Sentence examples for mainstream playing from inspiring English sources

It's a quiet revolt against the trench wars of previous decades, when a player had to take sides: on one hand, the unreformed mainstream, playing on steel strings with modern bow; on the other, the Birkenstock-wearing early-music movement with its Baroque bows, gut strings and archaic tuning systems.

(Chinen) ★ CECIL TAYLOR/GEORGE CABLES (Friday) Mr. Taylor is the leonine father figure of free-jazz piano, revered for his solo exhibitions; Mr. Cables is a versatile pianist in the jazz mainstream, playing his first concert since double-organ transplant surgery last year.

Similarly, the companies the Tribune implicates are not on the periphery of the industry, but in its mainstream, playing major roles in the American Chemistry Council.

In the mid-1990s only a few rappers could be considered true pop stars, but at the same time hip-hop was becoming a commercial juggernaut on its own, whether or not the mainstream played along.

Neither is there a straight up acknowledgement of track like Major Lazer's "Lean On" or even a big room Avicii smasher which, while far more "mainstream," play an undeniable role in what the music of today, and inevitably tomorrow sounds like.

The cast is filled with charming mainstream actors playing charming mainstream roles.

Mr Mankell started out writing mainstream plays and novels.

In terms of its scope and theme, "Chimerica" is the worthiest new mainstream play to come along in ages.

For Kohler, Morris's invitation was "a godsend": after all, how many other mainstream plays revolve around a life-size puppet?

"Since the genre of jazz generally doesn't get a lot of mainstream play, it's a great way to get in front of people".

But to tell the truth, the shower scenes don't really feel essential, and they wind up confusing the discomfort of the players with the more general sense of discomfort that can accompany full frontal nudity in a mainstream play.