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Since then it’s racked up more than 1 billion streams on Spotify and YouTube, led to think pieces about race in the Atlantic and the New Yorker and inspired at least one brass band to turn the song into an attack on former President Donald Trump.
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Tribune News Service, Boston Herald, 22 Aug. 2024
Wedding Parades Particular mostly to Louisiana weddings, the second line parade is quite the celebratory tradition in which a brass band and parasol-wielding newlyweds lead their guests, who wave handkerchiefs or napkins, on a festive jaunt through the city (or around their reception venue).
—Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 29 Nov. 2024
The track is noticeably different from previous offerings, with Deal leaning into classic swooning balladry, her tender guitar accompanied first by strings and, eventually, a booming brass band.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 18 Nov. 2024
Typically joyous street parties led by brass bands, the events celebrate and honor Black social clubs and their members.
—Chelsea Brasted, Axios, 18 Nov. 2024
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Tribune News Service, Boston Herald, 22 Aug. 2024
Wedding Parades Particular mostly to Louisiana weddings, the second line parade is quite the celebratory tradition in which a brass band and parasol-wielding newlyweds lead their guests, who wave handkerchiefs or napkins, on a festive jaunt through the city (or around their reception venue).
—Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 29 Nov. 2024
The track is noticeably different from previous offerings, with Deal leaning into classic swooning balladry, her tender guitar accompanied first by strings and, eventually, a booming brass band.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 18 Nov. 2024
Typically joyous street parties led by brass bands, the events celebrate and honor Black social clubs and their members.
—Chelsea Brasted, Axios, 18 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for brass band
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The Knights, the contemporary chamber orchestra, is continuing its Rhapsody commissioning project this season at Carnegie Hall.Jane Levere, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024
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Also on the program will be Dvorak’s Serenade for Strings and the New York premiere of Reena Esmail’s The History of Red, a piece for chamber orchestra and soprano inspired in part by Samuel Barber’s Knoxville: Summer of 1915.Jane Levere, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024
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Film concerts: Performing movie music live An increasingly popular symphony orchestra concert is a movie screening accompanied by a live performance of the film's music—reeling in new audiences to the concert hall.David Morgan, CBS News, 2 Jan. 2025
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Miss Manners congratulates you on having been invited to a splendid New Year’s Eve party — or perhaps on your new job as the conductor of a symphony orchestra.Judith Martin, The Mercury News, 23 Dec. 2024
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This is an orchestra composed of high-school students and professionals.Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 8 Jan. 2025
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For most concerts that feature the organ, the organist plays the instrument backstage, heard but completely unseen by the audience, conductor and orchestra alike.George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Jan. 2025
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“Brass band.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brass%20band. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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