"When I discovered the Louvin Brothers, I was listening to punk, and it has the same brutal frankness," said Gillian Welch, a current performer influenced by traditional harmony singing.
Béla Fleck is surely the finest banjo player on the planet, a virtuoso who can switch from bluegrass to classical, jazz and African styles, while his wife, Abigail Washburn, is also an impressive banjo performer, influenced by China as well as Appalachia.
Similarly does being a performer influence your writing?
The Brooklyn drag scene is explosively populous and filled with performers influenced by the visual and performance art worlds.
An inconsistent second half of the season, during which some of their star performers' influence has faded, is the reason City found themselves facing such seemingly insurmountable title odds coming into this game.
But, surely, it is also creative for a performer to influence other performers.
But Ms. Hastings, a New York choreographer and performer deeply influenced by the Japanese dance form Butoh, wasn't there to vamp, gorgeous fake eyelashes or no.
The explosion of Scottish culture over the last 30 years has reverberated around the world and our writers, artists and performers have influenced all aspects of our lives.
The medium has played a crucial part in shaping public perception of African-Americans, even as black performers have influenced the direction of television.
John Nevil Maskelyne, (born December 22 , 1839 Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England died May 18 , 1917 London), British magician whose inventions and patronage of new performers greatly influenced the development of the art of producing illusions by sleight of hand.
