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Recent Examples of chanson
Spectacular to look at, the production is unfailingly exuberant, a parade of color and catchy chanson.
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Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 19 Nov. 2024
Inside the spell of Diamond Jubilee’s ’60s psychedelic chanson garage-pop there is unbridled romance and hope, yet to consider its obstinately antiquated and luddite qualities in the stark reality of the 2020s is to feel total hopelessness.
—Pitchfork, 1 Oct. 2024
Nueva Canción draws inspiration from French chanson.
—Daniella Tello-Garzon, refinery29.com, 18 Jan. 2024
As with other yé-yé singers, Hardy’s music blended mid-1960s bubblegum pop, groovy guitar lines and France’s romantic chanson tradition to create sticky-sweet love songs.
—Randall Roberts, Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2024
Audiard makes a case that the movie musical is the only genre that could have contained all this, enlisting nouvelle chanson artist Camille to write the songs and her partner Clément Ducol to compose the score.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 May 2024
There’s a little Edith Piaf in Peyroux’s singing as well, evocations of the famous French cabaret and chanson vocalist.
—David L. Coddon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Mar. 2024
Mélusine is half French chanson/half idiosyncratic art song, which in its course reveals its own soaring majesty.
—Spin Staff, SPIN, 5 June 2023
The opening reminds me of the essential French genre the chanson, which people associate with someone like Edith Piaf.
—Charlie Harding, Vulture, 5 May 2023
Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 19 Nov. 2024
Inside the spell of Diamond Jubilee’s ’60s psychedelic chanson garage-pop there is unbridled romance and hope, yet to consider its obstinately antiquated and luddite qualities in the stark reality of the 2020s is to feel total hopelessness.
—Pitchfork, 1 Oct. 2024
Nueva Canción draws inspiration from French chanson.
—Daniella Tello-Garzon, refinery29.com, 18 Jan. 2024
As with other yé-yé singers, Hardy’s music blended mid-1960s bubblegum pop, groovy guitar lines and France’s romantic chanson tradition to create sticky-sweet love songs.
—Randall Roberts, Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2024
Audiard makes a case that the movie musical is the only genre that could have contained all this, enlisting nouvelle chanson artist Camille to write the songs and her partner Clément Ducol to compose the score.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 May 2024
There’s a little Edith Piaf in Peyroux’s singing as well, evocations of the famous French cabaret and chanson vocalist.
—David L. Coddon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Mar. 2024
Mélusine is half French chanson/half idiosyncratic art song, which in its course reveals its own soaring majesty.
—Spin Staff, SPIN, 5 June 2023
The opening reminds me of the essential French genre the chanson, which people associate with someone like Edith Piaf.
—Charlie Harding, Vulture, 5 May 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for chanson
Noun
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The service and concert will take place at 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 5, at the church, 815 S. Washington St. Castle Singers are vocalists who perform a variety of chamber repertoire, varying from Renaissance madrigals and motets to contemporary pop and vocal jazz.—
Aurora Beacon-News,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Mar. 2025
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At best, Gidden’s singing and arrangement of a Monteverdi madrigal achieve remarkable eloquence.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
21 Sep. 2021
Noun
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Comic pastiche gives way to tender romantic ballads only to explode in musical psychodrama.—
Charles McNulty,
Los Angeles Times,
31 Mar. 2025
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All our ballads were the opposite, light verses and heavy chorus — it was totally inverted.—
Brian Hiatt,
Rolling Stone,
31 Mar. 2025
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The service and concert will take place at 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 5, at the church, 815 S. Washington St. Castle Singers are vocalists who perform a variety of chamber repertoire, varying from Renaissance madrigals and motets to contemporary pop and vocal jazz.—
Aurora Beacon-News,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Mar. 2025
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Her husband, my grandfather, was not only a composer who wrote liturgical music, motets, symphonies, and string quartets but also a beloved music teacher who believed that music was as crucial to the development of the mind as math.—
Stephanie H. Murray,
The Atlantic,
18 Dec. 2024
Noun
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In a black-and-white Casablanca-esque clip posted Thursday (March 20), a fuzzy string lullaby plays over the sound of seconds ticking by on a stopwatch, which a man holds open on a wooden table.—
Hannah Dailey,
Billboard,
20 Mar. 2025
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Gaga delivers this Cole Porter classic like a lullaby, indulging in the beauty of the song’s composition rather than dwelling on the lyrics’ regret.—
Kristen S. Hé,
Vulture,
19 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Set in '90s Los Angeles, Borderline stars Ray Nicholson as Duerson, an obsessive fan of Weaving’s pop star Sofia who breaks into her mansion to stage their wedding.—
Jen Juneau,
People.com,
23 Mar. 2025
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The pop star has openly embraced a much more mature image since becoming an adult.—
Ashley Hume,
Fox News,
22 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The one-legged protagonist (sung by a two-legged tenor) is a man of limited mobility who tends to clump on deck and deliver his arias, so the frantic movement that takes place around him becomes essential.—
Justin Davidson,
Vulture,
4 Mar. 2025
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Stepping in last minute for an ailing Luciano Pavarotti, the Queen of Soul stood by patiently as the orchestra played the swelling notes of the Italian aria before turning to the mic and unleashing that voice.—
Patrick Ryan,
USA TODAY,
30 Jan. 2025
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Their continuing chants gave backing to those causes and others.—
Steve Sadin,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Mar. 2025
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Composed in 1915, this 15-movement work is deeply rooted in the Russian Orthodox liturgy, blending traditional chants with Rachmaninoff’s rich harmonies.—
David L. Coddon,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
27 Mar. 2025
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The rocker is applying for British citizenship and should be an official ex-patriot by the end of 2025, Love told the crowd, who applauded the news.—
Kevin Dolak,
The Hollywood Reporter,
20 Mar. 2025
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Saturday Club was a show on the BBC that was popular around when The Beatles became huge, and the rockers spent time performing tracks specifically for the radio program and also conducting conversations, which have now been shared on these special decades-late offerings.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes,
20 Mar. 2025
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“Chanson.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chanson. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.
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