chanson

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Recent Examples of chanson There’s no equivalent of Broadway in Paris, and thus no long tradition of musicals done on stage, so many of the French movies are set in actual locations, with seemingly real people who suddenly decide to belt out a chanson or break into a dance number. Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 13 May 2025 Spectacular to look at, the production is unfailingly exuberant, a parade of color and catchy chanson. 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 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 Nueva Canción draws inspiration from French chanson. Daniella Tello-Garzon, refinery29.com, 18 Jan. 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for chanson
Noun
  • This is a lovely fundraiser to assist in the preservation of the cemetery, and the day is filled with master gardeners offering advice, madrigals singing, an archaeology talk, refreshments, kids’ activities and lots of lovely spring plants for sale.
    Janet Kusterer, Baltimore Sun, 25 Mar. 2025
  • 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
Noun
  • Percussion and a choir imbued the ballad with a pulse, and the gracious Warren quickly turned to clap for the singers at song’s end.
    Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Her endlessly inventive vocal approach and aching tenderness with ballads earned her a National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Master designation in 2012.
    Duante Beddingfield, Freep.com, 5 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Latin polyphony and motets are being sung at the Offertory and during the distribution of Holy Communion.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 7 June 2025
  • 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
Noun
  • Very tricky, because this was a lullaby version of the song, rather than the original one (which opens with a piano sequence).
    Kris Holt, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Melanie's artistry from Greenwich Village to Woodstock to lullabies For Melanie, creativity occupied the broadest and most all-encompassing spectrum.
    Marcus K. Dowling, The Tennessean, 21 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • The most compelling pop cultural evidence to this point is the Lauren Conrad Maxim.
    Vogue, Vogue, 11 Sep. 2025
  • However, the genre's pop crossover has drastically shifted.
    Marcus K. Dowling, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The event featured a table side performance by an opera singer from Venice, delivering multiple iconic arias, and a Georgian dance company called Holiguards Fire that is featured in Kevin Spacey’s new project.
    Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 30 Aug. 2025
  • The next phase of the team’s research will involve mathematical modeling to determine whether these underwater arias act as true vocal signatures like the whistles used by bottlenose dolphins.
    Stephanie Edwards, Discover Magazine, 1 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Tupe, one of the Maori competitors, won a silver medal in wellness massage, and the whole group sang a victory chant.
    Sarah Larson, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
  • The traditional chant has been sung at iconic moments in the club’s history for decades, throughout their century of history, including after securing qualification for the UEFA Europa Conference League on Thursday night.
    Sam Leveridge, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Downloads and Vinyl Join the Party Digital buyers showed up to support the rocker as well.
    Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
  • The pioneering glam rocker Marc Bolan was a shooting star.
    Air Mail, Air Mail, 30 Aug. 2025

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“Chanson.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chanson. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.

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