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Another favorite the ensemble performs is “Ain’a That Good News,” a more lively tune which idiomatically chronicles the rewards waiting in heaven: “I got a crown up in-a that kingdom / Ain’a that good news!”
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 17, 2022
And while this may never be your reference recording, I’ve found catharsis in it that I would be loath to trade for more idiomatically “correct” beauty.
From New York Times ● Mar. 27, 2020
When someone talks idiomatically about a “house on fire,” she gets upset.
From The Verge ● Jan. 28, 2020
And the mezzo Zoie Reams was outstanding in “Strange Fruit,” singing memorably and idiomatically and shading the notes with a thousand levels of scorn and meaning and pain.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 24, 2018
This young man could speak fluently and idiomatically, not only his own language, but English, French, German, Italian, and I know not how many other tongues.
From Autobiography of Andrew Dickson White — Volume 2 by Andrew Dickson White
