Kelly Clarkson has been engaged for less than a week, but she already has a wedding singer lined up -- fiance Brandon Blackstock's stepmom, Reba McEntire!
The orchestra was set up in front of the stage "in the manner of a Baroque jazz band," as Mr. McGegan explained in preconcert remarks, with unimpeded sight lines that allowed the instrumentalists to follow the singers' lines with great flexibility.
Called 54 Below, it's a 160-seat space below the old Studio 54; singers lined up so far include the Broadway headliners Patti LuPone and Brian Stokes Mitchell, and Danny Meyer is consulting on the menu.
Fronting an attentive band and 11 singers, Mr. Carr was an engaging, nimble quarterback, feeding the singers lines that they sang back to him and at least once calling out a key change midsong.
Shooting mainly in Iranian Kurdistan, the cinematographers Nigel Bluck and Crighton Bone find an unearthly beauty amid the gambling frenzy of a cockfight and the silent ranks of exiled female singers lining the rooftops of a mountain village.
Now we have singers lining the walls as well as a choir at each end, and they all begin singing at once, providing a huge surround-sound effect as the organ thunders and cymbals crash.
Singers lined up to sing it.
A novelist and poet before turning to song, Cohen mastered his craft across the decades, and singers lined up to record his work, including Nina Simone, Johnny Cash, Tori Amos, Lana del Rey, Nick Cave, Jennifer Warnes and R.E.M. .
And his boho '70s shag haircut and vintage army jackets continue to resonate with aspiring rock stars -- cue Liam Gallagher, the Oasis singer whose line of parkas and urban gear made its debut last year.
