Word: musician
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...groups are.Cultural Rhythms, an annual event organized by the Harvard Foundation for Intercultural and Race Relations which took place Saturday afternoon, proved that there is no better manifestation of the talent and diversity of Harvard College than cultural music and dance.Artist of the Year, Dan Aykroyd, the distinguished actor, musician, and screenwriter, expressed admiration for these enormously different performing groups and their well-rehearsed presentations. “I’ll never forget this day,” Aykroyd claimed. “This was just great.” “Great” barely scratches...
...different are you today as a musician than you were 40 years ago? Tim McLemore, ATLANTA...
...biggest upset in the specialty categories was the Best Foreign Language Film win for the Japanese Departures, about an out-of-work musician who takes a job preparing corpses at a funeral home. It emerged victorious over, among others, the French school drama - and Palme d'Or winner - The Class (Entre les Murs) and the odds-on-favorite, Waltz with Bashir, the Israeli animated documentary. Both films had earned critical raves in the States. Nobody, though, was startled that the Oscar for Best Animated Feature went to WALL-E, or that Man on Wire was voted Best Documentary Feature...
...Ward plays the kind of folk music that you could expect from a musician writing and performing out in Portland, Oregon, interspersing his songs with neat guitar licks and elegant pop melodies that bring to mind a cultured city. On the singer-songwriter’s new album “Hold Time,” the bucolic passion that imbues the most moving of folk albums makes a strong presence. On the edge of the soundscape are Beach Boys-esque surf-rock melodies and guitar arpeggios that tumble in like the Pacific surf. “Hold Time?...
...Ward isn't on your radar yet, he should be. The soft-spoken Portland, Oregon musician has released seven solo albums, toured with Norah Jones, co-produced a Jenny Lewis album, and recently teamed up with actress Zooey Deschanel to make one of the best folk-pop albums of 2008. Ward doesn't write songs so much as he makes melodies with words; the tunes will stick with you long after they've left your ears. His latest album, Hold Time, comes out Feb. 17. M. Ward talks to TIME about his songwriting process, living in Portland...