Sentence examples for mainstream musicians from inspiring English sources

It was this younger generation of soul- and r'n'b-aware mainstream musicians that kept Muhammad's name in wider circulation.

In a similar attempt to mock mainstream musicians and twist the marketing arm of big business, a writer for alternative weekly newspaper Boston Phoenix encouraged readers to vote to send rapper Pitbull to perform in Kodiak, Alaska, population 6,256.

Andrew Bird's string arrangements, particularly on Riding, are a revelation; now they're scrubbed up and in their Sunday best, perhaps these lyrically unforgiving songs will catch the ears of more mainstream musicians willing to take a chance.

Slowly Mr. Potter emerged through the 90's as one of the freshest saxophone voices and in a way a perfect indicator of where the serious mainstream musicians are going.

Born in the smoky bars of the deep Rosario and defined as "classic rock and roll from the 60s and 70s," the band has managed to expand beyond the independent circuits and is now performing at music festivals along with other mainstream musicians.

After a string of songs with a fellow-Londoner, the electronic artist SBTRKT, who introduced his music to Drake, Sampha became a sought-after collaborator for both independent-minded peers and the sorts of mainstream musicians who aspire to high art.

I cite Kanye West as an example of a mainstream musician doing interesting things, which proves to be a mistake.

Shortly after, Hole's third release, Celebrity Skin (1998), earned Love recognition as a mainstream musician, and was nominated for multiple Grammy Awards.

Not that he must: nobody set a rule that serious mainstream jazz musicians have to make music that comes from deep within and goes over most people's heads.

The emphasis on black culture has not made Mr. Marsalis popular, in part because Negritude and the black idiom are not particularly popular in some intellectual circles these days; one need only look to recent books emphasizing the contributions of whites to jazz and the grant-giving organizations' shyness of mainstream jazz musicians.

The Knitting Factory is a concert house that serves as a setting for many mainstream touring musicians and acts.