(n.) One who sings; one skilled in singing; -- not often applied to human beings.
(n.) A singing bird.
Example Sentences:
(1) A very popular suggestion was Brazilian forward Creedence Clearwater Couto , whose parents were - fortunately - big fans of the American songsters, while there were also calls for former England internationals Harry Daft and Segar Bastard (who, incidentally, refereed an FA Cup final, played cricket for Essex and owned a racehorse).
(2) On Nottingham songster Jake Bugg "The UK is no more productive than it was back in 2005 – before Jake Bugg got his first guitar."
(3) In a forthcoming book Panda Nation: Nature, Science, and Nationalism in the People's Republic of China , American historian Elena Songster argues that one of the reasons the panda was such a suitable emblem for the bold, new state was that it was completely free of associations with China's imperial past.
(4) The frighteningly serous songsters who entertain the crowd of Japazilian hipsters, Brazilian twentysomethings, curious tourists and gaggles of hen parties offer dead-ringer renditions of Japanese, Brazilian and Anglo-American pop classics.
(5) So while many subjects were off limits for artists during China's turbulent cultural revolution, the panda was not, says Songster.
(6) Ever since, ornithologists have been at pains to point out that the chances of hearing a nightingale in central London are virtually non-existent, and that the bird was far more likely to have been that persistent nocturnal songster, the robin .
Vocalist
Definition:
(n.) A singer, or vocal musician, as opposed to an instrumentalist.
Example Sentences:
(1) As Brooklyn-based Sudanese vocalist Alsarah put it: "We came in as separate musicians, but we're now creating a little orchestra with a new sound – a Nile sound."
(2) It’s said to be a largely instrumental, ambient affair, though session vocalist Durga McBroom-Hudson piped up on social media recently to reveal that she had been in the studio with Gilmour last December and that there would be lead vocals on at least one track.
(3) It positioned Kelela as a significant new vocalist, her phrasing indebted to pop but somehow elegantly haunting.
(4) To recap, Beach House formed in 2004 when French-born Victoria, a theatre graduate, vocalist and organist, finished her studies and moved to Baltimore to pursue a music project with an old friend.
(5) Allen may not be one of the best vocalists around, but if she carries on being this engaging, hers might end up being one of the voices that cuts through.
(6) "Going from being a backing vocalist who learns someone else's material to teaching several people my material and being respectful of their ideas."
(7) By the end of the decade, Brian Wilson had left the band, as had vocalist Al Jardine, Carl had died of cancer, leaving Mike Love the sole original member, alongside Bruce Johnson, drafted in to replace Wilson after his mid-60s breakdown.
(8) He wanted a prominent female vocalist because "it's my mum speaking through me; a lot of my lyrics are written from a woman's point of view," but he also used her to achieve stark gender dissonance, for example when she sings "I'm a black man" on a thrillingly counterintuitive rock version of Public Enemy's Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos .
(9) The result is Aswan , named after the Egyptian city in which it was recorded, which includes six vocalists singing in 11 different languages, and performers from Egypt, Ethiopia, Eritrea, South Sudan, Sudan and Uganda.
(10) It is the author's opinion that vocalists are also significantly affected by TMD.
(11) In addition to Armisen, the other members of the 8G Band include Syd Butler, lead bassist of post-punk band Les Savy Fav, and Eli Janney, a keyboardist, bass player and vocalist of post-harcore band Girls Against Boys.
(12) She is an incredible vocalist, plays drums, guitar, writes songs, makes films, designs clothes – even has her own clothes label: #www.selfesteem.love .
(13) The 60-year-old vocalist was not the only British artist with cause to celebrate.
(14) And it appears that the band – consisting of founder, lyricist and bassist Steve Harris, 57, 56-year-old guitarists Dave Murray, Adrian Smith and Janick Gers, 55-year-old vocalist Bruce Dickinson and 61-year-old drummer Nicko McBrain – have done it in the traditional way, using old fashioned graft and relentless touring.
(15) THE SONG THAT MADE ME WANT TO BE A VOCALIST Don't Turn Around by Aswad (1988) Aswad had other tracks but this was their best.
(16) Need U’s success was followed by albums from Rudimental and Disclosure, artists who blurred the roles of producer and live band while allowing for a constant carousel of guest vocalists.
(17) Griff Fender, best known as a vocalist for the 70s band The Darts, and dancer Laura Street have worked with Oily Cart for many years.
(18) Soon afterwards, he moved to London as vocalist with the Oscar Rabin band, but it did not work out - Manning missed Manchester and his girlfriend Vera, whom he was later to marry.
(19) The song, Africa Stop Ebola, features contributions from the Malian musicians Amadou & Mariam , Salif Keita , Oumou Sangaré and Kandia Kouyaté , the Guinean singers Mory Kante and Sia Tolno , the Ivorian reggae star Tiken Jah Fakoly , the Congolese vocalist Barbara Kanam and the Senegalese rapper Didier Awadi .
(20) Vocalist Durga McBroom-Hudson, who has toured with Gilmour and Pink Floyd, subsequently shared some further details.