chanteys

variants or chanties or shanties
Definition of chanteysnext
plural of chantey

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Noun
  • Months after its release, singles from the Prodigy and the Chemical Brothers wound their way up the radio charts alongside alt-rock holdovers and glistening pop ballads.
    Sasha Geffen, Pitchfork, 21 Jan. 2026
  • These events will spotlight traditional musical practices, from Appalachian ballads to gospel choirs, and will feature key composers, musicians, and producers from North Carolina.
    Virginia Brown, Charlotte Observer, 30 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • However, there are some quirky ditties that even multigenerational Southerners might not have ever heard, or that people commonly use in the wrong way.
    Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 3 Jan. 2026
  • But perhaps the best aspect of Update was the return of Jane Wickline’s offbeat keyboard ditties.
    Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 13 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • On the choruses, SZA’s voice floats in from the back, sharing manifestations and advice.
    Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 30 Dec. 2025
  • Three days later, a dozen people picketed outside a cafe on Carmela Grove in Colorado Springs, chanting in call-and-response choruses.
    Sam Tabachnik, Denver Post, 23 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • This is done with Taub’s sheer skills with the song styles varying from strong recitatives to insightful arias and battle cries.
    David John Chávez, Mercury News, 28 Oct. 2025
  • Instead of the traditional alternation of sung-text recitative and arias (songs), verismo operas are more seamless in how songs are interwoven with the story.
    Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Place your order before the start of the concert, dine in, then cap it off with dessert and a performance — in this case, a smorgasbord of Irish fiddle tunes, spirituals and even some early jazz.
    Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 6 Jan. 2026
  • Davenport carries forward Hogan’s mission to uplift spirituals by continuing to teach his own interpretations of many of the late composer’s arrangements to the choir.
    Tevon Blair, Essence, 30 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • The platform generates full, commercially usable compositions from text prompts, with tools for editing lyrics, timing, and instrumentation, and supports multi stem downloads for traditional studio workflows.
    Charlie Fink, Forbes.com, 23 Jan. 2026
  • Her work in this comprehensive anthology braids politics, gender, history and memory into confiding and powerful lyrics.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • The pastoral feel of the music, and Murdoch’s soft, tremulous tenor conjures Nick Drake, but the content of the songs hews closer to the urban fever dreams of Martin Amis, whose 1995 novel The Information traces similar lines of fading-empire disenfranchisement.
    Elizabeth Nelson, Pitchfork, 22 Jan. 2026
  • This week, Fischer is supported by Orrin Evans Trio at the legendary jazz club and puts her stamp on songs by Leon Bridges, Donna Summer and Buffalo Springfield.
    Karu F. Daniels, New York Daily News, 22 Jan. 2026
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“Chanteys.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chanteys. Accessed 24 Jan. 2026.

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