Example Sentences

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That’s good, because she always has something to say, with both a message in her lyrics and a musicianly presence.

From New York Times • Apr. 4, 2022

The former is gritty but musicianly jazz-flecked rhythm and blues; the latter is expansive, experimental, heavily improvised and genuinely groundbreaking.

From The Guardian • Oct. 6, 2019

Dismissed by many conservative rock critics of the era for the band's disinterest in mimicking the tropes of classic American rock 'n' roll, the members of Emerson, Lake & Palmer reveled in their musicianly skills.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 11, 2016

To hear the irrepressible musicianly joys and tense undertones of these songs is to wonder how Angola’s music would have developed with a different history.

From New York Times • Dec. 30, 2013

They may give dazzling performances of works bristling with technical difficulties, yet make a sad failure of some slow, tender movement that calls for musicianly understanding and delicate treatment.

From For Every Music Lover A Series of Practical Essays on Music by Moore, Aubertine Woodward