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...But he is in a creative funk, and there are already official doubts about the suitability of a libretto about an ageing queen infatuated with a young lord....
...On the third point, the strongest evidence for political pressure shocks came under the administrations of Nixon, Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter, suggesting that — like bell-bottoms, earth tones and P-Funk...
...The breathy shimmy of “Good At Breaking Hearts” is enriched by the gorgeous vocals of UK R&B talent JNR Williams....
...Funk art? “Fuck that.” Despite its predilection for corniness and its attention to flashy finishes, there is something touchingly sincere about Nagle’s art....
...The programme is all-American, with classics by Leonard Bernstein, Aaron Copland and John Williams, as well as beloved pieces such as Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue, 100 years after its debut....
...Kelly Hogan and Saundra Williams also sang backing vocals, with the odd lead part when Staples rested in a chair sipping at a mug....
...February 7; further information and tickets here ‘Hiatus Kaiyote with The Dreamboat Orchestra’, Hamer Hall (Arts Centre Melbourne) The Grammy-nominated Melbourne jazz/neo soul/funk ensemble will join forces...
...The title track opens proceedings with punk-funk rhythms and catchily hollered refrains about disengagement from the disputatious world outside....
...Released in 2013, The Inheritors was named after a William Golding novel about the extinction of the last Neanderthal tribe by Homo sapiens....
...The Chic-inspired two-part “Stay With Me” spins through vocal turns from Justin Timberlake, Halsey and Pharrell Williams, yet sounds oddly workmanlike....
...Jazz, funk, hip hop and soul collide at this popular south London festival....
...Written for New York DJ Ed Williams, it opens with floaty rhythms, Bridgewater at her soaring pure-voiced best and a gorgeous theme played by Foster’s soprano sax....
...The original’s sparse arrangement, just electric guitar and voice, is rebooted into exuberant electronic funk-rock with singer-guitarist Ty Segall....
...What would be your advice for Mr Sunak in getting out of this funk?...
...His 2012 debut studio album, Channel Orange, a magnificent synthesis of jazz-funk, soul, biting social commentary and gently psychedelic pop, embedded in our aural culture as profoundly as the landmark albums...
...William exists nevertheless, and proves himself to be a dab hand at preparing sashimi, among other things....
...“Hello sir, Constable Williams. Wedding squad. We’ve had reports of people singing ‘Uptown Funk’ and clear evidence of some ‘too-ra-loo-ra-rye’-ing to ‘Come On Eileen’....
...His Instagram feed segues long tracking shots of piled tea bowls in his studio with funk or jazz or the bands playing at Stony Island Arts Bank....
...“Paytm, Zomato, Oyo — these companies lose a lot given how mature they are and the fact that their revenues are not huge,” says Jeffrey Lee Funk, a technology consultant....
...Paramore, the arena-filling Tennesseean rock band the singer has fronted since 2004, have progressed from their punky-poppy-emo origins to embrace synth-pop and funk; now, on her first solo album, Williams...
...Jon Williams, a PwC UK partner who focuses on climate change, said while there was “a great willingness” to address this issue, “more needs to be done to turn this into feasible action”....
...London’s Peckham-based producer/keyboardist Kamaal Williams also draws on a wealth of funky grooves on Wu Hen, his second release for Black Focus Records....
...“It is what it is” was among the numerous idiomatic expressions that William Safire covered in his “On Language” column in The New York Times....
...That era’s polyrhythmic thrust was accented by samba and funk, and Croker’s band showed they were masters of those styles....
...His latest project, The Christian McBride Situation, upgrades 1970s jazz funk by ditching the drums in favour of samples, sequencers and the scratch of turntables....
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