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Music is embedded in our brains and in our bodies, expressed with every rhythmic breath and step we take, each time we clap our hands, stomp our feet, beat our chests, whistle, hum or sing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
Our whole entrée into this world wasn’t because I could sing or he was a great guitarist — we wanted to write songs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
Madonna said Orbit inspired her to sing and write in ways she never had before, without caring if her words "made sense or not".
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026
We went to his L.A. studio, and the moment he started to sing “Ritmo Babilonia,” it became a Beck song.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026
“It is true that dragons need those who sing of them, in the Outerlands. Without the songs, they are…diminished.”
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
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Strangers sang to each other in joyful unison, while others closed their eyes or held their hands on their chest in complete awe of witnessing a veteran artist in her element.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
Martin O'Neill sang their praises in the aftermath and preached caution ahead of the second leg, as he was obliged to do.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
Inside the packed hall, dozens sang mournful songs as the three white coffins stood in the centre of the room, each placed beside a smiling photograph.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
She said she was shocked by the number of people who sang the music back to her, despite the album having only been released earlier this summer.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026
Flopears sang out because change came slow to him.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
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We see Holbein’s image of Anne multiplying through an 18th-century oil portrait; Jacob Houbraken’s 1738 engraving and a constellation of miniature copies; and Queen Victoria’s sketch of Giulia Grisi singing in Donizetti’s opera “Anna Bolena.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026
The cover of “Big Money,” a 2026 Grammy winner in the Americana category, depicts him singing and playing electric guitar.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
To combat the isolation and boredom, troops sometimes do fun activities aboard the ship, like hold singing competitions and picnics on the top deck.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
The six-season role showcased her acting and singing abilities and earned her two Golden Globe nominations.
From Salon ● Aug. 17, 2026
Right now, the house is filled with the smooth sound of Earth, Wind & Fire singing “September.”
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
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Life begins as a fanfare — a regal entry heralded by brass — and ends as a solo cello lament and the serene acceptance of death as sung by a choir.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
BTS is the first all-South Korean act to reign over Billboard's US top singles chart, which they achieved with their 2020 track "Dynamite", their first hit sung completely in English.
From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026
Nightcall was produced with Daft Punk's Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo, mixed by Sebastian and sung by Brazilian singer Lovefoxxx.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
“It’s Raining Men” didn’t strike any ominous notes as sung by the Weather Girls in 1982, when the People’s Republic of China was just three years into its catastrophic one-child policy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 16, 2026
It was Vivian herself, singing Gilda’s first-act aria from Rigoletto, which she had first sung in the San Francisco Opera when she was twenty-one.
From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman
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