How To Use Vocalist In A Sentence

This trio of young ones from Melbourne, Australia makes a primitive, minimalist form of noise rock (vocalist Jonnine Standish's percussion instrument is a single maraca and a floor tom). Boing Boing
There is songwriter, lead vocalist, and flutist, Johnny Burkemeister, and his brother Arlo Burkemeister who plays a Gibson EDS-1275 double neck guitar. Albatross Antics
So many bands and vocalists are trapped in the covers universe.
Inside a rehearsal space at the Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center this week, a group of musicians including former múm vocalist Kristín Anna Valtýsdóttir, an Icelandic string trio Gyda Valtýsdóttir, Borgar Magnason and Maria Huld Markan Sigfúsdóttir and the Seattle-based Aono Jikken Ensemble were running through their cues and a new score by composer Matthew Patton. Worldwide Hospitalities
He's a guest vocalist on a Sharon Robinson album in all but name, and that's a waste.

In 1988, Page released his solo debut, Outrider, which featured former Led Zeppelin vocalist Robert Plant and drummer Jason Bonham, the son of late Zeppelin drummer John Bonham. Five People Born on January 9 | myFiveBest
Now that she's jumped to one of the most famous vocalists, she doesn't deign to visit her former friends.
What he and others needed was a vocalist - raucous, untempered, impelling release and therefore relief - not a novelist onanistically stroking his phrases.
This song rests on the talents of vocalist Nicole Jackson, a woman who weeped into Dannii Minogue's unforgiving bosom on the 2009 X Factor as she was tossed aside to make room for Rachel Adedeji. This week's new singles
You sing all the male parts but you used female vocalists. The Sun
Well we have 3 songwriters and 3 vocalists so we have a few different styles.
The white-eyed greenlet is a vocalist of such extraordinary versatility and power that one feels almost guilty in speaking of him under the title which stands at the head of this paper. Birds in the Bush
The former work is rather seductive, thanks in part to the coos of the vocalists and also because of the exotic tones of the marimbas, glockenspiels, and metallophone.
Massive Attack used to be adept at bringing lesser known vocalists in to the mainstream and making them shine.
The club's jamlike procession of vocalists from the dub, reggae and dance hall didn't disappoint those who did either, nor did the club's DJ/promoters LA Weekly | Complete Issue
Nothing startling, then, just a solid album for those who like their female vocalists neither too poppy nor raw and raucous.
Sure, the big record labels scoffed at first at the idea of a female Cuban vocalist who wanted to sing old-fashioned country music. A Diva From Old Havana
By the 1960s she was acclaimed as the country's leading female jazz vocalist and film actress.
But I think an even better idea is to get rid of the save altogether, that way we can all be shocked and appalled, but nobody has to second-guess a decision or make Casey feel like crap that he's still there and that perhaps the best vocalist in the competition has gone home. American Idol Episode Recap: The Top 8 Revealed
All three of these croaky crooners take two turns in the lead vocalist's rocking chair.
What was interesting about Linkin Park was that they had two vocalists - a rapper and a rock singer.
She turned full time professional in 1979 and came to the attention of the great Mark Murphy, one of the most accomplished and respected jazz vocalists ever to grace a stage.
Among them were composers, instrumentalists, vocalists and lecturers in the theory of music.
The 52-year-old musician, born Adonis Michaelides in Nicosia, Cyprus, had co-founded the band with schoolfriends from Catford but after its first demise in 1982, briefly formed Dali's Car with vocalist Peter Murphy, previously with postpunk bank Bauhaus. Former Japan bass player Mick Karn loses battle with cancer
One of the most famous musicians of the 20th century, he was first known as a cornet player, then as a trumpet player, and toward the end of his career he was best known as a vocalist and influential jazz singers. OffBeat
The Lead Vocalist, who had just reconnected his vocal chords, disconnected them again.
If you can get past half the vocalists, there is some level of interest to be found.
As a vocalist, however, he only emphasises the insipid nature of his songs, most of which are reminiscent of mediocre 80s pop.
The American vocalist is one of those rare performers who can strike an intelligent balance between pop and jazz, art and entertainment. Times, Sunday Times
But both the Italians and the Englishman felt the entertainment would be incomplete without hearing the celebrated vocalist and improvvisatrice who presided over the little banquet; and Madame de Montaigne, with a woman's tact, divined the general wish, and anticipated the request that was sure to be made. Ernest Maltravers — Complete
Mid-song, he calls up two backing vocalists to join him, and later adds a drummer.
It's too bad the vocalists fade out near the beginning, instead of joining in to help take the mood over the top.
Air ReviewDallas-based art-folk quintette Air Review is the auditory splendor of lead vocalist Douglas Hale piano, guitar, backing vocalists  Phil Ramone and Danielle Evin: Dog Ears Music: Volume 198
If the soul died when Marvin Gaye was gunned down by his father, then it was reborn in this generation of young hip hop-influenced musicians and vocalists.
And has there been a better British male pop vocalist to emerge in the last 30 years? The Sun
This band rules, but it's a good prediction that the vocalist will ruin it.
He's a good vocalist, in that he hits the right notes, doesn't belch while he's singing and never breaks off in the middle of a line to scream bitter obscenities.
It's also proof that the Mamas were simply the finest group of vocalists to have ever found their way into a recording studio.
This accustomed visitor would seem a gifted vocalist, but for the inevitable comparison between his thinner note and the gushing melodies of the lordlier bird. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 59, September, 1862
Mancio will be winding up the last night on 14 October with fellow UK vocalist Ian Shaw and Belgian singer-songwriter David Linx, and flugelhornist Kenny Wheeler's appearance with Italian singer Diana Torto is also a major highlight. This week's new live music
Gold is an award-winning vocalist and songwriter and performed for ten years in nightclubs, and at corporate and private parties. Suzanne Gold biography
The vocalist performs jazz and pop. Times, Sunday Times
Once I set up the system, I was asked to produce an album for Jeff Skorik, a well-known Nashville session vocalist, incredible tunesmith and fine guitar player.
Nashville has become the last remaining outpost of the great pop vocalist. Christianity Today
There is the general indie guitarist moping from the two axe grinders flanking the vocalist, and generally, everybody laps it up.
The soulful jazz vocalist is the real deal. Times, Sunday Times
The vocalist is pleasantly reminiscent of Billie Holiday. "Glimmering and vast, out in the tranquil bay."
Being a music junkie from birth, I've been blessed to either witness or hear performances by some very special male vocalists, accumulating faves along the way.
The bandleader, who doubles as the vocalist, is a small, nimble man with a mobile face and dark, bristly hair.
Lead vocalist Pamela Brennan is the best of the available vocalists here.
Basically, one guy wrote all the music and the instruments are played by the same crew, but the vocalist is different on each track. John Joseph Adams » Scar Symmetry/Nuclear Blast All-Stars: "The Overshadowing"
Jim loved the lyric and took the song into the studio with guest vocalists Collin Raye and Susan Ashton.
His 13-year personal relationship with the vocalist of The Cocteaus, was on the rocks and his former drug and alcohol abuse was not making a naturally chippy personality any happier.
In the end, after all you've tried to do to tear this "masterclass" vocalist down, his fans will have the last say and you'll be ridiculed for all your snarkiness and belittling. soundscene (the one who is a David A. fan) Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 12: 23 PM EST Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch
I use the term vocalist deliberately because the moments where she uses her voice as an instrument to deliver punctuating melodic sounds, rather than delivering lyrics, are stunning. FasterLouder.com.au > Australia's leading independent live music hub. Stock up on music and tour news, reviews, gig photos and idle gossip, or bitch to your heart's content in the forums.
More accessible were the tracks in which the band were joined by guest vocalists. Times, Sunday Times
That's the history of Oxy2, and the substance gives the vocalist the ability to arpeggiate aka Opera "figero's" up and down 6 octaves. Rolling Stone : Rock and Roll Daily
Kushner: Throughout the Ecstatic Music Festival, women have played a prominent role, from composers such as Missy Mazzoli, Merrill Garbus, Olga Bell and yourself to performers like cellist Clarice Jensen, flutist Alex Sopp, violist Nadia Sirota, and vocalist Shara Worden, not to mention many others. Daniel J. Kushner: Ecstatic Music Festival Interview #5: Sarah Kirkland Snider and Rob Moose
Lead guitar and vocalist Andrew Kenny, has a relaxed and often whispery quality on the mic that is a perfect compliment to AMS's sound.
Killian and his band of vibes, percussion, sax, flute, bass, keyboards and vocalist occupied stage left.
There is also an interesting parallel between the two bands; Stones' vocalist Mick Jagger and Rooster's axeman Luck Potashnick both attended the London School of Economics.
Nolan has found his groove as a vocalist and his breathy, fretful, at times desperate vocals, are effectively emotive without being maudlin.
She won the Grammy Award for Best Female Vocalist in 1976.
Maz Murray is an excellent female vocalist who guests on the show.
He employs real deal classical musicians, such as Bansuri flautist Ajay Prasann, vocalists Riffat Sultana and Sukhwat Ali Khan, sarangi player Muraadi Ali Khan, bassist Dr. Das, and tabla player Salar Nadar to lay the landscape. Derek Beres: Global Beat Fusion: EthnoTechno, Gnawledge, and Pushing Air
Another handclap-driven number, "Africa Sweat," invites Senegalese vocalist/kora player Ali Boulo Santo in for another killer track. Derek Beres: Global Beat Fusion: Four for the Dance Floor
While the vocalists have an ear for a catchy turn of phrase, there isn't much substance to back it up.
She devoted her twenties to her career, building an unrivalled reputation as the fi nest female vocalist of her generation. Times, Sunday Times
This also is excellent preparation for accompanying other instrumentalists or vocalists and for composition.
About half the songs have Spanish lyrics with a variety of sexy female vocalists that blend very well with the accompaniment.
With Tielli if he screws up, he stops, laughs and starts again - as he did when he forgot his capo and had to borrow one from Wayne Omaha guitarist-vocalist Matt James.
However, Lin Sheng Xiang, the lead vocalist and composer, and lyricist Zhong Yongfeng continued to collaborate and compose songs.
Here's another spacey, chill-out electronic album that features a DJ / producer and a sweet-sounding female vocalist.
It's your standard fare of poppy dance music with a vocalist whose R&B stylings come through her voice.
The vocalist even went to the extent of sweetly pleading and cajoling the crowd to get into the groove, before he let the music and the performance do all the talking.
LPD is one of my four core bands [1], partly because the lead vocalist EKS is one of my favorite hierophantic pathwalkers [2]. Legendary Pink Dots 22 June 2006, Local 506, Chapel Hill
The band has 16 members - one vocalist and 15 who play instruments including trumpets, guitars, saxophones, trombones, drums and an organ.
I couldn't tell what the guy vocalist's words were, but the tone quality was amazing, a full and pure sound.
Their vocalist, Ali Tabatabaee, went for a layup, and Printz, who is a thickset guy with dreds, came underneath and swatted his shot, hard. Fallin’ Up
The distinctive voice and gripping lyrics of German vocalist and producer Enik have been plugged through his recent vocal work on Funkstorung's album, Disconnected.
He's swinging to a hard- driving beat here, big-band-era style, and showing that he is a major jazz vocalist-instrumentalist to compete with his namesakes, Louis Armstrong and Louis Jordan. Both Leading Man and Comic Relief
Then five months ago, a friend introduced him to three young musicians who had joined forces to create a band and needed a vocalist.
The only other Blue Lines survivor is Horace Andy, one of reggae's most distinctive vocalists.
These include solo, chamber music and concerto competitions, as well as ensemble festivals and competitions for string performers, vocalists, pianists and other instrumentalists.
Luckily this has been balanced out by a mixture of house beats, vocalists and a synthesizer.
However, Gomez has the ability to chop and change between three vocalists, often using all three at the same time to create a wall of warm melody.
The one he popularised, basing it on the ancient system of ‘moorchanas,’ between male and female vocalists, each of them singing their respective scales and different ragas at the same time.
Without the benefit of any of the guest vocalists, the band is still able to construct a coherent story.
If you held a party in 1980 and didnt have this song, you didnt have a party vocalist Mary Davis proclaimed in her introduction to Kansas City Star: Front Page
Marlena Shaw is described as a true original and one of the most charismatic and versatile vocalists on the scene today.
The vocalist adds his customary sheen to jazz standards and pop. Times, Sunday Times
The conductor, head vocalist, and stage hand for this bookish choir is George Murray, who co-founded Bookninja with fellow author Peter Darbyshire back in 2003, when the phrase “book blog” still had to qualified with some form of descriptor for the web-challenged. The world is coloured ‘Ninja red this week
Featured will be: William Galison, NYC extraordinary jazz musician who plays harmonica, multi-instruments, sings and composes; Rob Paparozzi, exciting blues and jazz harmonicist, frontman and vocalist for "Blood, Sweat and Tears" and Master of Ceremonies for the night; Paramus Post
The steady trickle of female, retro styled soul vocalists is threatening to become something of a deluge these days.
What sets these Jersey lunkheads from the current wave of underground rock is vocalist Steve Miller (no, not that one) and his glorious howl.
The Brose Walsh Band provided the music to accompany all the vocalists who performed.
Arian is a popular Iranian music ensemble that emerged in 2001, composed of nine singers and musicians, being directed by Ali Pahlavan as the bandmaster and assisted by Payam Salehi, along with three female back vocalists, Sanaz and Sahar Kashmari, and Sharareh Farnejad. Chris de Burgh to perform in Iran
The orchestra is comprised of two vocalists, a violinist, a flautist, a sitar player, and a percussionist.
In 2001, they recorded their debut album One for the Kids, which featured songs written by lead vocalist, Ryan Key.
Yes, we weren't the greatest vocalist, dancers, or harp players, or anything, but we were good showmen.
And when jazz greats, such as the Grammy Award-winning vocalist Kurt Elling, take the stage, it is easy to understand why The Green Mill is often referred to as legendary. Elysabeth Alfano: Behind the Scenes With Kurt Elling
She won the Grammy Award for Best Female Vocalist in 1976.
But he has done an awful lot to open the door for jazz pianists and vocalists to cross over into the mainstream.
I've always listened to bands with female vocalists so it was natural for me to ask some girls I knew if they wanted to sing.
A platform is rigged toward the back of the stage rising over the winds and brass sections for the vocalists.
She was originally signed strictly as a vocalist but she was not crazy about singing someone else's songs and insisted on having input in the writing process.
The four vocalists have a firm grasp on the necessary style, and sing with firmness but not with heaviness.
But instead I suffered through that Vaseline ad with the female vocalist clicking her tongue like an experimental psychiatry enthusiast and that absolute abortifacient which is the soundtrack to the Ford Kuga ad. Arse End Of Ireland
The former work is rather seductive, thanks in part to the coos of the three female vocalists and also because of the exotic tones of the marimbas, glockenspiels, and metallophone.
Swedish vocalist blends chockablock rhythms, fairy tale instrumentation and dreamlike melodies for music that recalls a spacier, sultrier Feist. JamBase
All the usual devices are employed, from female guest vocalists to mildly priapic strutting on the "urban" City is Ours, but originality is manifestly lacking. Big Time Rush: BTR – review
They went through five drummers, six bassists, four keyboard players, four lead vocalists, but only one lead guitarist, quite an achievement.
The orchestra comprised two vocalists, a violinist, a flautist, a sitar player, and a percussionist.
The pianist had to tailor his style to suit the vocalist's distinctive voice.
One of the most notable features evident here is the vocalist's tendency to produce monophthongs in words like ‘I’ and ‘my’ so they sound more like ahh and mahh.
On the band 's two self-produced recordings, 2007' s "Waves" and 2009 's "We Animals," bassist Mike Falotico and drummer Jared Apuzzo build rhythmic foundations for guitarist-vocalist Keith Kelly to inhabit with his reverberative falsetto and ringing, euphonic chords. Starting Gun Sounds at CMJ Marathon
He also encouraged the nine supporting vocalists to take turns soloing throughout the set.
With their inherent drama, influenced by French chanson , his new songs could be easily rearranged for vocalists as varied as Chris Isaacs, Raul Malo or Bon Iver's Justin Vernon; the late Roy Orbison would have had much to choose from had he the chance to explore the Condon canon. The Heart of Beirut's Brass Melancholia
On occasion, Janzen's quest for projection moved his voice too far into his chest, pinching the sound; however, he is clearly a talented vocalist.
I had the idea of using backing vocalists and having them be an element that ties things together as well as using strings. The Sun
The vocalist has a good grasp of English sounds and phonological processes, but in terms of syllable structure, we can say that his yaourt conforms more to French phonotactic constraints than those of English.
Most of the tunes are instrumental, though he drafts a few guest vocalists to quietly croon or blues-up the sound.
In her spare time she performs as one of three vocalists in a band.
The swelling cello and violin countermelodies trade off nicely with Hindle's vocal, culminating in one of the record's high points when Hindle is joined by vocalist Paula Frazer on the song's jaw-dropping bridge.
B. Make me the lead vocalist on one of your most famous songs? Times, Sunday Times
Like all great vocalists, notes not words are her primary tools for communication.
But where were the thanks for that wonderful band and vocalists? The Sun
The Beginning of the End is the Bahamian soul-funk unit founded in the late '60s by brothers/vocalists Liroy (guitar), Frank (drums), and Raphael (organ) Munnings, with bassist Fred Henfield rounding out the band. Phil Ramone and Danielle Evin: Dog Ears Music: Volume Sixty-Four
Just because she had an audition, didn't mean she would continue on to be in the band as a vocalist.
Standing on a makeshift stage of whisky barrels, the six drummers, pipers and vocalists are a dishevelled-looking bunch: think Braveheart meets Mad Max.
Omar Rodriguez-Lopez and vocalist Cedric Bixler-Zavala are joined once again by multi-instrumentalist Marcel Rodriguez-Lopez, drummer Thomas Pridgen, keyboardist Isaiah "Ikey" Owens, bassist Juan Alderete de la Peña, and guitarist John Frusciante (who is also in some other band, apparently? Pitchfork: Latest News
Recently, the popular music sector was saturated with boy bands, girl groups and choreographed vocalists in the wake of the fall of grunge.
Most of the tunes are instrumental, though he drafts a few guest vocalists to quietly croon or blues-up the sound.
The Beginning of the EndThe Beginning of the End is the Bahamian soul-funk unit founded in the late '60s by brothers/vocalists Liroy (guitar), Frank (drums), and Raphael (organ) Munnings, with bassist Fred Henfield rounding out the band. Phil Ramone and Danielle Evin: Dog Ears Music: Rewind, Volume II
The vocalists met a tenor who wanted to become their lead singer.
Her voice was strong and clear, with a lilting quality to it that one might think belonged to a professional vocalist.
I now have a soft spot for Jaguar Love and, in particular, Johnny Whitney — a vocalist with an uncombable shock of flaxen hair and a flamboyant swagger. The Siren Festival : Edward Champion’s Reluctant Habits
Other members of the cast of La Nouba include funambulists, dancers, tumblers, trapeze performers, equilibrists, clowns, actors, acrogymnasts, cyclists, musicians, vocalists and circus artists.
What we've seen as well is the emergence of new female vocalists.
The kids joined in the auction school, and male vocalist of the year Adam Harvey spent hours judging the ute competition.
After a fumy silence in which the vocalist missed planes and got his letters shot back to him, Sam said, "Where would I be living when I asked for -- whatever? The End of the Pier
The popular West End swing vocalist joins the band for a performance of classics from the stage. Times, Sunday Times
Neither of the final two vocalists -- 24-year-old musician Crystal Bowersox of Toledo, Ohio, and 24-year-old paint sales clerk Lee DeWyze of Mount Prospect, Ill. -- have the personality draw of, say, an Adam Lambert. The Top-Earning 'Idols'
This new album proves to be a modern day masterpiece laden with swirling strings, swing beats and guest vocalists a plenty.
Five female vocalists belted out soul classics backed by a 14 - piece band.
The former lead vocalist of The Smiths has his say. Times, Sunday Times
Boasting 15 tracks, four of which act as short instrumental interludes between songs, the album booklet includes landscapes and urban scenes entwined with vocalist Bruce Conlon's sappy poetry.
Having Katy B-ed all over tracks by Sampha, SBTRKT and Joker, serial guest vocalist Jessie Ware goes it alone for her debut single, a gentle, soulful bass-wobble that feels like a hot water bottle wrapped in a blanket made of Horlicks. This week's new singles
This is a very comprehensive and complete set of resource books that could be used by vocalists and vocal pedagogues.
An accomplished harmonicist and vocalist, Godboo's talent has flourished in the fecund blues milieu.
The multi-instrumentalist guitar, bass, piano, drums and vocalist has issued nearly a dozen releases to date. Phil Ramone and Danielle Evin: Dog Ears Music: Volume 159
An untutored if essentially tuneful vocalist, he seems to actively encourage the cracks and flaws that appear whenever he reaches above or below his natural range.
We've recruited mad Lizzy on keyboards and we're looking for female backing vocalists too.
These three make up the band's trio of lead vocalists and songwriters.
Penillion singing therefore allows both the vocalist and the musician to ply their skills within their own frameworks.
Is she a jazz vocalist? Times, Sunday Times
The vocalist adds his customary sheen to jazz standards and pop. Times, Sunday Times
Although her debut album Drama stole its sound and attitude wholesale from the US, Thank You sees the vocalist take bold steps onto new musical ground.
The Blood Brothers' two vocalists play off one another, entwining their lightspeed lyrics into one orgiastic mass of sound.
Primary vocalist Gareth Campesinos (the band has a Ramones-like penchant for pseudonyms) sounds like a stagier version of The Streets's Mike Skinner. The Michigan Daily
The bandleader, who doubles as the vocalist, is a small, nimble man with a mobile face and dark, bristly hair.
Pop and jazz standards delivered with wit and wisdom by urbane vocalist. Times, Sunday Times
If an overbearing sound mix did him few favours, his five backing vocalists wove some strikingly seductive harmonies. Times, Sunday Times
They preferred playing big gigs rather than local pubs so there was space for the four vocalists, core band and three-piece brass section.
The new 14 piece line up is still fronted by three lead vocalists, Louise, Sandra and Sinead, backed by the famous Global Funk brass section, strings and 6 piece rhythm section.
On March 22, the label will release the debut album, "Salt on a Sea Glass," by If By Yes, the new quartet featuring Ms. Honda, Los Angeles-based vocalist Petra Haden, drummer Yuka Araki and guitarist Hirotaka "Shimmy" Shimizu. Downtown Art Star Still Rising
It was touch and go whether the famously difficult vocalist would give his approval. Times, Sunday Times
The one really distinctive thing about this track is that every time the vocalist sings "Zubat is Coming!", there's a crusty, reverbed, ancient pluck on a shamisen: it's perfectly timed, and one of the few times actual Japanese instruments are used in this series.
His influence on mainstream rap-rock is undisputed, serving as the template for other vocalists.
Certainly enthralling is the 14-minute, emotionally soaring offering from vocalist Khan.
A 5-voice ensemble of vocalists is contrasted with a ripieno group of twice as many voices.
Jazz is the real music and here's this cool idea mixing old jazz vocalists' performances with the hip new sounds of today.
Trouble began at once with the vocalists for my first concert, fixed for 14th November, as the baritone, Hauser, who was to sing 'Wotan's Farewell' and Hans Sachs's 'Cobbler Song,' was ill and had to be replaced by a voiceless though well-drilled vaudeville singer. My Life — Volume 2
Are you enjoying the role of lead vocalist? The Sun
She is one of the hardest-swinging jazz vocalists working today, yet Paula West 's career pattern of appearing primarily in cabaret venues like Feinstein' s and the Oak Room underscores that she hardly neglects the lyrics and narrative. Hard-Bop, Key Chops And Country Stomps
A platform is rigged toward the back of the stage rising over the winds and brass sections for the vocalists.
Dead hearts are everywhere," Millan and fellow Stars vocalist Torquil Campbell purr together atop piano and arpeggiated guitar chords in the album's opener ( "Dead Hearts"). Kristi York Wooten: Fixed on Stars' Paradoxical Pop
She guessed that her weekly visits made her a regular, for the keyboard player nodded at her and the guitarist/vocalist grinned.
It's all about female vocalists right now. The Sun
She was voted the best female vocalist.
The earliest piano recordings, prior to 1910, were not very successful; most discs from this time employ the piano as an accompaniment to a vocalist.
The sultry singer has offered her second full album titled The Fine Print, an effort that will certainly underline her credentials as a lyricist and vocalist of some repute.
But although he has found the technology to come up with the tunes, he has struggled to discover vocalists to deliver the goods.
The sounds come from within the reedbed, and one rarely sees the vocalists performing. Times, Sunday Times
Philly-based alt-rock quintette Dr. Dog started as a side project by vocalists/songwriters Toby Leaman (bass) and Scott McMicken (guitar) of Raccoon back in '99. Phil Ramone and Danielle Evin: Dog Ears Music: Volume 126
Here, most of the music is exultant and exhilarating, full of polyrhythms that inspire the vocalists to slip and slide over the beats.
Many of our members are collaborative artists, either as pianists or vocalists.
Yet Sound the Alarm is packed with guest vocalists. Times, Sunday Times
Add some nasty production, have the vocals hiss and fuzz when the vocalist sings loud, or intense, or high, and make the vocals dominate all the other instruments.
Pieper also provides detailed notes on the quaint argot that the vocalists use.
But Carnatic music features singers -- vocalists make up more than half the festival bookings in Chennai -- and replaces the North's small tabla drums with a two-sided barrel called the mridangam, and the North's harmonium (a small reed organ) with the violin (a version of the instrument adapted from the West 200 years ago). Music-Mad Month
But the catchiest pieces were the songs with a vocalist. Times, Sunday Times
Invite a Grammy-nominated jazz vocalist to croon with your best student bands and fill the theatre.
Their music is spellbinding at the best of times, yet in the hands of their vocalists, it can be out of this world.
Now the only thing missing from the band is a vocalist, a drummer and a synth player.
Jazz, blues and modern standards from the polished vocalist. Times, Sunday Times
We overhere grew up with the blues and we heard it in everything we did, even the church music that turned us on the most wasn't those dried up old fig mixolydian and lydian modes from the white church--snoring songs, I call them, but rather the powerful swinging blues-developed gospel hymns of the swinging black choirs and the lead vocalists those choirs carried with them. Empirical Study #1(WITH PORTIONS LOST FOREVER)
Lead vocalist Martyn Jacques, a classically-trained counter-tenor, sings many of the songs in falsetto, wearing a bowler and whiteface while playing the accordion, piano, and banjolele. Archive 2008-11-01
Audiences identify with the vocalist or adulate the lead guitarist; they don't notice the bass guitarist.
Vocalists and instrumentalists can use them to provide accompaniment if a live accompanist is not available which probably is most of the time.

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