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Recent Examples of folk song
Music at the fourth Orlando Sings Choral Festival included Jewish modern masterworks and folk songs, as well as a Catholic pilgrimage.
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Matthew J. Palm, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 May 2025
The best thing of all are the performances of early American folk songs that the two men record on cumbersome equipment.
—Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 21 July 2025
The genre has a long, diverse history According to the Library of Congress, the roots of country music can be traced back to the 17th century when European immigrants and enslaved Africans brought their folktales, folk songs, instruments, and musical traditions to North America.
—Diana Leyva, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
Mescal stars in Oliver Hermanus’ gay romance alongside Josh O’Connor, with the two playing musicians who travel to New England together in the summer of 1919 to record the folk songs of their rural countrymen.
—Ellise Shafer, Variety, 22 May 2025
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Matthew J. Palm, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 May 2025
The best thing of all are the performances of early American folk songs that the two men record on cumbersome equipment.
—Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 21 July 2025
The genre has a long, diverse history According to the Library of Congress, the roots of country music can be traced back to the 17th century when European immigrants and enslaved Africans brought their folktales, folk songs, instruments, and musical traditions to North America.
—Diana Leyva, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
Mescal stars in Oliver Hermanus’ gay romance alongside Josh O’Connor, with the two playing musicians who travel to New England together in the summer of 1919 to record the folk songs of their rural countrymen.
—Ellise Shafer, Variety, 22 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for folk song
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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
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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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The pop star has been announced as a Season 2 guest star, but details of her characters have still not been revealed.—
Selome Hailu,
Variety,
14 Aug. 2025
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Google Maps has partnered with a 23-year-old pop star to create a driving avatar that guides users to venues throughout his American Heart World Tour.—
Anthony Robledo,
USA Today,
14 Aug. 2025
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The record marks Williams’ third full-length LP as a solo artist outside of Paramore.—
Larisha Paul,
Rolling Stone,
28 Aug. 2025
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Following the group’s first solo concert, ACT: BOY, held online in 2021 during the COVID-19 pandemic, TOMORROW X TOGETHER has gone on to stage a series of tours, including ACT: LOVESICK, ACT: SWEET MIRAGE, ACT: PROMISE, and the latest one, ACT: TOMORROW.—
Billboard Korea,
Billboard,
27 Aug. 2025
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Horan, dressed in jeans and a long-sleeve white shirt made his way to the stage holding an acoustic guitar and gave Mendes a big hug as the duo broke into song together, crooning the ballad’s chorus together.—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
18 Aug. 2025
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But even atop those peaks, the orchestra and chorus remained well-balanced, and the chorus’s diction impeccable.—
Hannah Edgar,
Chicago Tribune,
16 Aug. 2025
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The rockers on my neighbors’ front porch are undisturbed, as if nothing ever happened.—
Jeanie Riess,
New Yorker,
23 Aug. 2025
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No specific reason was given for the delay of the film, which was slated to cover the last three years of Osbourne’s life, with the participation of the rocker’s wife/manager, Sharon Osbourne, as well as two of their children, Jack and Kelly.—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
19 Aug. 2025
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The event will feature evening bell chant, meditation, English Heart Sutra, and more.—
Post-Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
22 Aug. 2025
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The new project features five fresh originals, a pair of cover songs and even a song that offers a new spin on a Liberian chant.—
Jessica Nicholson,
Billboard,
22 Aug. 2025
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Meme del Real — Café Tacvba’s longtime keyboardist and composer — honors his family roots in northern Mexico with a rich, experimental pop ballad that fuses electronic music and guitars in the style of regional Mexican music.—
Natalia Cano,
Billboard,
22 Aug. 2025
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The cool, quiet-storm ambiance gives this ballad an Eighties slow-dance feel.—
Will Dukes,
Rolling Stone,
22 Aug. 2025
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Kelsey, who spent much of episode 8 battling negative thoughts, produced a segment that left me giggling with glee.—
Frederick Dreier,
Outside,
18 Aug. 2025
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John Redcorn conveniently enters with an attractive business proposition: John Redcorn's Red Corn, which the entirety of Rainey Street devours with glee.—
Ryan Coleman,
EW.com,
4 Aug. 2025
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“Folk song.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/folk%20song. Accessed 2 Sep. 2025.
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