Skylarks

Here is Shelley's "blithe spirit" and Wordsworth's "ethereal minstrel", and here too is the inspiration for the totally different style of Ted Hughes's Skylarks.

Country diary: South Uist 2011

Skylarks add a constant, ear-piercing backing track.

Country diary: South Downs, West Sussex 2011

Her professional career began in the 1950s with the Manhattan Brothers, before she formed her own group, The Skylarks, singing a blend of jazz and traditional melodies of South Africa.

miriam makeba | mama afrika « poetry dispatch & other notes from the underground 2008

Skylarks sing above Carburrow Tor, and from the bronze-age cairns and an associated "pointing" stone there are fabulous views of Brown Willy and Rough Tor rearing above the rolling green moorland.

Country diary: Bodmin Moor 2010

Clem Wittman, 68 years old, spent three decades working the assembly line for GM, building Monte Carlos and Skylarks in Kansas City, Mo.

Blame Is Put on Management, but Hourly Workers, Retirees Face More Pain 2009

Makeba helped launch the careers of many South African stars, including Abigail Kubeka, who joined Miriam's gold (ph) group, the Skylarks, when she was only 16.

CNN Transcript Apr 11, 2009 2009

Her career started in the '50s with The Cuban Brothers, The Manhattan Brothers, and female vocal group The Skylarks.

Phil Ramone and Danielle Evin: Dog Ears Music: Volume Thirty-Three 2009

Alas, this book was no trip to Pellucidar or adventure in one of the Skylarks.

Archive 2009-08-01 Fred Perry 2009

Alas, this book was no trip to Pellucidar or adventure in one of the Skylarks.

Space Vulture Fred Perry 2009

Skylarks and linnets, which have inspired poets from Blake to Yeats, nest in the short grass and sand on their edges.

The Thistle and the Bee Shoumatoff, Alex 2008