Sentence examples for acted as musicians from inspiring English sources

Bards, who acted as musicians, but also as poets, story tellers, historians, genealogists and lawyers, relying on an oral tradition that stretched back generations, were found in Scotland as well as Wales and Ireland.

Our fuller sources for Ireland of the same period suggest that there would have been filidh, who acted as poets, musicians and historians, often attached to the court of a lord or king, and passed on their knowledge and culture in Gaelic to the next generation.

He isn't though – he goes on to say that the misery of losing the role informed the way he acted as a Jewish musician who loses his entire family in the Holocaust in The Pianist, though he is careful to stress that the two situations were hardly comparable.

Politically engaged pop stars have a long pedigree: from Woody Guthrie, through Joan Baez, John Lennon and Yoko Ono, to Chuck D, musicians have acted as lightning rods for wider social movements.

He also managed a rock group called Henry Tree, and acted as a mentor to such young musicians as saxophonist Joe Lovano, with whom he recorded in the 1980s and in 1993.

It has acted as a platform for thousands of musicians and artists since opening in 1981 and is widely credited with catapulting The Futureheads, Field Music and Frankie and The Heartstrings to national and international stages.

Most of the concert was given over to a performance by 16 Indian musicians, including Ravi Shankar, while Harrison acted as the humble sideman.

Gergiev thereafter acted as her mentor and was one of her strongest supporters among professional musicians.

As self-appointed champion against 'the murderer' Bush, he has acted as ringmaster to those who loathe America's First Man: film stars, musicians, unionists, statesmen and writers.

Besides Roomful of Blues, Pomus also acted as a mentor to many songwriters as well as an advocate for the rights of destitute rhythm and blues musicians.

The five versatile performers act as storytellers and musicians in "Prudencia Hart," providing Irish folk music (and some rambunctious modern karaoke) during the tale of Prudencia, a stuffy academic who has a run-in with the devil.