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Recent Examples of folk song
Hypocrisy, burdens disguised as blessings and folk songs abound.
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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
The troupe performs a genre of traditional Korean opera in the folk song style known as pansori, derived from two Korean words, pan, referring to a place where people gather and sori or song.
—Joan MacDonald, Forbes, 1 Dec. 2024
The Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown, starring Timothée Chalamet, focuses on Dylan’s early 1960s transition from idiosyncratic singer of folk songs to internationally renowned singer-songwriter.
—The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 16 Jan. 2025
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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
The troupe performs a genre of traditional Korean opera in the folk song style known as pansori, derived from two Korean words, pan, referring to a place where people gather and sori or song.
—Joan MacDonald, Forbes, 1 Dec. 2024
The Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown, starring Timothée Chalamet, focuses on Dylan’s early 1960s transition from idiosyncratic singer of folk songs to internationally renowned singer-songwriter.
—The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 16 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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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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Apple Cider Vinegar was in development during an especially tumultuous time for Spears, however, as the pop star navigated personal ups and downs following the end of her conservatorship in 2021.—
Patrick Brzeski,
The Hollywood Reporter,
27 Feb. 2025
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And Russell, who has written about her own abusive past and personal liberation in two award-winning solo albums, has proven just the conduit to embody both the boozy glee and the underlying trauma that her old friend Anaïs Mitchell wrote for the show’s most conflicted character.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
15 Feb. 2025
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The show was part of a tour celebrating the 20th anniversary of Hill’s debut solo album, The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill.—
Mitchell Peters,
Billboard,
15 Feb. 2025
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The song enacts her process of finding power, as her voice moves from rapid-fire chants in the verses to soaring melodies in the chorus.—
Adam Bradley D’Angelo Lovell Williams Milton David Dixon III,
New York Times,
18 Feb. 2025
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The Democrats running against Adams and a growing chorus of others in New York are now calling on him to resign or for someone else to step in to do what the feds won’t.—
Harry Siegel,
New York Daily News,
15 Feb. 2025
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But what really makes this tour unique for the indie rockers in Macseal?—
Brendan Hay,
SPIN,
21 Feb. 2025
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Rockers Nickelback and Creed will be joined by a host of fellow rockers for this year’s edition of the Summer of ’99 and Beyond Festival at Alpine Valley Music Theatre on July 18 and 19.—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
21 Feb. 2025
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Meredith’s sister-in-law, Katie Gaudreau, also posted about hearing the chants for Johnny during the tournament, which ended with a 3-2 win for Canada in overtime.—
Sam Gillette,
People.com,
21 Feb. 2025
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Imagine every chant and song reverberating off the dome.—
Cuneyt Dil,
Axios,
20 Feb. 2025
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The track, which will appear on Perfume Genius’ upcoming album, Glory, is a multi-faceted epic, filled with sudden tempo changes and atmospheric swings from tender folk ballad to resonant alt-rock glory.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
19 Feb. 2025
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The group, known for their slow jams and heartfelt ballads, met with lawmakers on Valentines Day eve to deliver a letter signed by more than 300 artists calling for swift passage of the American Music Fairness Act.—
Savannah Kuchar,
USA TODAY,
15 Feb. 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 3 Mar. 2025.
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