popular music
Britishnoun
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“Rock ’N’ Roll,” which he dedicated to Vaclav Havel, explores the rebellious, Dionysian force of popular music, an eternal source of inspiration for him, in a play set partly in Prague during the Communist era.
From Los Angeles Times
He paid attention to jazz and popular music.
From Los Angeles Times
His set, like his six-decade-long career, was a reminder that the walls that divide spiritual music, popular music and art music can often be arbitrary.
From New York Times
Abraham is known for his use of popular music — recently, he has choreographed substantial works to D’Angelo and James Blake — so it was good to see what he could do with a dance in silence.
From New York Times
Scott Johnson, a composer and guitarist who forged an original style involving the rhythmic cadences of speech and the gestures and timbres of popular music, died on Friday in Manhattan.
From New York Times
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