According to Robert Walser, " Led Zeppelin's sound was marked by speed and power, unusual rhythmic patterns, contrasting terraced dynamics, singer Robert Plant's wailing vocals, and guitarist Jimmy Page's heavily distorted crunch ".

Haruo Minami was known for wearing a kimono, which was at the time considered an unusual style for a male singer.

Continuing to perform the same roles was not unusual for a singer like Albani.

Some singer-songwriters who have been labelled slowcore include distinctive and unusual vocalists, such as the Swedish singer Stina Nordenstam, and bands with creative drummers, such as Codeine.

O ' Neill was an outspoken member of the administration, often saying things to the press that went against the administration's party line, and doing unusual things like taking a tour of Africa with singer Bono.

After a performance at Twenty Grand Club, Reeves was spotted by Motown A & R director Mickey Stevenson, who gave the singer, who was then going by the unusual surname LaVaille as her stage name, his business card for a possible audition.

In 2010, Reiser joined the singer Julia Fordham, in an unusual collaboration.

The Canadian classical ghazal singer Cassius Khan has the unusual talent of singing in the recitational style whilst accompanying himself on the tabla.

Hackett's 1980 album, Defector, features an unusual number called " Sentimental Institution ," recorded with a solo Optigan spinning the " Big Band Beat " disc behind singer Peter Hicks ' vocals.

It was written between 1920 and 1922 for singer and an unusual accompanying group of flute, cor anglais and string quartet ( two violins, viola and cello ).

Apparently during this time he was much in demand as a singer and composer, establishing an exceptional reputation before his thirtieth birthday ; in addition he published several collections of his music abroad, an unusual event for a young composer.

Concerned over the way they keep losing gigs, the Baker Boys hold auditions for a female singer to join the outfit, ending up with the beautiful but eccentric Susie Diamond ( Michelle Pfeiffer ), a former escort with unusual charisma, a sultry singing voice, and emotional baggage she keeps well hidden most of the time.

Some bands use backing vocals in order to contrast with the lead singer who may be performing an unusual vocal technique.

It is not unusual for a neophyte singer to get the greatest crowd response due to the passion and courage they have brought to the session.

The album contained perhaps Watson's most unusual collaboration to date, with former Happy Mondays singer Shaun Ryder who lent his vocals to the Freddie Mercury and Montserrat Caballé song " Barcelona ".

The most unusual idea set forth was stated by composer Henry Brant who said that we would someday find ourselves in a world of “ music pollution .” The entire program ended with a live recording of singer Peter Allen performing “ Everything Old Is New Again ,” which was basically the philosophy behind the entire 20-hour program.

It is unusual in that it places the singer in the actual location of the theatre.

Carl had never played bass until he arrived at a Razorlight rehearsal, but his tasteful, subtly melodic playing immediately provided a solid bottom end for the band, allowing Ågren, drummer Christian Smith Pancorvo ( later replaced by Andy Burrows ) and singer / songwriter Johnny Borrell an unusual rhythmic and melodic freedom.

When asked about about Marsh's unrelenting derision of Journey on a recent television program on which other critics had defended the band, lead singer, Steve Perry, called Marsh " an unusual little man who all too often thinks that his subjective opinions translate to inarguable fact.

I asked him to come back at 8 that evening and sent word to my wife that a great singer had fallen into my lap and to Dobrowen that, believe it or not, this 23-year-old Gedda was the heaven-sent Dmitry for our Boris.

Jimmy Witherspoon, Blues singer ( and a good one ), and the Ike Isaacs Trio, which has done such wonderful work for two afternoons now, helping him with the musical examples.

It is no common thing for a listener ( critical or otherwise ) to hear a singer `` live '' for the first time only after he has died.

But then, Mario Lanza was no common singer, and his whole career, public and non-public, was studded with the kind of unconventional happenings that terminate with the appearance of his first `` recital '' only when he has ceased to be a living voice.

She has referenced this independence from major labels in song more than once, including " The Million You Never Made " ( Not A Pretty Girl ), which discusses the act of turning down a lucrative contract, " The Next Big Thing " ( Not So Soft ), which describes an imagined meeting with a label head-hunter who evaluates the singer based on her looks, and " Napoleon " ( Dilate ), which sympathizes sarcastically with an unnamed friend who did sign with a label.

" Boudica has also been the primary subject of songs by Irish singer / songwriter Enya, Dutch soprano Petra Berger, Scottish singer / songwriter Steve McDonald, English metal band Bal-Sagoth, Faith and the Muse and Dreams in the Witching House.

Since the late 1990s, Orange has also been working in conjunction with singer / songwriter Craig Deanto, and they have released an album titled Who Hears the Cries.

Lead singer Dani Filth has often cited Sheridan Le Fanu as an inspiration to his lyrics.

The city has produced or been home to musicians that have been extremely successful in modern times, particularly Ian Anderson, frontman of the band Jethro Tull ; Wattie Buchan, lead singer and founding member of punk band The Exploited ; Shirley Manson, lead singer for the band Garbage ; The Proclaimers ; the Bay City Rollers ; Boards of Canada and Idlewild.

Each of FAO ’ s Goodwill Ambassadors – celebrities from the arts, entertainment, sport and academia such as Nobel Prize winner Rita Levi Montalcini, actress Gong Li, the late singer Miriam Makeba, and soccer players Roberto Baggio and Raúl, to name a few – has made a personal and professional commitment to FAO ’ s vision: a food-secure world for present and future generations.

A traditional concert has only a singer and one guitar while a dance concert usually includes two or three guitars, one or more singers singing solo in turn and one or more dancers.

One such singer who has merged the Bhakti sangeet tradition of India with the western non-India music is Krishna Das and sells music records of his musical sadhana.

The lineup of the band has changed several times, and the longest serving and now core members of the band are lead singer and songwriter Jason " Jay " Kay and drummer Derrick McKenzie ( since 1994 ).

It starred his wife, Lyubov Orlova ( an operatic singer who had also appeared in The Jolly Fellows ) as an American circus performer who has to immigrate to the USSR from the U. S. because she has a mixed race child, whom she had with a black man.

* The Delani / Sonnabend Halls-recalling the intertwining story of an ill-fated opera singer, Madalena Delani, with a theoretician of memory, Geoffrey Sonnabend, whose 3-part work Obliscence: Theories of Forgetting and the Problem of Matter suggests that memory is an elaborate construction that humankind has created, " to buffer ourselves against the intolerable knowledge of the irreversible passage of time and the irretrievability of its moments and events.

However, he has mostly performed as a singer, releasing three more albums.

American pop-dance singer Madonna has also named Smith as one of her biggest influences.

Cruz is the oldest of three siblings ; she has a younger brother, Eduardo, who is a singer, and a younger sister, Mónica, who is an actress.

Raï has been forbidden music in Algeria, to the point of one popular singer being assassinated, although since the 1980s it has enjoyed some considerable success.

He is credited by many rock musicians as an important influence ; Eric Clapton has called Johnson " the most important blues singer that ever lived.

Sakamoto has also acted in several films: perhaps his most notable performance was as the conflicted Captain Yonoi in Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence, alongside Takeshi Kitano and British rock singer David Bowie.

As of 2008, it has sold over four million copies in the U. S. The first single, the multi-format duet " Party for Two ", made the country top ten with Billy Currington, while the pop version with Sugar Ray lead singer Mark McGrath made top ten in the United Kingdom and Germany.