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Recent Examples of folk song
As romantic nationalism surged, scholars travelled the country collecting fairy tales, folk songs, local idioms, and traditional crafts.
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Caitlyn Murphy, Hazlitt, 18 Dec. 2024
Musicians Darius Rucker, Lee Ann Rimes and Jon Batiste are also featured on the album, made up of 10 tracks of folk songs and Sunday school lessons from Carter.
—Elizabeth Stanton, Fox News, 3 Feb. 2025
Carter won the trophy for his narration of Last Sundays in Plains: A Centennial Celebration, a 10-track album of folk songs and Sunday school lessons from the former president.
—Zoe G. Phillips, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Feb. 2025
Today, a carol is a religious folk song or popular hymn (like a Christmas tune).
—Ryan Brennan, Kansas City Star, 20 Jan. 2025
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Caitlyn Murphy, Hazlitt, 18 Dec. 2024
Musicians Darius Rucker, Lee Ann Rimes and Jon Batiste are also featured on the album, made up of 10 tracks of folk songs and Sunday school lessons from Carter.
—Elizabeth Stanton, Fox News, 3 Feb. 2025
Carter won the trophy for his narration of Last Sundays in Plains: A Centennial Celebration, a 10-track album of folk songs and Sunday school lessons from the former president.
—Zoe G. Phillips, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Feb. 2025
Today, a carol is a religious folk song or popular hymn (like a Christmas tune).
—Ryan Brennan, Kansas City Star, 20 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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Backstreet Boys Dates: July 11-13; July 18-20; July 25-27; Aug. 1-3; Aug. 8-10; Aug. 15-17 Time: 8 p.m. What to expect: Another first for the Sphere in 2025 is the debut of its first pop act, the ’90s quintet whose popularity has aged well and with a multigenerational fan base.—
Melissa Ruggieri,
USA Today,
4 Apr. 2025
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The album musically represents an amalgamation of both John’s and Carlile’s sounds, blending Carlile’s folk and country sensibilities with John’s signature brand of pop.—
Chris Malone Méndez,
Forbes.com,
4 Apr. 2025
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Always Been is his sixth and finest solo album, his most ambitious narrative concept yet.—
Rob Sheffield,
Rolling Stone,
6 Apr. 2025
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The track is his seventh solo placement on the most important songs ranking in America, which is a huge feat for any K-pop act — especially one working on its own.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes.com,
4 Apr. 2025
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The chorus is sleek, mid-tempo pop perfection thanks to her ongoing partnership and songwriting chemistry with Max Martin.—
Brittany Spanos,
Rolling Stone,
28 Mar. 2025
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He was removed from his seat by security and led away as a chorus of boos came from the crowd.—
Kirk Kenney,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
27 Mar. 2025
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Menu buttons flank the pad, with volume and channel rockers and dedicated service buttons for Amazon Prime Video, Netflix, Samsung TV Plus, and YouTube below them.—
Will Greenwald,
PC Magazine,
1 Apr. 2025
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Creed hasn’t released a new album in more than a decade, but the rockers still maintain an impressive positioning on the Billboard charts.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes.com,
31 Mar. 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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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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Over his now decade-and-a-half-long career, fans of the alt-pop auteur—real name Mike Hadreas—have only seen his work grow in scale and power, evolving from twinkling piano bedroom ballads to ambitious blasts of sonic splendor that careen through the gray areas between genre.—
Liam Hess,
Vogue,
31 Mar. 2025
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The specifics of Musk’s climb down remain to be seen, but the fact that chatter about it is being received with such glee among Hill Republicans may be the validation that moves Trump to a hard yes on Musk’s shift. Make sense of what matters in Washington.—
Philip Elliott,
Time,
2 Apr. 2025
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To investors’ glee, Trump even managed to mention doling out carve-outs.—
Elisabeth Buchwald,
CNN,
25 Mar. 2025
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“Folk song.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/folk%20song. Accessed 11 Apr. 2025.
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