Sentence examples for sings material from inspiring English sources

He is working on a 24-concert series in which he sings material from the last 24 decades of popular music.

This was the lugubrious, commercially unsuccessful record inspired by Steinbeck's "Grapes of Wrath"; when Mr. Springsteen sings material from this album in concert, the audience generally nods off or takes a bathroom break.

She writes songs, collaborates with alternative-country songwriters like Gary Louris of the Jayhawks, and sings material by her husband, who has entered the country mainstream with songs for the Dixie Chicks and Tim McGraw.

She'd also said publicly that she would never sing "Material Girl" again.

The other two singers were repeatedly introduced, sang material from their solo albums and shared stage banter.

On Tuesday, during a convincing but almost too-smooth performance, Trey Songz sang material from "Ready" almost exclusively.

She started singing material like this at French gigs with Mr. Bonnel, and at trad-jazz festivals like the Whitley Bay Classic Jazz Party, in Newcastle Upon Tyne, England.

Mr. Costello and Mr. Allman sang material from their coming albums, and Mr. Mellencamp and the John-Russell duo drew on albums just released this year, all produced by Mr. Burnett.

During one inspired stretch of her casually luxurious concert at the Rose Theater on Friday night, Cassandra Wilson sang material from her oldest and most recent Blue Note albums, released 17 years apart.

But the nature of musicals is such that high-caliber performances of sung material can be achieved much more quickly than satisfying stagings, and as the productions have grown more ambitious, the achievement has sometimes felt shallower.

The producers said last month that the Tony winners Linda Lavin ("Broadway Bound"), LaChanze ("The Color Purple") and Shuler Hensley ("Oklahoma!") had signed on to the 12-person cast, singing material from shows created by Mr. Prince, the winner of 21 Tony Awards for productions like "Fiddler on the Roof," "Cabaret," "Company," "Follies" and "The Phantom of the Opera".