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or barcarolle
as in folk song
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The Philly duo’s tender, faintly medieval-sounding folk song has its hands clasped and its heart on its sleeve.
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And a classic country-folk song is taking over World Cup stadiums.
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The concert celebrates spring and includes a mix of opera arias, art songs and musical theatre selections that are uplifting.
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Seriosa music, Indonesia’s unique adaptation of the Western art song, profoundly shaped his artistic identity.
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Although Jones takes responsibility for the hurt and dysfunction his compulsive tomcatting caused, the legendary lothario details his conquests with barely disguised glee.
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Now, there is country-wide camaraderie and glee, mainstream momentum like never before.
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Each rocker is made from all-weather high- density polyethylene (HDPE) that withstands rain, snow, and wind and resists fading, cracking, and rot.
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An Ace Frehley All-Star Tribute will also take place, following the rocker's death at age 74 in October 2025, weeks after suffering a fall at his home.
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Once the audience is so onboard with Kyle after this intimate aria, Kaplan deflates that.
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The pianist Víkingur Ólafsson played the aria from Bach’s Goldberg Variations, nodding to the fact that Gehry was born Ephraim Goldberg, in Canada.
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Henry Davis hit a homer as the Pirates scored twice in the third, but Brandon Marsh got one of those runs back with a solo shot in the bottom half.
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Cameron’s 2012 solo dive cost him approximately $8 million—roughly a third of NOAA’s entire annual ocean exploration budget that year.
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The Spiritual Sound Marc-André Hamelin, Found Objects / Sound Objects The Beths, Straight Line Was a Lie A year like no other, my 2025 in music was filled with joyous arias and madrigals of melancholy.
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This is a lovely fundraiser to assist in the preservation of the cemetery, and the day is filled with master gardeners offering advice, madrigals singing, an archaeology talk, refreshments, kids’ activities and lots of lovely spring plants for sale.
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Later, piano slices through the fog with a supernatural three-note lullaby that springs just off the beat, racing forward through the song’s misty backdrop.
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Check out this 1997 live TV version of Paranoid Android, which veers from lullaby to apocalypse within the space of a few minutes.
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“Barcarole.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/barcarole. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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