Sentence examples for folks big from inspiring English sources

I said hello to a bunch of folks, big producers, vocalists, and dancehall nightlife people.

Folks, big news: the White House is hosting a South by South Lawn (SXSL) event on Monday, October 3rd.

Stuck in a traffic jam on the M25, Jon Boden and John Spiers came up with the wheeze of a folk big band to fill the Saturday night hoolie slot at festivals.

"There's something for everyone," says Mills. "He rose to prominence because of his rap skills but since then he's covered R'n'B, still does a bit of hip-hop, does folk, big pop songs.

But it also gave prominence to acts who seemed happy to smother the music in sentimentality and kitsch – most notably, the Kingston Trio, the California band whose huge-selling version of the standard "Tom Dooley" (1958) made folk big business.

A far cry from his more familiar role as extrovert frontman with the 11-piece folk big band Bellowhead, the Folk Song a Day concept has already attracted accusations that Boden has either lost his marbles or become a shameless self-publicist.

Jazz, the blues, folk, Big Band, and 'swing' music became very popular in the 1940s.

Spiers first became a folk scene celebrity working alongside Jon Boden in Spiers & Boden, but that was eclipsed by the huge commercial success they have enjoyed with their folk big-band, Bellowhead.

Best known for his work with the traditional duo Spiers and Boden and the rousing folk big-band Bellowhead, this is a bravely original solo project: a post-apocalyptic folk concept album.

But it also denies routine deductions for personal exemptions and state and local taxes and sometimes traps folks with big families or large capital gains.

The $199 kit comes with only one sensor, which is bad news for folks in big houses.