shakes

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"They're the best of us," said Laverty, who won best screenplay at Cannes for Ken Loach's "I, Daniel Blake" and "The Wind that Shakes the Barley".

From Barron's • May 12, 2026

Rapino was also asked about a complaint that he received from a booking agent for the rock group Alabama Shakes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

He co-wrote original songs with Brittany Howard, onetime lead singer of the Alabama Shakes, and Raphael Saadiq, the R&B maestro from Oakland, which became key moments in the plot.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2025

Shakes has been under the leadership of Makaela Milburn, interim artistic director, since September 2023, and Michael Ross has been acting as ACT’s interim managing director since Anita Shah departed at the end of 2023.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 5, 2024

I tell her about Curtis and the gift cards and listening to Alabama Shakes and the Pixies and Patti Smith all the time.

From "Sparrow" by Sarah Moon