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Recent Examples of folk song
Today, a carol is a religious folk song or popular hymn (like a Christmas tune).
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Ryan Brennan, Kansas City Star, 20 Jan. 2025
Dylan appeared in various other Greenwich Village music clubs, performing folk songs, ballads and blues.
—The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 16 Jan. 2025
Hypocrisy, burdens disguised as blessings and folk songs abound.
—Rachel Sherman, New York Times, 27 Dec. 2024
Eric Rojas The album is a breathtaking balancing act, a succession of history lessons tucked inside airtight reggaeton, synth-pop, and folk songs.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 13 Jan. 2025
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Ryan Brennan, Kansas City Star, 20 Jan. 2025
Dylan appeared in various other Greenwich Village music clubs, performing folk songs, ballads and blues.
—The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 16 Jan. 2025
Hypocrisy, burdens disguised as blessings and folk songs abound.
—Rachel Sherman, New York Times, 27 Dec. 2024
Eric Rojas The album is a breathtaking balancing act, a succession of history lessons tucked inside airtight reggaeton, synth-pop, and folk songs.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 13 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for folk song
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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
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As a map of Austin’s musical journey, the recital moved through spirituals and standard repertoire into 20th-century and contemporary art song and opera.—
Michael Andor Brodeur,
Washington Post,
14 Dec. 2023
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But she has been embroiled in a real estate lawsuit with the Westcott family for four years, stemming from whether or not the Bravo star's terminally ill father-in-law, Carl Westcott, 85, was well enough in 2020 to sell his $15 million, 2.5-acre property to the Hollywood pop star.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
27 Feb. 2025
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At the same time, Kelce has used his NFL platform as a launching pad into even wider mainstream pop culture exposure.—
Andrew Greif,
NBC News,
27 Feb. 2025
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Angie released her debut solo album Black Diamond in 1999, becoming gold certified by the RIAA.—
Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
1 Mar. 2025
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Johanson released six solo albums through 1984’s Sweet Revenge, then changed personas, sported a pompadour and sang standards for the 1987 album Buster Poindexter.—
Mike Barnes,
The Hollywood Reporter,
1 Mar. 2025
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Weaver Yankee said some orchestras have a chorus that performs with them from time to time, but the La Jolla Symphony & Chorus work together on a regular basis.—
Ashley Mackin Solomon,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
4 Mar. 2025
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At the same meeting, the city attorney tendered his resignation and the mayor tried to end the meeting by threatening to walk out — all to a chorus of snarky comments and jeers of irate residents.—
Ruben Vives,
Los Angeles Times,
2 Mar. 2025
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Burn the Jukebox Space Ballroom, 295 Treadwell St., Hamden Pennsylvania indie rockers Burn the Jukebox and Waterbury indie band Ambulance Chasers are at Space Ballroom on March 15 at 8 p.m. $26.69-$32.34.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
8 Mar. 2025
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There is a fingerprint scanner that doubles as a power button, and the usual volume rocker.—
Ben Sin,
Forbes,
7 Mar. 2025
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During previous Trump speeches to Congress, Democrats would often fill the room with groans, boos, scoffs and even chants as a jab to the president.—
Sudiksha Kochi,
USA TODAY,
4 Mar. 2025
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The offensive chant marred the first home game for the club, which joined MLS this year.—
Kyla Guilfoil,
NBC News,
4 Mar. 2025
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The group was equally adept with dancefloor fodder and gentle ballads.—
Erik Pedersen,
Deadline,
7 Mar. 2025
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Love Is Blind thrives on overwrought music cues, and its soaring, on-the-nose ballads are just another layer of the show’s orchestrated melodrama.—
Clover Hope,
Pitchfork,
7 Mar. 2025
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That glee in the face of pain may come back to haunt Trump.—
Maureen Dowd,
The Mercury News,
25 Feb. 2025
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Her glee is deeper than that, and on this night, it was shared by scores of school faculty, administrators, students and alums, some in their 80s, who squeezed into crammed quarters for an up-close peek of the now merging with the future.—
Joe Davidson,
Sacramento Bee,
14 Feb. 2025
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“Folk song.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/folk%20song. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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