Word: vocals
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That, according to Beausoleil's Doucet, accounts for the striking vocal style that marks Cajun music: a high tenor that must strain to be heard over the roaring accordion and droning fiddles. The protean Doucet, 43, is a virtuoso violinist, accordionist and singer who gleefully punctuates the French lyrics with the traditional shouts of "Oh, ya, yaie!" He is also an accomplished composer and scholar who has tracked the Cajun style from its origins in northern France through the songs of such 20th century Cajuns as Amada Ardoin and Iry Lejune. Together with his brother David and some friends...
...very happy that we selected who we did," said Bonnie Raphael, a vocal coach and voice teacher for the American Repertory Theater who sat on the selection committee. "I think the content of their presentations will be challenging and interesting to the audience...
When yesterday's softball doubleheader between Harvard and Hartford players were very vocal and full of song. Hartford 2 0 Harvard...
Fried, Carter professor of general jurisprudence at Harvard Law School, served as solicitor general in the Reagan administration from 1985 to 1989. A Cambridge resident, he was an active and vocal opponent of rent control...
...that there is not a single honest emotion in it. A listener feels like shouting at her, e la Tom Cruise confronting Jack Nicholson in A Few Good Men, "I want the truth!" Alas, Harvey can't handle the truth. She obscures her feelings (and her vocal shortcomings) with screaming and squealing. The title track has an absorbing groove, but Harvey's self-consciously raw and distorted vocals push listeners away. The throbbing, mysterious Down by the Water is another melodically intriguing tune, though Harvey's mannered vocals nearly drown it. Harvey, 25, does occasionally spin out a gratifying guitar...