The threadbare ballads from ’90s indie rock records that could have been breakthrough hits if presented in slightly cleaner fidelity.
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Sam Sodomsky,
Pitchfork,
7 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.
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Virginia Brown,
Charlotte Observer,
30 Dec. 2025
Capping those rates could backfire, resulting in significantly stricter lending standards and making credit unavailable to lower-income people or those with lower credit scores.
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Luciana Lopez,
CNN Money,
10 Jan. 2026
Beyond money, other issues expected to be hammered out in CBA talks include the length of the season, facility and travel standards, retirement benefits and changes to rookie deals.
Johnson doesn’t listen to pop anthems all the time.
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Jared Weiss,
New York Times,
2 Jan. 2026
Bleu Edmondson was once one of the most promising stars in the Texas country scene, as well as the author of party anthems that still ring out on jukeboxes and college playlists across the Lone Star State.
This blend of styles is not only about presenting contrasts—clean versus shouted vocals, melodic versus dissonant riffs, headbanging versus moshing—but also preserving the murky in-between that only elevates the extreme.
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Sam Sodomsky,
Pitchfork,
7 Jan. 2026
The friends are Edmar Colon on saxophone, Jiri Nedoma on piano and Devon Gates on bass and vocals.
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Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
3 Jan. 2026
However, there are some quirky ditties that even multigenerational Southerners might not have ever heard, or that people commonly use in the wrong way.
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