folk song

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Recent Examples of folk song These were American folk songs, but with Spain as their subject. Vita Dadoo, Rolling Stone, 15 May 2025 Several of the film’s actors lend their voices to blues and traditional folk songs that are built into the story. Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2025 The music from this period included acoustic folk songs and loud, psychedelic garage-rock. David Peisner, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2025 Told with magical realism and an array of terrific traditional folk songs, Coco sends Miguel on a journey into the Land of the Dead, which allows Pixar’s genius animators to produce one of their most dreamlike and colorful visual environments. Will Leitch, Vulture, 19 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for folk song
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Noun
  • The performance highlights a blend of musical theater, art song and opera, bringing together four opera singers for a program that celebrates motherhood, family, love and all that life offers.
    Melinda Moore, Chicago Tribune, 7 May 2025
  • The music moves from inventive, engaging art song to smoldering improvisations in which Wilkins and his bandmates—anchored by his regular colleagues Micah Thomas on piano, Rick Rosato on bass and Kweku Sumbry on drums—push to the outer limits.
    Steve Hochman, SPIN, 21 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • That day came today as Punk shed his crutches to an even louder pop.
    Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 3 Aug. 2025
  • The spruce wood kit arrives unpainted, giving you the choice to keep it natural or add a pop of color.
    Rylee Johnston, Travel + Leisure, 2 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • In 2024, the Grammy winner was inducted once more as a solo artist.
    Jordana Comiter, People.com, 23 July 2025
  • Osbourne played Austin as a solo artist numerous times throughout the 1980s and '90s at venues including Austin Opry House, Southpark Meadows, Frank Erwin Center and Austin Music Hall.
    Mars Salazar, Austin American Statesman, 23 July 2025
Noun
  • The 28 songs that Gaga, her dancers and band performed Tuesday night come at you with big choruses, soaring melodies, catchy hooks, fun strings of nonsense syllables and her signature deployment of eclectic styles — disco, glam rock, ’80s boogie, house, heavy metal and Daft Punk.
    Martha Ross, Mercury News, 24 July 2025
  • But most striking about the song is its bridge, a glorious chorus of synths that dovetails into piano and strings before thumping back into head-nodding bliss.
    Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 23 July 2025
Noun
  • Tenth Career Top 10 on the Billboard 200 The pioneering rocker reaches the highest tier on the Billboard 200 for the tenth time as a soloist.
    Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 30 July 2025
  • The shock rockers are celebrating with new music, a comic book, a tour and an art gallery exhibition.
    Jade Walker, CNN Money, 29 July 2025
Noun
  • Other chants focused on free speech and violence in Gaza, where more than 50,000 people have died since the war began, according to the Gaza Health Ministry.
    Lily Kepner, Austin American Statesman, 30 July 2025
  • There was bouncing, drumming, singing, even a call-and-response chant with another group of Swedish fans sitting in another part of the stadium in the second half.
    Cerys Jones, New York Times, 26 July 2025
Noun
  • Some dabbed their eyes during ballads while others swayed to the beat during passionate numbers.
    Madeline King, Kansas City Star, 27 July 2025
  • From Sam Smith’s tender new ballad to Lola Young’s angsty anthem, check out just a few of our favorite releases from this week below: Since the start of their career over a decade ago, Sam Smith became known, primarily, for their singular voice.
    Stephen Daw, Billboard, 25 July 2025
Noun
  • After 32 years in music, the 53-year Grammy winner clearly still finds his greatest glee in performing.
    Leena Tailor, HollywoodReporter, 30 July 2025
  • Whereas Americans look upon ice with glee, generally speaking Europeans view ice as unnecessary, and even a little gross.
    Francesca Street, CNN Money, 25 July 2025

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