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Adjective
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Director Kate Rose Reynolds has magically infused the play with elements of dance, rhythmic drumming, highly creative use of props and movement designed by Taylor Jo Oxley.—
Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 Sep. 2025 -
Reparto builds on this intricacy by blending reggaeton beats with its signature clave rhythmic pattern.—
Ana González Vilá,
Rolling Stone,
25 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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With lyrical mastery and intimate storytelling, Limón’s poetry reveals new ways of paying attention.—
Julia Hass,
Literary Hub,
30 Sep. 2025
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Herzog brings his signature style to his latest work as the quest to find photo evidence of the creatures evolves into a philosophical and lyrical reflection on the search for knowledge and certainty.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
28 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Her nonfiction includes Pain Studies (Bellevue Literary Press/Dreamscape/Hanser), a book-length lyric essay on the intersection of pain, perception, and language; and Climate (Essay Press), an exchange of epistolary essays co-written with poet Julie Carr.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Sep. 2025
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Loose lyric sheets littered the floor.—
Jane Bua,
New Yorker,
22 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Bach was lively, supple, and, especially in the Larghetto, generous in its songful musicality.—
Jeremy Eichler,
BostonGlobe.com,
23 Sep. 2022
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In the early going, some tender yet mystic motifs suggest the songful chromaticism of Olivier Messiaen.—
Seth Colter Walls,
New York Times,
26 Aug. 2022
Adjective
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With lilting cadences, the king shares the origin myth of his Nkangala people, that a small elephant shed its skin while bathing in the river and a woman emerged, who married and procreated with his ancestors.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
12 Sep. 2025
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Loved seeing Rose Byrne turn on the lilting American accent for her impression of the hostesses at La Cienega Haciendas.—
Ben Rosenstock,
Vulture,
10 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The harmonic effort has earned the SNL alumna an Emmy nomination, alongside song co-writers Greenbaum and Sean Douglas.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
26 Aug. 2025
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His own timbre of a voice mixes well with his multiple harmonic partners and the various goofy turns he is tasked with implementing.—
David John Chávez,
Mercury News,
8 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Kendrick Lamar’s 2015 Kennedy Center performance remains a blueprint, with Jeezy, Killer Mike, and Rick Ross all venturing into orchestral territory since.—
Amber Corrine,
VIBE.com,
23 Sep. 2025
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Having opened in 1988, the Greenwood Village venue also specializes in presenting live orchestral movie scores, package tours and themed throwback nights.—
John Wenzel,
Denver Post,
23 Sep. 2025
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Similarly, the dozens of people whom Greaves interviews in the film aren’t delivering a single and univocal history of the Harlem Renaissance but a polyphonic transmission of it.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
23 Sep. 2025
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Angela Flournoy follows her highly honored first novel, The Turner House (2016), with an illuminating polyphonic exploration of the glorious heights and darkest lows of friendships among four women.—
Jane Ciabattari
September 16,
Literary Hub,
16 Sep. 2025
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“Songlike.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/songlike. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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