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Recent Examples of troubadour
Justin Townes Earle may have traveled the world as an Americana troubadour, but the story of the singer-songwriter’s life can be told in just a few square miles in his native Nashville.
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Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 4 Feb. 2026
Texas native Charley Crockett is a modern-day troubadour cut from the same cloth as Outlaw Country greats but also the poignant folk-rock of Bob Dylan and the raw Americana of Lucinda Williams.
—John Wenzel, Denver Post, 8 Jan. 2026
Red Bandana troubadour, braids like twin ropes lassoing eternity?
—Alex Abramovich, New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2025
The guest list — indie-pop troubadour Caroline Polachek, earnest folkie Mustafa, and pop star Lorde — displays Hynes’s gift for putting the right people together.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 2 Dec. 2025
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Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 4 Feb. 2026
Texas native Charley Crockett is a modern-day troubadour cut from the same cloth as Outlaw Country greats but also the poignant folk-rock of Bob Dylan and the raw Americana of Lucinda Williams.
—John Wenzel, Denver Post, 8 Jan. 2026
Red Bandana troubadour, braids like twin ropes lassoing eternity?
—Alex Abramovich, New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2025
The guest list — indie-pop troubadour Caroline Polachek, earnest folkie Mustafa, and pop star Lorde — displays Hynes’s gift for putting the right people together.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 2 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for troubadour
Noun
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Nolan also put rapper Travis Scott in the film as a bard.—
Eliana Dockterman,
Time,
12 May 2026
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In the Time profile, Nolan also confirmed that rapper Travis Scott will appear in the movie as a bard.—
Tommy McArdle,
PEOPLE,
12 May 2026
Noun
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Below, shop more sundresses inspired by the singer at Amazon, all under $50.—
Claire West,
PEOPLE,
20 May 2026
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Now 46, the singer draws inspiration from the music that inspired her, name-checking Prince and the Gap Band, for a spate of upbeat tunes dotted by glittery synths, pummeling 808s and plucky bass notes.—
Steven J. Horowitz,
Variety,
19 May 2026
Noun
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How absurd, indeed, to imagine wild birds giving time like the mechanical songsters on an ornamental clock.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Apr. 2026
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Musicians including psych rocker Damon Krukowski and power pop songster Ted Leo have taken to X to blast out their support.—
Caitlin Harrington,
WIRED,
6 Oct. 2023
Noun
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Totó La Momposina, the revered vocalist and global ambassador for Colombian Caribbean folk traditions, has died at 85 in Mexico following a prolonged battle with neurocognitive health complications.—
Preezy Brown,
Rolling Stone,
19 May 2026
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One Night in Kingston is Wyclef’s first all-reggae album, recorded with vocalist Panic at his studio, The Compound, in Kingston, Jamaica.—
Steve Appleford,
SPIN,
18 May 2026
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“Troubadour.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/troubadour. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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