On the first night in Sheffield, according to one reviewer, French at last found "the guts to voice her devotion and devastation".
Devdutt Pattnaik's work covers anthropology, philosophy, and art but speaks to us ultimately in one simple voice, of devotion.
To my immediate left, pressed against the gray iron bars that separated us from the V.I.P. mosh pit, a thirteen-year-old girl in a silver sequin tank and top hat voiced her devotion in squeals and screams.
For most of his set he was a voice of loyal devotion, bemoaning a lover's inconstancy and wishing to be reunited.
All the lyrics have something to do with love, as Mr. Escovedo sings and shouts, in his thick, earthy voice, about lust, devotion, jealousy, obsession, parental affection and higher purpose.
His love of voices and his devotion to bel canto can, perhaps, skew his perspective.
He photographed choirs with international followings and others little known outside their towns; choirs that sing folk songs of identity and belonging and others whose only motivation in raising their voices is religious devotion.
His "antidote to the failures of urban education" is teachers with "SNAP," or "a certain quick twitch in their bodies, an urgency in their voices, and a devotion to pursuing a measurable end goal".
Owner of a powerful and soulful voice, Ware won acclaim with Devotion, a debut album that was all about restraint.
In general they were much the same, with phrases about the cardinal's "eloquent voice," and "courage, selflessness and devotion to duty".
