Jazz performer sings “Lift Every Voice” before mayor’s speech in Denver.
From mathematical misfires to ‘oral fixations’ inspired by Bill Clinton, these lyrics will make your ears and eyes hurt so much that you won’t ever want to listen to the…
As Denver dignitaries gathered Tuesday for Mayor John Hickenlooper’s State of the City address, City Council president Michael Hancock introduced singer Rene Marie to perform the national anthem.
For Augusta-based songwriter Ken Stephens, writing a great tune means striking a balance between being earnest and not being obvious.
Q. Someone mentioned “American Pie,” the long song that made Don McLean famous. There are a lot of lyrics that I don’t understand in it. What does “While sergeants played a marching tune” refer to?
Few songwriters could bear the scrutiny of a book of lyrics, although far too many invite it.
Saturdays=Youth — the new album from French musician M83 (aka Anthony Gonzalez)– opens with a stately piano phrase. Synths gradually overtake the piano and Gonzalez sings concise lyrics in falsetto– “It’s your face/ Where are we?/ Save me”– amid billowing harmonies.
Gov. Bill Ritter today labeled as “inappropriate” a jazz singer’s decision to replace the words of the national anthem with the lyrics of another song at Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper’s State
Q. I know that Francis Scott Key wrote the lyrics “The Star-Spangled Banner,” but who wrote the tune?
Editors note: The following is part of a series of stories previewing performers who are coming to Butte for the National Folk Festival July 11-13. For more information on the festival, visit www.mtstandard.com and click on the National Folk Festival icon at the top of the home page.
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