Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The death wail is a keening, mourning lament, generally performed in ritual fashion soon after the death of a member of a family or tribe.Examples of death wails have been found in numerous societies, including among the Celts of Europe; and various indigenous peoples of Asia, the Americas, Africa, New Zealand and Australia.
John Alvin Ray (January 10, 1927 – February 24, 1990) was an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. Highly popular for most of the 1950s, Ray has been cited by critics as a major precursor to what became rock and roll, for his jazz and blues-influenced music, and his animated stage personality. [1]
Chuck Willis Wails the Blues "Wrong Lake to Catch a Fish" b/w "Salty Tears" (from My Story) OKeh 6930 – – Non-album track 1953 "Going to the River" b/w "Baby Have Left Me Again" (Non-album track) OKeh 6952 – 4 My Story "Don't Deceive Me" b/w "I've Been Treated Wrong Too Long" (Non-album track) OKeh 6985 – 6 Chuck Willis Wails the Blues ...
Thomas Alan Waits (born December 7, 1949) is an American musician, composer, songwriter, and actor. His lyrics often focus on society's underworld and are delivered in his trademark deep, gravelly voice.
The caoineag (Scottish Gaelic pronunciation: [ˈkʰɯːɲak]) is a female spirit in Scottish folklore and a type of Highland banshee, her name meaning "weeper".She is normally invisible and foretells death in her clan by lamenting in the night at a waterfall, stream or Loch, or in a glen or on a mountainside.
The oppari singer sings, wails and beats her chest and accompanied to the sounds of a beating drum she helps mourners bring their buried grief to the surface. [4] A sample theme of a daughter lamenting father's death is described below: Her body, wracked with grief, sways and her full-throated voice rises and falls as she talks to her father.
Accused further of witchcraft practices, sentenced to death by burning, but died on the day of her execution. [22] Anne Løset: d. 1679 Denmark-Norway: Burned to death. Peronne Goguillon: d. 1679 France: Burned to death; one of the last women to be executed for witchcraft in France. Catherine Deshayes: c. 1640–1680 France
Welles Remy Crowther was the first born of three children. His parents, Jefferson and Allison, raised him and his two sisters, Honor and Paige, in the New York City suburb [4] [5] of Nyack, New York. [6]