Event organizers define "airness" as the ability of a performer to go beyond playing an imaginary guitar to create a new art form.

VOA: special.2009.08.14

Duncan sang at least five-thousand concerts in fifty countries during twenty-five years as a performer.

VOA: special.2010.03.07

But Jackson's huge success as a performer was not always easy.

VOA: special.2009.07.05

The owner of Sun Records, Sam Phillips,had been looking for a white performer who could sing black rhythm and blues.

VOA: special.2010.04.04

He was honored first as a member of the Yardbirds, then with Cream, then as a solo performer in two thousand.

VOA: special.2009.10.19

Anne Lindbergh described how women had to perform many jobs that pulled them in different directions like a circus performer.

VOA: special.2009.06.28

from Ziggy Marley's latest album. Like many songs on the record, this one has a special guest performer.

VOA: special.2009.06.05

As a young performer, he had a song and dance act with partners for a while.

VOA: special.2009.03.09

We leave you with the song "Elastic Love" which the British-Sri Lankan performer M.I.A helped write.

VOA: special.2010.07.16

Their lead singer had just left the band, so they needed a new performer.

VOA: special.2009.04.19

The piano player for the theater was a former vaudeville performer named Cora Salisbury.

VOA: special.2009.10.11

It showed record company officials that Roger Miller was a good performer.

VOA: special.2010.10.03

He became a famous and wealthy singer, songwriter and performer.

VOA: special.2010.05.16

It recently opened an exhibit about a famous performer.

VOA: special.2010.04.02

marks her twenty year anniversary as a solo performer.

VOA: special.2009.10.02

She won six, a record for a female performer.

VOA: special.2010.02.05

Michael Jackson was part of a family pop group,the Jackson 5, and he soared to international stardom as a solo performer.

VOA: standard.2009.06.26

A White House spokesman said President Obama viewed Michael Jackson as a spectacular performer but noted that his life had sad and tragic aspects.

VOA: standard.2009.06.26

In the first round of the 2008 Major League Soccer draft, Espinoza was selected by the Kansas City Wizards, and has become a regular performer for the MLS team.

VOA: standard.2010.06.09