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Recent Examples of folk song
Some feel that the movie’s slide into sentiment in its final scenes, with a young German barmaid singing a folk song to an inn full of battle-scarred soldiers, doesn’t quite match the caustic nature of the rest of the story.
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Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 31 Dec. 2025
The folk song once asked, Where have all the flowers gone?
—Jahan Marcu, Rolling Stone, 23 Oct. 2025
Boyle is a great example of what Carthy was talking about, the originator of an oral history and a certain type of folk song, passed by word of mouth around a fanbase and through generations.
—Nick Miller, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
Set in early-1960s New York City, the film follows a folk song singing Minnesotan with a guitar and a dream, rising from a coffeehouse performer to a counterculture legend.
—Hannah Kerns, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2025
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Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 31 Dec. 2025
The folk song once asked, Where have all the flowers gone?
—Jahan Marcu, Rolling Stone, 23 Oct. 2025
Boyle is a great example of what Carthy was talking about, the originator of an oral history and a certain type of folk song, passed by word of mouth around a fanbase and through generations.
—Nick Miller, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
Set in early-1960s New York City, the film follows a folk song singing Minnesotan with a guitar and a dream, rising from a coffeehouse performer to a counterculture legend.
—Hannah Kerns, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for folk song
Noun
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Seriosa music, Indonesia’s unique adaptation of the Western art song, profoundly shaped his artistic identity.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
28 Nov. 2025
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The performance highlights a blend of musical theater, art song and opera, bringing together four opera singers for a program that celebrates motherhood, family, love and all that life offers.—
Melinda Moore,
Chicago Tribune,
7 May 2025
Noun
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High-vamp black ballet flats from the Row, a ball cap, and an oversized suede tote are natural add-ons, while the pop of red beaded necklace totally caught us by surprise.—
Kristina Rutkowski,
Vogue,
17 Mar. 2026
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Rumors about pop singer Olivia Rodrigo dropping new music have mostly been speculation, but a new release seems closer to reality.—
Charlie Vargas,
Oc Register,
17 Mar. 2026
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Facing the Dominican Republic’s Gregory Soto with one out in the top of the fourth, Roman Anthony‘s 421-foot solo shot to center gave Team USA their first lead of the semifinal game.—
Gabrielle Starr,
Boston Herald,
16 Mar. 2026
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Jonas is a world-famous former boy-band star named Danny, who’s been flailing for a decade at launching his solo career and happens to jump onstage with Rick while attending a buddy’s wedding at an idyllic Irish estate.—
Jada Yuan,
Vulture,
16 Mar. 2026
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There’s a chorus of fans wishing Sullivan chose Door A, the one with no quarterback behind it.—
Dave Hyde,
Sun Sentinel,
12 Mar. 2026
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That passion echoes throughout the halls, a chorus of cultural touchstones.—
Adam Reiss,
NBC news,
11 Mar. 2026
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The famed rocker and genre film aficionado is also executive producing Sundown, a Canadian indie horror feature from director Rebekah McKendry that wrapped production in Winnipeg this week.—
Etan Vlessing,
HollywoodReporter,
11 Mar. 2026
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The Detroit rocker seemingly took a shot at Taylor Swift while talking about the nuances of his songwriting in a new interview with The Guardian.—
Kathleen Perricone,
Entertainment Weekly,
10 Mar. 2026
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The moment the band members began this chant at Woodstock became arguably the biggest moment of their careers, with over 400,000 people joining in.—
Cerys Davies,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Mar. 2026
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That chant had a double meaning.—
Walter Villa,
Miami Herald,
4 Mar. 2026
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The video was a standout moment alongside the romantic ballad, though, as Bruno picked up the guitar and delivered on the Latin love story with a mock wedding — and pulled on the heartstrings with a relationship that just about everyone would sign up to grow old for.—
Eric Renner Brown,
Billboard,
10 Mar. 2026
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Born into an Ecuadorian-Guatemalan family, Southern California’s Trish Toledo first began signing cumbias and ballads before falling head-over-heels for the timeless pop, R&B and soul recordings from the ’60s and ’70s.—
Jim Harrington,
Mercury News,
10 Mar. 2026
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The dangerous joy, the glee and courage, the humor in the face of fate, the wild ramble of a life driven towards the artistic heavens and the daily balm of self obliteration.—
Nina Corcoran,
Pitchfork,
12 Mar. 2026
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On The Late Show, Stephen Colbert could not contain his glee.—
Emily Zemler,
Rolling Stone,
6 Mar. 2026
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“Folk song.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/folk%20song. Accessed 17 Mar. 2026.
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