troubadour

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Recent Examples of troubadour But the aura is straight-up emo, giving Snoop a woozy troubadour vibe. Will Dukes, Rolling Stone, 13 Dec. 2024 As such, while a film like the Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown—starring Timothée Chalamet as the iconic music troubadour—won’t be released in theaters until December 25, its studio Fox Searchlight screened the film on December 5 in my market. Tim Lammers, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024 How aware was the legendary troubadour of Timothée Chalamet, or ‘Timmy’ as Mangold calls him? Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 6 Dec. 2024 Sturgill Simpson as Johnny Blue Skies, Passage Du Desir Making good on a pledge to release just five proper studio albums under his government name, country troubadour Sturgill Simpson returned as Johnny Blue Skies for the summer’s surprise release Passage Du Desir. Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 3 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for troubadour 
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Noun
  • The husky Black man from the Bronx toiled for every inch of respect, beset by toxicity and misinformation, as hairy white folk-rock and boogie-band alumni pushed similar buttons to become the de facto bards of the everyman.
    Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 2 Jan. 2025
  • The endearing homecoming introduces new characters including Moni (Hualalai Chung), a passionate island bard; Loto (Rose Matafeo), a quirky shipwright; Kele (David Fane), a cantankerous farmer; and Simea (Khaleesi Lambert-Tsuda), Moana’s tenacious younger sister.
    Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • None was successful, but Stone alerted Atlantic Records A&R chief Jerry Wexler to the singers’ potential.
    Chris Morris, Variety, 11 Jan. 2025
  • Anita Bryant was a singer and former beauty queen who had a robust career in the 1960s and ’70s.
    David Leonhardt, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • Nevertheless, the songster’s rise to stardom is mystifying.
    Quartz, Quartz, 25 Nov. 2022
Noun
  • Taking Back Sunday, which formed in 2001, now Taking Back Sunday’s The emo band's current lineup includes only three members from their original lineup: lead vocalist Adam Lazzara, guitarist/vocalist John Nolan and bassist Shaun Cooper.
    Ilana Kaplan, People.com, 8 Jan. 2025
  • Beloved soul vocalist and songwriter Brenton Wood died today (Jan. 3) at his home in Moreno Valley, Ca., his manager Manny Gallegos confirmed to Variety.
    SPIN Staff, SPIN, 4 Jan. 2025

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