensemble piece proves that political song need not be too po-faced. Meltdown 2010: An Evening of Political Song; the Duckworth Lewis Method; Seasick Steve 2010-06-19T23:05:00Z

"And I think it's because that generation, their ideas about health were . . . there was a lot of soundness to it, and science ended up backing them up." From "Bad Vegan" to "Broad City," how pop culture "others" health food 2022-04-24T04:00:00Z

Speaking in Ottawa, the right-wing Israeli leader ignored Obama's appeal to let sanctions run their course and focused on the president's insistence on keeping the military option open and backing Israel's right to defend itself. Obama, Netanyahu face struggle over Iran 'red lines' 2012-03-05T13:09:00Z

With Trump’s backing, McGahn “wanted to dispense with all that,” and by and large he was able to, thanks to a compliant Republican Senate leadership. How Supreme Court Nominations Became So Partisan 2019-06-23T04:00:00Z

But Jagger said Tuesday he was "being used as a political football," saying that British newspaper articles claiming he is backing the Conservative Cameron were "inaccurate." Mick Jagger backs out of UK party at Davos 2012-01-24T22:37:15Z

In an interview with Variety about his decision to use Kickstarter, Lee praised former Universal execs for backing movies like Do the Right Thing. What Spike Lee’s Kickstarter Drive Gets Right 2013-07-24T18:33:08Z

She has, the magazine pointed out, the backing of a growing Twitter brigade, the #RoseArmy. Brave: Rose McGowan, the angry voice who pursued Hollywood’s beasts, tells her story 2018-01-07T05:00:00Z

On television, we found over 1,100 titles received Pentagon backing — 900 of them since 2005, from Flight 93 to Ice Road Truckers to Army Wives. Washington DC’s role behind the scenes in Hollywood goes deeper than you think 2017-09-12T04:00:00Z

“While others are backing off or cutting product investments, we at Ford are accelerating the introduction of new products.” Ford Doubles Down In Europe With Aggressive Product Rollout 2012-09-06T16:09:39Z

Musicians and other entertainment unions are backing legislation that would expand the credit. Musicians implore Hollywood to stop scoring films overseas 2014-05-27T04:00:00Z

He performed the song during an appearance on the "Late Show With David Letterman," with Jason Isbell backing him up on guitar. Justin Townes Earle, Americana singer-songwriter, dead at 38 2020-08-24T04:00:00Z

She started quietly with a reworking of Diego's Bold Shore, a whalers' song that she originally recorded with Waterson:Carthy, and treated here with her own piano work and string backing. Eliza Carthy & Jim Moray – review 2013-05-17T14:34:57Z

Gunnarsdottir, the political adviser backing the ban, just hopes the emotional debate around the issue will cool down. Iceland seeks internet pornography ban 2013-02-25T09:13:52Z

And it won applause from critics who called it a major improvement over Madonna, who sang to a backing track last year, and the Black Eyed Peas’ much-criticized halftime show in 2011. NFL: Beyoncé Not the Cause of Super Bowl Blackout 2013-02-05T15:53:57Z

Listen hereA positive song dedicated to Rick Santorum, who, despite the backing of this group of young, keen supporters singing a catchy and rhythmic tune, failed to land the Republican nomination for president. Your most inspiring political songs 2012-08-03T17:22:06Z

To make “A Star Is Born,” Luft needed the backing of a studio for upfront financing, production facilities and crew, and distribution. Judy Garland’s Hollywood Unravelling, Through the Eyes of Her Husband and Producer Sid Luft 2017-02-25T05:00:00Z

The backing track parallels the lyrics, opening with Cathedral choir heaviness and segueing into a meditative emo-rock electric guitar groove. Friday Favorites: Brainstorm, Blue Scholars, Beat Connection 2010-07-30T22:31:00Z

Tom Hammerschmidt’s investigation continues to move forward, now with the backing of The Washington Herald and his former boss, Margaret Tilden, as well as a “Spotlight”-style team of reporters working under his auspices. ‘House of Cards’ Season 4, Episode 11: An Odd Threesome 2016-03-11T05:00:00Z

The film is already being tipped as the most high profile of the dozens of fledgling projects looking for backing at this year’s market. Natalie Portman to play Jackie Kennedy 2015-05-14T04:00:00Z

Get your bosses’ backing for each specific “no.” Work Advice: What to do when colleagues find you difficult and label you a derogatory name 2018-01-24T05:00:00Z

There is scientific backing to the benefits of some of these diets. Fiber is your body’s natural guide to weight management 2023-07-03T04:00:00Z

If you've not got backing in there, it's going to end up with disastrous results. Just the tips: "How To Build a Sex Room" host wants to spice up your life with sensual design 2022-07-10T04:00:00Z

Instead, he went bigger: The video screens broadcast images of both the beauty and the overwhelming power of the elements, and his four-piece backing band added heft and drama to the music. Review | Kendrick Lamar captains a tight ship on his ‘Championship Tour’ 2018-06-03T04:00:00Z

The record was memorable for Link Davis's honking saxophone accompaniment and its backing vocal sound, apparently taken from B-movie producers' idea of the war chants of Native Americans. Johnny Preston obituary 2011-03-06T18:49:00Z

The Carpetbagger has heard arguments backing the decision: “Funny” was the first word of the film’s synopsis on Rotten Tomatoes, and hackles might not have been raised had the category been “satire” instead. ‘I’d Never Seen My Fears as an African-American Man Onscreen’ 2017-12-06T05:00:00Z

With the backing of Sony, “Hollywood” also marks his first release from a major studio. "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood" first trailer: Tarantino brings DiCaprio and Pitt to 1969 2019-03-20T04:00:00Z

The best-selling author and creator and star of "Girls" is backing "Indies First," a program conceived by Sherman Alexie in 2013 and run by the American Booksellers Association. Lena Dunham speaks up for independent bookstores 2016-09-14T04:00:00Z

A live collection of spoken word musings to a brass-band backing, it continued Byrne's puckish wit and deep understanding of postmodern America, but in a completely different mode to Talking Heads' global funk. Peter Gordon, New York's king of disco 2010-04-23T14:19:00Z

Instead of throwing himself into the increasingly desperate Roxy Music classic “If There is Something,” he leaned on his backing chorus. Concert review: Bryan Ferry at the Civic Opera House 2011-10-12T06:03:00Z

Rucker’s version, released in 2013 and featuring backing vocals from Lady Antebellum, went to the top of the country chart for multiple weeks, earned him a Grammy for best country solo performance. Darius Rucker’s “Wagon Wheel” keeps rolling 2020-02-13T05:00:00Z

Their life story obliged the backing band to shift abruptly from a hybrid free-jazz/funk vibe to a Motown groove or a four-to-the-floor disco beat, which brought the occasional lapse of tightness. Doug Carn/Jean Carne – review 2012-06-24T17:30:01Z

When I saw Auntie Winnie coming towards me I was more worried she was going to spill her glass of sherry over me and I started backing away. The Second Prize by George Layton - short story 2012-11-16T09:00:00Z

Vicus's home came under siege but he kept his head and, with his mother's backing, turned down all the offers so he could finish school. Fame finally finds 10-year-old township singing sensation 2013-01-23T16:11:20Z

Then we find these men aren’t partners to this ballerina but are a busy backing group on either side of her. 2010-02-14T22:34:00Z

Privately, studio executives have talked of backing away from heavy promotional commitments to films like “Frost/Nixon” or “Changeling,” which grabbed a handful of nominations without making much impression at the box office. ?The Fighter? Has a Long Count Before Its Release 2010-08-09T22:03:00Z

Yet already in college, he got in some trouble for backing the presidential bid of Henry Wallace, a far-left New Dealer. Think You Know Andy Warhol? Here Are Five Truths That May Surprise 2018-11-01T04:00:00Z

With its focus on backing vocals and supple R&B grooves, AM is a slower, funkier album than the quartet's frenetic debut. Arctic Monkeys land fifth number one 2013-09-15T18:03:46Z

Most people would agree that commercial backing for the prizes is vital to their survival, and that though they have suffered in terms of prestige the awards are still desperately craved by most comedians. Edinburgh festival comedy endorsements are no laughing matter 2010-08-25T12:41:00Z

Mr. Fincham was responding to reports in the British media that Mr. Cowell was backing away from the original “X Factor,” which has been a hugely popular talent competition in Britain since 2004. ArtsBeat: Cowell Trades One 'X' for Another 2011-04-18T18:56:27Z

The newsletter also says Prince's backing band, the New Power Generation, will appear along with "prominent pop stars of today on guest vocals." Musicians close to Prince reportedly in the mix for tribute 2016-08-31T04:00:00Z

Tencent, the country’s biggest online gaming and social networking company, is backing a slew of streaming and interactive entertainment firms, including gaming platform Douyu. China live streaming: Would-be internet stars boost billion-dollar market 2017-04-12T04:00:00Z

To scale more quickly, the founders of the podcast production company Campside Media have turned to Hollywood for backing. Surrounded by Big Tech, Small Podcast Shops Swim With Sharks 2022-03-04T05:00:00Z

I've made TV appearances and toured with well-known artists and bands such as D:Ream and the Brand New Heavies, but always as a backing vocalist. Big in Belgium: the British celebrities you've never heard of 2013-03-15T18:00:00Z

I started backing away, keeping my eyes on the lion. Experience: I fought off a mountain lion 2016-03-11T05:00:00Z

His voice, a polite yelp, rarely commits to words or notes, instead backing away from them before they leave too much of a mark. Music Review: Beat After Beat, by the Book 2011-03-15T22:18:13Z

"I'd like a couple of female backing vocalists, too," adds Harvey. Mike Skinner and Rob Harvey: halves of the Dot 2013-05-15T17:30:01Z

That has kept Santorum alive and fostered doubts about Romney's saleability within his own party, much less with the independents and discontented Democrats whose backing he would likely need in order to capture the . Illinois win gives Romney command 2012-03-21T15:06:00Z

He is a reluctant interrogator, constantly backing away from encounters that might prove too hot. Ken Ilgunas' 'Trespassing across America' on the 1,700-mile route of the Keystone XL pipeline 2016-04-15T04:00:00Z

“People would like to have an education center, another supermarket, housing to live in — the bad news is, they don’t have big investors backing them to make this happen.” How artists became capitalist 'foot soldiers' in the gentrification wars: Case study, Boyle Heights 2016-10-14T04:00:00Z

The backing for the move attested to that geographical and political reach. Craft Distillers, Facing Lower Taxes, Invest in Themselves 2018-04-23T04:00:00Z

He ends the episode having gained a son, having lost a dad and seeking the backing to re-establish himself as Atlantic City’s patriarch. Boardwalk Empire Watch: Generation Gap 2011-11-14T12:52:53Z

They co-produced much of her latest album, then served as her backing band on tour. Wayne Coyne of the Flaming Lips on the Band’s New Left Turn 2017-01-12T05:00:00Z

Mr. DeVore had used satirical lyrics set to the backing tracks of Mr. Henley’s “Boys of Summer” and “All She Wants to Do Is Dance” to attack his opponent, Senator Barbara Boxer. Romney and Gingrich Pull Songs After Complaints 2012-02-04T01:17:16Z

His six-piece band involves a saxophonist and backing vocalist, yet lean, minimalist arrangements are the rule. Pitchfork Festival Day 3: Tree, Foxygen, Killer Mike kick things off 2013-07-22T00:56:00Z

Beeping like a truck backing up, Ms. Hoffbauer transmitted the work’s subversive wit, but she ended in tune with Satie, her sung note ringing through the cavernous gallery. Dance Review: Yvonne Rainer Retrospective at Dia:Beacon 2012-02-27T23:17:52Z

Focusing mainly on the songs from her new recording, “Are We There,” Van Etten led a sympathetic backing quartet through an hour-plus set that occasionally lurched but mostly percolated around her aching melodies. Sharon Van Etten delivers a stately performance at the 9:30 Club

Now Sam Lipsyte seems to be making his move, backing up his smart and very funny 2010 novel The Ask with his own splashy compilation of short , The Fun Parts. The Fun Parts by Sam Lipsyte – review 2013-07-07T10:00:00Z

Two stars of the HBO series "Entourage" are backing the new owners of a popular restaurant next door to a racetrack in eastern New York. 'Entourage' stars among investors in NY restaurant 2010-07-20T16:46:00Z

Nevertheless, Tankian was hard at work earlier this summer preparing fans for his symphonic transition by performing numerous concerts with backing orchestras in Europe. System of a Down's Tankian explores new "Harmonies" 2010-08-21T01:04:00Z

In a series of letters, Jackie tussled with him tooth and nail on certain points of Spanish history, not backing down. New books explore Jackie's other life _ as editor 2010-12-16T21:32:09Z

Luke Conibear and Isaac McKelvey, a pair of DJ-producers in Manchester, England, known as Duke & Jones, plucked the audio from “Chicken Shop Date” and set it to a backing track with an easygoing beat. How Louis Theroux Became a ‘Jiggle Jiggle’ Sensation at Age 52 2022-06-17T04:00:00Z

But it took another decade to finesse the script, get financial backing and find the right Sonia. Freida Pinto: ‘I wouldn’t work with Woody Allen again’ 2019-01-27T05:00:00Z

Far from backing off, journalists should hone their questioning skills and find new ways to pin down this particularly slippery administration. Perspective | NBC’s questioning of Ivanka Trump was more than appropriate. It should be just the start. 2018-02-27T05:00:00Z

At its worst, it's almost unbearably horrible, a queasy stew of falsetto backing vocals, have-a-banana oompah and lyrics that don't so much sneer at the working classes as sneer at everybody. Blur: 21 – review 2012-07-26T14:30:01Z

"I'm still backing him, but I definitely think it's a bigger and bigger mountain to climb," Florida state Rep. For Herman Cain, the campaign all but over 2011-12-01T23:29:00Z

At one point, the choir walked to the front of the chapel and performed an experimental piece involving an electronic backing of whale sounds, the girls’ red outfits standing out among the boys’ white robes. After 350 Years of Tradition, a Boys’ Choir Now Admits Girls 2022-07-15T04:00:00Z

His comeback single contains plenty of food-as-sex metaphors with a brilliantly catchy backing track. Songs that are hungry and horny 2010-04-27T11:56:00Z

Security couldn't do anything so the band played this surrounded by fans who then proceeded to sing backing vocals, play extra drum parts and generally dance around. Six Songs of Me: Andrew Evans of When the Gramophone Rings 2012-08-23T10:10:40Z

One of the more surprising tweets backing the campaign came from Glamour Magazine, which publishes many a picture of scantily clad models. High profile celebrities back the anti-Page 3 petition 2012-09-26T12:40:00Z

Armed with a full band, including three backing singers, and two dancers she ran through a furious 90-minute set that cut across most of her catalog. Ciara, a fiery performer desperately in need of better material 2015-06-01T04:00:00Z

Hoyle’s model enjoyed some backing in the 1950s. Listen up, Marco Rubio!: Science lessons for the tea party 2012-11-25T19:00:00Z

The backing track begins with the sound of breathing; it, and the piece, ends with rustling and faint explosions. Review: A Composer’s Redacted Music and Raucous Noise 2019-04-19T04:00:00Z

We’ve only had a major label backing us since 2013, so the majority of our career so far has been just us. For Lukas Graham, ‘7 Years’ Changed Everything and Nothing 2016-12-06T05:00:00Z

It's an apt cover, surging with currency and voltage, just like Segall and his backing trio, which make a play for the weekend's standout performance. Pitchfork Day 3: Vampire Weekend, Ty Segall, Kendrick Lamar (and Lady Gaga?) 2012-07-16T05:11:00Z

As the Taliban advanced through the country, she began backing up her film archives digitally, though they now sit on a hidden hard drive to which she no longer has access. Perspective | Artists and cultural workers face life under Taliban 2.0 2021-08-29T04:00:00Z

While Fender struggled to keep his existing factory in business, Paul was thriving as a musician, backing Bing Crosby and others. Behind the Guitar Heroes 2019-01-16T05:00:00Z

Some songs were just backing tracks, so Clark sang lyrics to Weintraub so he could understand where he planned to go. Gary Clark Jr. was supposed to save the blues. But the guitarist would rather channel Curtis Mayfield. 2019-03-27T04:00:00Z

The privatization effort has the backing of the National Air Traffic Controllers Association, although other FAA unions are opposed. Trump shows interest in privatizing air traffic control 2017-02-10T05:00:00Z

To that end, she has partnered with labor groups to underwrite and co-sponsor the show — an unusual creative alliance for an art form that far more typically turns to the rich for backing. Perspective | Restaged in front of the AFL-CIO’s national headquarters, ‘Working’ the musical labors to be a vehicle for activism 2021-09-07T04:00:00Z

"Go gently with the installation, so as to not overwork the panel. Overpulling can cause the panel to stretch or lose strength in the adhesive backing, so the seam doesn't adhere properly," Rees notes. 6 removable wallpaper mistakes I'll never make again 2022-07-28T04:00:00Z

Comedy Central is backing up its new “Daily Show” host, Trevor Noah, after his social media history came back to haunt him. Comedy Central defends new 'Daily Show' host Trevor Noah after tweets 2015-03-31T04:00:00Z

Listening to the original version, you realize that the mix places the emphasis on the backing vocalists, who begin Ms. Carey’s sentences or seem to complete her thoughts. Mariah Carey’s List Is Short: All She Wants Is Immortality 2015-12-22T05:00:00Z

But the actress showed photographers she was backing the Brits all the way by wearing a small flag under her gown. In pictures 2011-02-28T10:14:19Z

The channel is now backing Rothwell enthusiastically; along with Insecure, she has her own development deal, and is working on a “subversive” comedy for the network, set in New York. Insecure’s Natasha Rothwell on being 2018’s funniest character 2018-12-18T05:00:00Z

He adds: The project still requires a complex mix of grant aid, public and private financial backing to get it off the ground – and that's what we're focusing on now. Campaign to restore Tynemouth Outdoor Pool reveals plans 2012-11-19T07:00:00Z

Company executives said Silver Lake's backing will help Cast & Crew expand its services as the entertainment expands across multiple digital platforms. Silver Lake buys Cast & Crew for $700 million 2015-06-29T04:00:00Z

If the individual sections do not have a metal backing, affix one of 20 magnetic stickers. At the annual Travel Goods Show, plenty of pack-worthy products 2020-03-19T04:00:00Z

"David then expanded on my backing vocals and has done a lead on at least one of them." Pink Floyd album 'out in October' 2014-07-07T04:00:00Z

But only Reggie Watts loves it enough to sample it, loop it, and sing songs to his own backing track. Reggie Watts – review 2013-06-19T16:54:00Z

Other people in Hollywood applauded Ms. Ellison for giving substantial backing to an important filmmaker who wanted to tell an important story. ‘Detroit’ Suffers Box-Office Setback as ‘Dark Tower’ Is No. 1 2017-08-06T04:00:00Z

If Milano legitimately wants to champion progressive causes and women’s rights, she should consider backing a candidate who has a true chance of instituting political change. More backlash for Alyssa Milano over her support of Marianne Williamson's presidential bid 2019-07-17T04:00:00Z

Because of the show’s major network backing and primetime slot, he said, it was covered like any other television show. Neil deGrasse Tyson: Ken Ham’s beliefs are even crazy for Christians 2014-08-23T04:00:00Z

On her current tour she brings out other famous people to serve as backing props, but here she was the one in service of others. Miley Cyrus Delivers Many Story Lines to 2015 V.M.A.s 2015-08-31T04:00:00Z

The picture had enjoyed strong backing from both Paramount Pictures and Bill Gates. Carpetbagger: ?King?s Speech? Leads Oscar Nominations 2011-01-25T17:17:25Z

Some analysts expect that Costolo, who appears to have the backing Twitter’s board, will be given time to address the issues slow user and ad growth. Twitter's Costolo In Spotlight, But No CEO Change In Sight, Analysts Say 2015-05-06T04:00:00Z

For fifteen years, Campbell and Williams were frequently separated by work, especially during the eight years Campbell spent backing Bob Dylan on the Never Ending Tour. An Album, At Last 2015-06-22T04:00:00Z

Now we have Tuesday’s Supreme Court decision backing the right of unlicensed “crisis pregnancy centers” in California to refuse to dispense accurate information about how to obtain and abortion to their patrons. "The Handmaid's Tale" is so brilliant and relevant that I can't stand it 2018-06-27T04:00:00Z

The arrogance of power is bad enough; it is worse when powerful men receive the backing and support of powerful institutions—a university, a restaurant association, the Catholic Church. Jerry Sandusky’s guilty — and so are we 2012-06-25T13:59:00Z

Fallen Empires' title track is a full-scale trance moment, performed with support band Everything Everything on ululating backing vocals. Snow Patrol - review 2012-02-13T17:50:23Z

There are jaunty, melodic passages with impressive guitar backing; high, swooping vocals and slinky, breathy whispers; and lyrics that deal with everything from time and illness to a killer willow tree. Ruth Theodore: Dear Lamp Love Moth – review 2013-06-13T22:00:01Z

“These types of wallboard are specifically treated with a special paperless backing and coatings to prevent mold and/or moisture,” she said. Bathrooms are breeding grounds for mold and mildew. Here’s what you can do. 2021-03-09T05:00:00Z

Antony quietly and carefully sings “Landslide” with spare guitar backing. New Music: New Albums Include ‘A Tribute to Fleetwood Mac’ 2012-08-13T22:29:39Z

When he joined Clark again at Abbey Road Studios in January 1986, the session recorded 48 tracks of backing vocals for “Time”. Freddie Mercury returns in release of stripped-back version of 'Time' 2019-06-20T04:00:00Z

At a recent performance, people walking behind the scenes, visible through the thin backing curtain, were a continuous distraction throughout the 100-minute play. Theater Review: ‘Dancing on Nails,’ Set in a 1950s Store, Opens at Theater 80 2013-07-25T02:00:01Z

Scorsese is backing a plan that would limit the height of new development on the east side of the Bowery to eight stories. Director Scorsese urges NYC to preserve Bowery 2013-03-21T14:42:07Z

She started singing in church as a child and in her teens, she was a backing singer for Chaka Khan and Jermaine Jackson. Whitney Houston found dead, aged 48 2012-02-12T02:00:51Z

In 1972, she joined her brother’s backing band and played with him for decades. Bobbie Nelson, sister of country music legend, dies at 91 2022-03-11T05:00:00Z

With wife June Carter dead-set on helping her husband to clean up his act, Cash and his backing band, the Tennessee Three, played the San Francisco venue at the apex of the Haight-Asbury period. Listen to Johnny Cash sing "Cocaine Blues" at his legendary, intimate Carousel Ballroom concert 2021-07-29T04:00:00Z

Somehow, the discovery that Bowie's most famous backing band weren't from outer space but were ordinary northern working-class blokes with Yorkshire accents didn't break the spell but strengthened it. How the Spiders from Hull changed rock 2013-05-22T15:59:17Z

With life experience backing up her marvelously facile performances, her development should be very interesting to observe. 16-year-old violinist SooBenn Lee makes a shining Washington debut 2016-11-15T05:00:00Z

Photograph: Ian West/PA Jack White is generally a gentleman of taste so his backing of model Karen Elson's musical career is sure to raise interest in her forthcoming album. Models and music: looking good, sounding dreadful | Ben Myers 2010-03-29T11:35:00Z

There is some backing out of unprofitable avenues. 'Mozart in the Jungle' on Amazon gets good after woeful pilot 2014-12-23T05:00:00Z

Ms. Murrell, who is African-American with an M.B.A. from Harvard and a long career in finance before shifting to art, initially struggled to find backing for her unconventional research. New Attention for Figures in the Background 2018-10-25T04:00:00Z

The keyboard playing and song arrangements – two of Franklin's particular strengths – were left to her male backing ensemble and production crew. How Aretha Franklin asserted control over her career, paving the way for female musicians 2021-08-21T04:00:00Z

Turns out that backing up wasn’t the hardest part. A latecomer to the #vanlife party takes a 4,000-mile road trip in a pop-up camper 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z

His band, Orleans Avenue, operates with muscular efficiency, never more so than when it’s backing Trombone Shorty as a singer. Critics? Choice: New Music From Merle Haggard and Willie Nelson 2010-04-18T23:21:00Z

With Paul McCartney adorning the track with bass guitar and backing vocals, “Grow Old with Me” comes off as a miniature Beatles reunion of sorts. Ringo Starr's "What's My Name": A triumphant return to form for the former Beatle 2019-10-25T04:00:00Z

Then in 1957, while on tour as part of the band backing bluesman Robert Nighthawk, he was trampled and both legs were broken, leaving him in a wheelchair ever since but still making music. 'Last Man Standing' finds CeDell Davis growling his finest Delta blues 2015-01-13T05:00:00Z

This first track makes it immediately apparent that the Dap-Kings are still one of the best backing bands in the business. Sharon Jones Returns from Cancer Treatment with Triumphant New Album 2014-01-15T16:56:19Z

This post has been updated with the official announcement by NBC of Curry's departure and the detail that her deal will include some financial backing. Ann Curry leaves NBC News to form her own production company 2015-01-13T05:00:00Z

“I think the faces look like Eisenhower,” Mr. Harris playfully offered after nearly backing into one himself. For Tony Kushner, It’s Angels Over the Breakfast Nook 2017-08-21T04:00:00Z

His voice sounds better than ever, helped by a distinguished backing band that includes pedal steel exponent Greg Leisz, and the songs are mostly bleak and personal, rather than political. Billy Bragg: Tooth & Nail – review 2013-03-14T22:45:01Z

Over watery guitar and hauntingly beautiful backing harmonies in “How They Want me to Be,” Cosentino explains what she wants most in a partner: somebody who allows her to be herself. Album review: Best Coast, 'The Only Place' 2012-05-14T17:54:00Z

Sontag and Wolfe were always haggling for more — not necessarily more money, which they usually didn’t get, but more time, more favors, more backing in public and private. ArtsBeat: The Mostly Good Old Days: Boris Kachka Talks About ‘Hothouse’ 2013-07-31T16:34:41Z

The Roots, led by the drummer Questlove, will anchor the show, backing up many of the guest vocalists. ArtsBeat: Concert at Carnegie Hall Will Honor the Songs of Prince 2013-01-03T16:39:50Z

There is scientific evidence backing up much of the wisdom. Documentary suggests sky not falling after all 2011-03-10T01:59:52Z

Her eight-person band filled the songs with cocktail lounge piano, bright keyboard textures, sleek mid-tempo funk grooves and the coos of three female backing singers. Anita Baker shines after long wait at Chicago Theatre 2011-02-13T16:06:00Z

With Sun Midnight Sun, she admits, she's going to surprise a few of her followers, not least with its grungy guitar backings, and the catchy pop cover of Willie Nelson's I'm a Memory. Sara Watkins: 'I wanted to leave my comfort zone' 2013-01-30T17:13:17Z

The Rome-based Nomas Foundation, an arts and research institute that examines contemporary art within the public sphere, is providing curatorial backing for “Earth Poetica.” Israeli Artist Turns Plastic Pollution Into ‘Earth Poetica’ 2022-01-16T05:00:00Z

The backing chorus sounds like the restless hectoring of a crowd gathered in the town square for a hanging. Album review: Neil Young and Crazy Horse, 'Americana' 2012-06-04T02:27:00Z

There is a tradition in Arizona of leaders not backing down from a fight. Gabrielle Giffords on standing up and speaking up for what’s right 2019-01-11T05:00:00Z

The main treaty — the 1954 Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict — is weakly applied, with little financial backing, said Bonnie Burnham, president of the World Monuments Fund. In Syria and Iraq, Trying to Protect a Heritage at Risk 2014-10-03T04:00:00Z

At that point Birkmaier reattached the painting to the canvas borders left behind when it was sliced off and gave it a new backing. Sacred or Sexist? After a Brazen Theft, Seeing de Kooning in a New Light. 2022-05-20T04:00:00Z

“I Think I’m Good” unpacked the experience of living with bipolar disorder through scant electroacoustic backing tracks and heavily modulated vocals. Kassa Overall Knows Artists Feel Pressure. His New Album Explores It. 2023-05-17T04:00:00Z

Master noted that in New York, it only took a little bit of spending to get normally progressive legislators backing the telecoms’ pet plan. Stop-and-frisk, eviscerated 2012-05-29T19:30:00Z

With so many celebrities backing that particular spirit these days, it may seem as if Ms. Longoria is late to the game. Eva Longoria Knows There’s Still Work to Do 2021-09-09T04:00:00Z

The chair of judges, Andrew Neil, said the collection had won the backing of a "clear majority" of the panel, against an exceptionally strong field, before calling it, "very special, unusual and uplifting". Jo Shapcott: the book of life 2011-01-27T08:00:06Z

Glue the cloth to the flap and, at the top, to the existing backing of your frame. How to replace pool tiles that have fallen off 2016-07-08T04:00:00Z

He might speed up one backing vocal while slowing down another, and make it all fit together with a regular-speed lead vocal, all at the same time. Prince is still king, say Hot Chip 2012-12-11T18:55:00Z

"Waiting for 'Superman'" was well-received and widely viewed, thanks to backing by the Gates Foundation. "Parent power" film stirs hopes of education reform activists 2012-09-28T22:38:16Z

Go for the show and you'll bask in the wavy glow of the mesmerizing modular arts panel backing the musicians. Bake's bops into Bellevue, blowing changes in the kitchen 2012-08-16T20:54:04Z

But he offered only partial backing as he spoke to BBC Radio's 4 Today programme. Rotherham child abuse scandal: police commissioner refuses to resign 2014-08-27T04:00:00Z

Mr. Wright, the trombonist, said that Mr. Skrowaczewski’s backing of the orchestra during the dispiriting dispute was on his mind when he saw him after one of his final concerts, two years later. Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, Conductor Who Fled Poland, Dies at 93 2017-02-26T05:00:00Z

That Abrams is backing this idea of Hollywood staying and being part of the resistance within the state is important. Stacey Abrams offers Hollywood an alternative to boycotting Georgia over heartbeat bill 2019-05-16T04:00:00Z

Selling well all over the world, it's a big album for Wisconsin-based, mainstream/indie darling Vernon and his new, larger backing band — touring with nine members. Concert review: Bon Iver at the Paramount 09/26/11 2011-09-27T19:12:37Z

She wrote it with the understanding that there would be a 30-piece orchestra backing her spoken word. Seattle artists imagine the apocalypse, set to music and poetry 2012-03-28T19:56:08Z

The test’s goal was to help women identify their strengths to secure appropriate jobs, and it is often criticized for its lack of scientific backing. Analysis | Four letters can say a lot: Why people put their Myers-Briggs personality types in their Tinder profiles 2019-08-15T04:00:00Z

A Fire Department spokesman, citing preliminary information, confirmed two Delta planes were backing away from loading gates when they clipped wings, and no injuries were reported. 2 planes clip wings at O'Hare Airport 2011-07-30T02:05:00Z

Writing the book wasn't about "backing into the limelight". Candia McWilliam, AS Byatt and the ethics of the memoir 2010-08-24T08:46:00Z

There’s an empty-calorie feeling here, as spectacle grows less thrilling without insight backing it up. Review: 'Billions' Is Bullish on Drama, Bearish on Insight 0002-11-29T05:00:00Z

A second Columbia album, “Second Winter,” came out soon after, followed by “Johnny Winter And,” on which he introduced a new backing band featuring the guitarist Rick Derringer. Johnny Winter, Virtuosic Blues Guitarist, Dies at 70 2014-07-17T04:00:00Z

Your mother is embarrassed, your siblings are backing her up, but there are far worse fates than embarrassment. Perspective | Ask Amy: Pondering ‘the trouble with mother’ 2020-03-07T05:00:00Z

She frequently harmonized with her backing tracks in unexpected ways, and her band was interesting, too: One guy handled synthesizer duties while two drummers played separate kits over the set’s pre-recorded dance rhythms. Tove Lo sings about sex, drugs and more sex. Why aren’t we scandalized? 2015-10-20T04:00:00Z

Live, the song expands from the album version, with a banjo and female backing vocals floating to the fore. Tom Jones 2010-09-18T23:05:00Z

So I recorded some little backing tracks for her on piano and said: "You go off, have fun with these, and maybe I'll see you in six months." Schoolteachers of rock 2010-04-25T20:30:00Z

“I Keep a Close Watch,” which was a lost-love ballad with orchestral backing when Mr. Cale released it in 1975, was immeasurably more lonely supported by a few recurring piano notes and ticking percussion. Review: John Cale of the Velvet Underground, Still Bristling at 75 2017-11-19T05:00:00Z

He also designed the cover to “The Stylus,” a literary journal he hoped to produce but that failed to gain financial backing. Famous writers’ art and design 2012-07-03T00:00:00Z

McCollum is also backing the Diary of a Wimpy Kid the Musical at the Children’s Theatre Company in Minneapolis. 'The Devil Wears Prada' Could Be Hitting Broadway 2015-05-12T04:00:00Z

The first image of a masked Karen Gillan, playing an actor named Carol, greeting her agent awkwardly and backing away from a hug feels like a jolt of recognition. The horror of Netflix's COVID "Bubble" is that celebrities – they're not just like us 2022-04-07T04:00:00Z

At Block Party, the backing track was atmospheric and clacking, vaguely sci-fi. Capitol Hill Block Party 2011 day one notables: F-ed Up, Craft Spells, THEESatisfaction 2011-07-23T18:44:53Z

Sung in Neapolitan dialect with a trembling, dramatic vocal style and guitar and synthesizer backing redolent of 1980s rock, the tune is a prime example of Naples' neo-melodic music. Naples singer Nello Liberti investigated for glorifying the mafia 2012-02-08T17:29:31Z

So he turned down the Auto-Tune and backing tracks and complicated orchestrations and arrangements. On TV’s New Musicals, Every Episode Is Opening Night 2020-01-07T05:00:00Z

The alluring backing vocal parts on the lyrics "bang, bang, bang, on the door baby" are clearly reminiscent of the "Batman" television theme music. Glitter down the Atlanta Highway – the B-52s are setting out on their final dance party! 2022-09-05T04:00:00Z

He had enlisted the musicians as his latest backing band after a low-key scouting mission to hear them play at 55 Bar in Greenwich Village last year. David Bowie Allowed His Art to Deliver a Final Message 2016-01-11T05:00:00Z

His financial backing came from the family of his wife, Emmy Obermeyer, a brewer’s daughter, with whom he had a loveless marriage. The Two Artist Couples Who Helped Start American Modernism 2019-03-27T04:00:00Z

Love says he doesn't want the band to be "over-exposed", but rather than stop touring, he intends to carry on with a no-doubt cheaper backing band, which includes his son Christian. The Beach Boys 2012-09-26T14:57:14Z

Jimmy Carr came over and said 'I thought that was brilliant you guys saying all that, really backing talent. Patrick Foster interviews Shane Allen, Channel 4 head of comedy 2011-08-21T17:51:15Z

To his alarm one of the boys puts his hands on him before backing off, laughing, as others saunter across his path. "When They See Us" demands we see the boys damaged by the Central Park jogger case 2019-05-30T04:00:00Z

Narration is barked through a megaphone, and words are usually secondary to the music: loud beats of a drum, cymbal or gong, backing Mr. Schumann’s screechy violin and razzy kazoo. | Bread and Puppet Theater: Bread and Puppet Theater?s ?Attica? and ?Man of Flesh & Cardboard? 2011-12-12T22:23:55Z

Most Honest Way To Start A Performance: Justin Timberlake took over the stage by announcing, “This is a song about alcohol” and launching into a whiskey-fueled ditty with his Tennessee Kids backing band. Taylor Swift, Justin Timberlake Win Big: The Best Moments of the American Music Awards 2013-11-25T06:03:51Z

As the opening credits roll, Radiohead fans in the audience will instantly recognize Yorke’s voice, accompanied by a simple piano backing. Thom Yorke follows Radiohead bandmate Greenwood with first film... 2018-09-04T04:00:00Z

But Winehouse sang it with a sleazy urgency, a wilfully suggestive crackle absent from the original and at odds with the upbeat, northern soul backing. A losing game 2011-07-24T18:15:01Z

On Saturday night, with a blunt-force backing band — two drummers and two keyboardists, all in white laboratory coats — she did her best to turn Radio City Music Hall into a nightclub. Music Review: Outr? Dance Music That Revels in Otherness 2011-02-06T22:39:17Z

There are Dion’s humble beginnings, with his initial backing trio, the Belmonts, named after the Bronx neighborhood where they grew up. ‘The Wanderer’ Review: A Dion Musical Hits All the Familiar Notes 2022-04-07T04:00:00Z

Hawkins toured as one of Aaliyah’s backing vocalists, performing across the United States, and also in London, Paris, and Amsterdam, a long way from the South Side. R. Kelly and the Damage Done 2019-06-03T04:00:00Z

Mr. Joseph sings and raps, occasionally pounding at a piano or plunking a ukulele or a bass live, and Mr. Dun bashes the drums and triggers their intricate backing tracks. Review: For Twenty One Pilots, Time to Shine on a Stage of Dreams 2016-08-11T04:00:00Z

He ended up creating a mosaic consisting of 10 panels, each about 5 by 3 ½ feet, mounted on concrete backing, which was then installed on a wall in the Nefs’ garden. Inside Art: A Bacon Cricketer With a Back Story 2010-10-08T05:15:00Z

She handles a crescendo like few others can, and anchors the poppy, busy production backing with remarkable control over her instrument. Kelly Clarkson Drops New Single 'Heartbeat Song' 2015-01-12T05:00:00Z

Revival, Gomez’s second solo album without former backing band The Scene, addresses this question outright, on the title track: “Who knows what I’ll become?” she asks. Selena Gomez's 'Revival' Is Better When It's Still in the Cocoon 2015-10-13T04:00:00Z

I disagree: Baldwin is taking sides and backing Luke – the boozy, jazzy, truthful husband. Marianne Jean-Baptiste: 'Kindness is a religion, and so is honesty' 2013-06-02T06:00:12Z

He sings backing vocals on the beatific last track, Vanderlyle Crybaby Geeks. The National: gloomy ? with a hint of sunshine 2010-04-22T20:30:00Z

Still, Hurley balked at music executives who suggested he recruit rock virtuosos as a backing band or a German promoter who implored him to portray an American hobo for the European press. Michael Hurley, an Original Folk Iconoclast, Turns 80 2021-12-08T05:00:00Z

I feel stupid to have to say out loud that I know that being put on the boat was — but also I’m not backing down, bro. Into the Wild With Kanye West 2018-06-25T04:00:00Z

The first shivers of the day didn't just come courtesy of the piercing wind but the multi-ethnic, age-blind Hackney Empire Community Choir, backing Lewis up on Run. Radio 1's Hackney Weekend offers an urban alternative to the Olympics 2012-06-23T18:00:01Z

Sproatly Smith's Rosebuds in June matches fine, drifting harmony vocals against a quirky backing. Various Artists – Weirdlore: Notes from the Folk Underground – review 2012-06-07T21:53:01Z

On the stage without backing group in Geneva, the first leg of a solo European tour to promote the disc from his own record company, "God" trips off his lips like a punctuation mark. Country singer Kristofferson looks to end of road 2012-11-21T13:27:47Z

Despite the publicity, the Jackson estate is backing a new Broadway musical about the singer, due to open in July 2020. Michael Jackson Hollywood movie reported in the works 2019-11-22T05:00:00Z

She won for her piece Brand New Ancients, an hour-long "spoken story" with orchestral backing, in which Tempest imagines a world where we are all gods. Kate Tempest: the performance poet who can't be ignored 2013-04-10T14:50:13Z

It also featured a fun backing band in the jazz combo Sexmob, reliable purveyors of a good time. Review: Laurie Anderson Gets Back to Having a Good Time 2023-10-18T04:00:00Z

A year later, the young woman returned to Cuba with CIA backing, but confessed the poisoning plot to Castro after telling the prime minister she still loved him. Jennifer Lawrence to play Fidel Castro's lover 2016-01-20T05:00:00Z

From there, this disturbingly clever drama divulges its secrets through serial flashbacks and multiple points of view, edging forward, then backing up in repetitive hiccups. | 'Scalene': Margo Martindale in Zack Parker?s ?Scalene? ? Review 2012-01-20T00:29:58Z

On Friday, he was flanked by an adroit four-piece band and two backing singers, who offered much more than simply eye candy. The Complete Glastonbury Festival Post Mortem: 30 Top Moments 2014-07-07T04:00:00Z

Dave Lapan said Jones did not say whether he would limit or continue his backing of the movie, "Innocence of Muslims." General asks preacher not to back anti-Muslim film 2012-09-12T20:19:11Z

When the corsage or boutonniere’s backing is finished, the third step is to glue a single Cheddar Bay Biscuit on top of the decorated base. Red Lobster shares biscuit corsage, boutonniere video for prom-goers 2021-05-03T04:00:00Z

“If someone like Wendy Schmidt is backing you, it gives you legitimacy.” Nantucket Benefits From a Google Long-Distance Marriage 2012-08-29T20:34:37Z

There are a lot of vocal harmonies, mixing Ray Charles backing vocals with Syd Barrett's guitars, and a lot of different atmospheres. Capsula's Bowie obsession pays off 2013-10-31T14:12:32Z

It received financial backing from individuals, the government and businesses, according to its Facebook page. Rape, hunger and nameless kids at squalid children's home in Mexico 2014-07-18T04:00:00Z

It is understood Moray is the first local authority in Scotland to completely withdraw backing for the arts and culture. Moray council approves 100% cut in arts funding 2013-02-13T19:28:15Z

Walton has planned for growth, telling The New York Times that she committed to the project only after getting the backing of her nieces and nephews. Major art museum opens in unlikely place: Arkansas 2011-11-08T10:31:05Z

"This time I'll be special, oh God, make it so", he strains on the chorus over a musical backing last heard on an Embrace album. This week's new tracks 2012-12-15T00:05:23Z

Her backing, like that of some other Republicans, comes after years of federal funds have flowed to artists in her state. Republicans Start Lining Up to Fight for the N.E.A. and N.E.H. 2017-03-17T04:00:00Z

"I feel like there aren't any tricks on it," she said to The Times in a recent profile. "I was like, 'Don't we need more reverb? Can't we have more backing vocals?'" Florence + the Machine set tour, Hollywood Bowl dates 2015-06-05T04:00:00Z

Mr. Fox does have the backing of HBO, which showed his film last year, but most of the financing for his tour comes from foundations, and none is earmarked for awards-season campaigning. The Carpetbagger: Documentary Drama at the Oscars 2011-02-02T23:23:01Z

I took her backstage on Errol Brown’s last tour, when I was a backing singer. 'She's 85 and can out-dance me': the joy of the age-gap friendship​ 2018-06-09T04:00:00Z

There is even a living connection to “Broken English” onstage: The guitarist Barry Reynolds, who helped write and played on parts of the album, is in the five-piece backing band. Review: In ‘Why’d Ya Do It,’ a Spiky Séance With Marianne Faithfull 2019-09-30T04:00:00Z

It needed a very, very powerful backing so that it would make sense. Music: Lou Reed and Metallica Team Up on ?Lulu? 2011-10-27T12:00:00Z

Did you experience it when you were trying to get financial backing for your business? Prabal Gurung on Anti-Asian Violence, Discrimination and the Duties of Success 2021-03-31T04:00:00Z

Although 1,000 fans lined up, only 300 were admitted to the gig, which began with O'Brien performing solo, then accompanied by a backing band. Jack White records live album with Conan O'Brien 2010-06-14T10:22:00Z

But Miller said it would not be possible without the backing of Megan Ellison, the deep-pocketed producer behind some of Hollywood's more experimental films. 'Foxcatcher' filmmaker prizes the unexpected in chilling drama 2014-11-12T05:00:00Z

Then, as Cohen and Versace entered into improvised dialogue, they became increasingly playful, with Mashiach and Pinciotti following suit and building to a reprise of the giddy duet, this time with piano and bass backing. At the Hamilton, clarinetist Anat Cohen and her quartet explode with intensity 2019-06-08T04:00:00Z

Thundercat’s insistent bass line and backing vocals add a funky jolt to the group’s “Cracker Island,” a sleek and summery jam that happens to be about … a made-up cult? Beyoncé’s Dance-Floor Salvation, and 12 More New Songs 2022-06-24T04:00:00Z

With the backing of the Hollywood machine, it seems Sanders has plenty of options. Rupert Sanders is living the fairy tale 2012-06-01T23:02:00Z

Were you surprised that most backing singers started in church choirs? The secret lives of backing singers 2014-02-25T00:47:09Z

But that doesn’t excuse the dissenters from the standards to which we hold their fellow critics; namely, backing up bold claims and making some basic semblance of sense. Oscars 2018: the growing backlashes to this year's major nominations 2018-02-14T05:00:00Z

Until a few years ago, we were like Rushdie, keeping our digital assets on the fragile hard drives of our PCs and laptops and almost never backing them up. If you have lofty ambitions for your legacy, head for the attic 2011-01-09T00:05:39Z

We had the backing track, and were working on developing the backing track with Calexico, and we were trying to find a singer for it. ArtsBeat: Todd Haynes to Make Film of My Morning Jacket Show 2011-05-03T14:40:57Z

That’s probably why her backing orchestra, assembled specifically for this tour, was competent but purposefully unremarkable. Music Review: Jackie Evancho at Alice Tully Hall - Review 2011-11-08T22:48:51Z

She is also playful, musing "it feels good to be bad," to a backing track of rock guitar. Who was Catherine de’ Medici? "The Serpent Queen" gives us a clever, powerful and dangerous woman 2022-09-26T04:00:00Z

He remembers, at 20, backing the blues icon in Chicago and being impressed with himself. Steve Miller cracked the code of 1970s radio. But he’s still raging against the music industry. 2019-10-03T04:00:00Z

As such, much has been made of the poet’s musical side, especially in his shift from acoustic folk to 80′s synths, replete with glossy backing vocals. Leonard Cohen's New, Beautiful Old Ideas 2012-01-31T14:30:28Z

A wander around confirms crystal clear sound throughout, backing up the venue's claim that there are no bad seats. Rousing Bruce Springsteen puts new Leeds Arena to the test 2013-07-25T16:10:35Z

The sound of bands and backing tracks echoed around eerily empty surroundings — pathways protected with high barbed wire fences and silent cellblocks overlooked by watchtowers. Singing to Be Heard, Behind Bars in Mexico 2015-05-13T04:00:00Z

But the success stories here are not limited to the headliners who have won corporate backing and plum jobs. At London Men’s Fashion Week, Designers Fly the Flag for Individuality 2014-06-18T04:00:00Z

On Monday, Ms. Blanchett was one of 300 women listed as backing a new campaign against harassment in the workplace. Cate Blanchett to Lead Cannes Film Festival Jury 2018-01-04T05:00:00Z

“Camouflage” is a proper worship song, right down to the fiery backing choir. On Mariah Carey’s New Album, Nods to Devotional Music 2014-05-28T04:00:00Z

Maya was finally granted a visa and recorded “Paper Planes” in New York, but came back to England so that two sets of twins from Brixton could sing the backing vocals. M.I.A.?s Agitprop Pop 2010-05-26T04:15:00Z

She mostly played bass, although she also contributed backing vocals and played keyboards on one song. Cate Le Bon and Tim Presley supply Drinks at U Street Music Hall 2017-01-29T05:00:00Z

As we established last episode, she isn’t very productive, and this episode, we learn that she’s not very good about backing up her work and potentially a menace to her colleagues. 'Halt and Catch Fire' Recap: Enter Donna, for Sanity's Sake 2014-06-22T04:00:00Z

She left California for New York where she opened a nightclub in 1965 with backing from famous friends like Julie Andrews and Leonard Bernstein. Richard Burton's ex, theater producer, dies at 83 2013-03-12T17:17:07Z

Baker and Bridgers reconvened to offer backing vocals on several songs on the new album. Lucy Dacus Prefers Weepy Stories, Poet Dogs and Food With Attitude 2021-06-15T04:00:00Z

Now, on a brief tour of much smaller venues with the Flaming Lips as her backing band, Ms. Cyrus is totally free to do what she wants. Review: Miley Cyrus’s World of Excess 2015-11-29T05:00:00Z

But its success is partly contingent on the government backing the initiative with education, as it’s unlikely there are enough foreign-language-speaking guides right now. Bringing Tourism Back to Nepal 2015-09-02T04:00:00Z

As a result, the 140 slots are a shape-shifting chart oblivious to genre, good looks, label backing or mainstream potential. Social media buzz the new barometer of a hit 2015-01-16T05:00:00Z

When the canvas wouldn’t come free from its backing, he tugged forcefully, creating a pattern of thin cracks running across the canvas. Sacred or Sexist? After a Brazen Theft, Seeing de Kooning in a New Light. 2022-05-20T04:00:00Z

Forty-four percent of Paul voters cited strong moral character as their top issue, compared with 35 percent of those backing Santorum. Romney slightly ahead of Santorum 2012-03-11T03:40:00Z

It's a nice record, with a peppy Latin backing, but not a patch on the eeriness of I'll Wear the Green Willow. Hidden treasures: Jeri Southern – The Southern Style 2013-02-07T14:22:13Z

She thought she needed the backing of her nieces and nephews, she said, because the land would have eventually become theirs. Billionaire shapes an art museum for the heartland 2011-06-18T04:53:55Z

I remove the backing only from the edges, and I leave the center. Hints From Heloise: Wonderful wicker

Where once you needed significant financial backing to launch a magazine, now all you need is a laptop, an idea and a crowdfunding site. Zine queens: how women’s magazines found new life via indie publishing 2017-07-31T04:00:00Z

While Hollywood is known for backing liberal causes, and many celebrities are fierce critics of Trump, organizers said the telethon is not supporting any party. 'Cool to vote': Hollywood election telethon aims to get young to polls 2018-11-02T04:00:00Z

“Once I was cornered in a room by some kind of monster, like a dinosaur-type monster, and it was backing me into the corner and snarling like a scene in ‘Jurassic Park,’ ” he said. Nathaniel and Simon: The Brothers Rich 2013-01-04T21:32:05Z

So credit the commission, a typically opaque body with a history of mission creep, for backing off from the plan, instead promising hearings and an expedited review. Big Risks as Landmarks Preservation Commission Moves to Prune Proposed Gems 2016-02-17T05:00:00Z

With a backing group, the Jetblacks, he went on tour with Little Richard and the then unknown Liverpool group the Beatles. Jet Harris obituary 2011-03-18T22:11:19Z

The Cardinal Divas may not have all their desired resources, but if the team’s popularity grows to be like the Bearettes’ at UC Berkeley, the university’s backing will grow, too, Anderson said. A Black dance team arrived at a majority-White college. Some got worried. 2022-10-04T04:00:00Z

Now, Plant – the greatest frontman in rock'n'roll – is also singing close harmony and backing vocals. The showman must go on 2011-01-30T00:03:02Z

Watts and Ruffalo were among the group who helped produce this picture, and she deserves credit for backing an independent project. David Thomson on Naomi Watts 2011-02-24T22:40:01Z

In 1986, Mr. Petty and the Heartbreakers played a 60-concert world tour with Bob Dylan, performing their own songs and then backing up Mr. Dylan. Tom Petty, Staple of Rock Radio With the Heartbreakers, Dies at 66 2017-10-03T04:00:00Z

Some of the credit goes to his excellent backing band, which features the Virginia folk dynamo Nathan Bowles on drums, banjo and organ, as well as the great harpist Mary Lattimore. In Steve Gunn’s music, a city mouse’s tales of wide-open country 2016-06-03T04:00:00Z

Working with a cameraman and the financial backing of relatives and others, he pestered subjects for years to talk or hand over photographs. ?Forgotten Transports? of Czech Jews at Shoah Festival 2010-03-26T22:02:00Z

Watch him singing Go to Hell on YouTube: it's an extraordinary, one-take performance of Ford simultaneously playing acoustic and bass guitar, drums, piano, and backing and lead vocals, thanks to his loop generator. David Ford: not just a singer-songwriter 2010-06-24T21:14:00Z

Her versatile backing band were billed as the Faculty; they are not the musicians who play on the album, but classy session players who work in the British bluegrass band, the Wagon Tales. Krystle Warren – review 2012-05-23T16:20:07Z

It's sponsored by Save the Day, a political action committee backing Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton. Celebrities Campaign Against Donald Trump 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z

It sounds simple: take the silky smooth vocals of a British crooner, add one slow-burning love song, mix in a backing gospel choir and — boom! — you have a chart-topping ballad. Here Are the 25 Best Songs of 2014 (So Far) 2014-06-02T04:00:00Z

“Bloom” doesn’t significantly alter the duo’s approach: shivering slide guitars, shimmering keyboards, muted percussion, Legrand’s disembodied voice floating in a thick haze of wordless backing harmonies. Album review: Beach House, 'Bloom' 2012-05-14T14:53:00Z

She and her backing band of Murray musicians drove the eight hours down to Athens, Ga., to record with the co-producer Drew Vandenberg at Chase Park Transduction Studios. True Love Can Leave Traces. S.G. Goodman’s Detailed Songs Do, Too. 2022-06-01T04:00:00Z

King was not backing into a widely sponsored position. Martin Luther King, Jr.,’s Searing Antiwar Speech, Fifty Years Later 2017-04-03T04:00:00Z

“The Outer Space,” directed by Leigh Silverman, is a companion piece to “No Place to Go,” which jived on the same stage with the same three-piece backing band in 2012. Review: ‘The Outer Space’ is the Place, for an Unsettled Couple 2017-03-08T05:00:00Z

But fans of the contest are backing Ireland as this year's dark horse. Reporter's log 2010-05-28T13:09:00Z

Mr. Rabins encouraged beginners not to let fear get in their way, particularly with the backing of a book or an experienced guide. Mushroom Boom: How to Plan a Foraging Adventure on the West Coast 2023-02-23T05:00:00Z

On cue, the backing band strutted into “Cake by the Ocean,” and the middle-masters smiled. Demi Lovato, Nick Jonas, DNCE and the rise of the mid-level pop star 2016-08-01T04:00:00Z

It had a major budget, some splashy advance reviews, and the backing of the Oprah's Book Club machine. Inside the cancellation of "American Dirt" (and its book tour) 2020-01-31T05:00:00Z

In both, Bowersox shows a developed sense of how to shape a narrative, moving from despair to determination, over relatively sparse backing. Idol Bowersox doing her own thing 2010-12-13T20:36:07Z

But he persevered, and when he and Dan Kosta decided to start their own wine label, they succeeded by sticking to their goal even without formal training or large financial backing. Crack open the best 2020 wine books for rich history, international politics and a vintner’s lively memoir 2020-12-11T05:00:00Z

The band’s tours have typically been lavish, large-scale affairs, with numerous side musicians and backing vocalists and elaborate stage sets. Rolling Stones announce tour, including May 28 at United Center 2013-04-03T13:26:00Z

But it's easy for everyone on the Guardian website to criticise people for getting caught up in backing Blair but we all thought in 1997 we were voting in a socialist government. Alan McGee: 'If there's one thing Creation Records wasn't, it was boring' 2010-09-21T14:40:00Z

One MP, with Erdogan's backing, is proposing a law to ban shows that "denigrate, insult, pervert or misrepresent historical events and personages". The Turkish soap opera that has enraged the country's politicians 2012-12-09T20:30:05Z

If the mirror seems secure and the problems with the backing seem as though they’re just visual problems, you might want to leave it as is. Warped wood around hall rack mirror may not be a problem 2019-11-08T05:00:00Z

The Kinks – Death of a Clown I love the mixture and contrast of the ghostly backing vocals with the almost comedic piano lines. Audio advent calendar: Villagers playlist 2010-12-09T13:56:00Z

Big surprise: Hawley’s backing out of this battle because he now has his prize and he couldn’t care less about their crusade. 'Sleepy Hollow' recap: A hex on her house 2014-10-14T04:00:00Z

This songbook app offers piano sheet music for 12 songs from the famous musical, with backing tracks to help. Apps rush: Phantom Of The Opera, RCRD LBL, Cond? Nast Traveler and more 2011-08-02T07:21:00Z

She was aware of the message she might send by backing out, given her reputation as a role model for African-American women and as one of America’s most trusted voices of moral authority. Pressured by Simmons Over Exposé, Oprah Winfrey Faced a Big Decision 2020-01-17T05:00:00Z

He was persuaded back, and he and Egan became the sole group members, using backing musicians in the studio and on tours. Gerry Rafferty obituary 2011-01-04T19:01:16Z

There are notes she can’t hit without the help of backing singers and tracks, demands that are outlandish at best, silhouettes that can’t quite match the ones she sports on her contemporary album covers. Review: Mariah Carey's Collects All of Her Hits on '#1 to Infinity' 2015-05-20T04:00:00Z

Through mob backing, Vincent gets a chance to operate his own bar off Times Square, and Frankie comes around, wanting a piece of the action. Review | In this era of online porn, ‘The Deuce’ artfully retraces the rise of the sex industry 2017-09-06T04:00:00Z

As he describes his Illinois upbringing, he breathes and pops into the microphone, occasionally strumming a ukulele, then looping the sounds into a backing track for his rhymes, somewhat in the style of Reggie Watts. When Life’s a Crazy Mess, Try Going Onstage 2016-09-20T04:00:00Z

"Someday" sounds like a lost Springsteen rocker, and features Young on backing vocals. FKA twigs takes a leap with charismatic 'LP1' 2014-08-02T04:00:00Z

The record is the opposite of the usual sophomore outing from a band that now has the backing of a label. Music: Echoes of Another Time and Place 2011-02-18T20:45:34Z

Before we get to betrayal, revenge and wildly passionate claims for the cheese’s magnificence, some backing up is in order. Books of The Times: Michael Paterniti’s ‘Telling Room,’ Set in Rural Spain 2013-07-22T20:29:40Z

Springsteen recorded the album live in his New Jersey home studio with the E Street Band, marking his first new studio recordings with his longtime backing group since 2014's "High Hopes." With "Letter to You," Bruce Springsteen reminds us, brilliantly, that we're all on borrowed time 2020-10-23T04:00:00Z

Since then, his admirers have been left wondering when his next film would arrive, with Mullan reportedly experienced some frustration getting backing for the films he wanted to make. Peter Mullan's Neds heads London film festival's most-awaited list 2010-10-21T16:37:00Z

I was proud of myself for finally backing off. Modern Love: A 5-Pound Sack of Maternal Wisdom 2010-10-22T18:56:00Z

It's as though Sade's backing band were warming up, then instead of Sade herself coming onstage, Poly Styrene appeared and started spitting verses like the world had just turned Day-Glo. New band of the day ? No 958: Sound of Rum 2011-02-01T17:00:43Z

Solid financial backing was signed up as the festival grew in size and scope. All that jazz 2014-06-19T04:00:00Z

How this thing was allowed, and who wanted it, is unclear, other than it has celebrity backing from the likes of Jilly Cooper, such support being a prerequisite of every monument campaign. We have the cenotaph: we don't need more memorials 2010-07-12T07:00:00Z

Mr. Was believes that nobody, not even the Stones themselves, can remember when the backing tracks for “Plundered My Soul” were recorded. Music: Revisiting ?Main St.,? Rethinking the Myth 2010-05-20T03:39:00Z

However, The Girl on the Train kicks off a new five-year distribution deal with Universal Pictures that will see the company rebranded as Amblin Partners, complete with backing from Reliance, Entertainment One and Participant. Girl on the Train steams past Birth of a Nation at US box office 2016-10-09T04:00:00Z

Tarinatalo also produces a domestic version of "Dragon's Den" where would-be entrepreneurs bid to win backing for their projects from leading business figures. ITV sees production growth bolstered by deals 2012-11-14T18:06:09Z

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