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
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
Sometimes, honest to God, there are seven different versions of certain verses, different choruses, everything.
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Julyssa Lopez,
Rolling Stone,
8 Nov. 2025
Music directors Jordan Summers and Nick Vincent did a classic song that passes too quickly on record a great service by extending it by a few choruses, giving Valentine a chance to wring the emotion out of it that was only inherent in Zevon’s necessarily simpler delivery.
However, there are some quirky ditties that even multigenerational Southerners might not have ever heard, or that people commonly use in the wrong way.
According to the lawsuit, the pair filed notices of termination in 2022 to reclaim the rights to those songs, which were released by its subsidiaries Next Plateau London Records.
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Jem Aswad,
Variety,
9 Nov. 2025
Using his falsetto vocals, this was one of the songs of the summer, blending '80s synth-pop and new wave, with touches of '70s-era funk and blues.
Harbour also recently made headlines following the release of estranged wife Lily Allen's latest album, West End Girl, which contained references many interpreted as pointing toward alleged unfaithfulness on Harbour's part, though the actor isn't explicitly named in the lyrics.
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Joey Nolfi,
Entertainment Weekly,
7 Nov. 2025
Three songwriters from each category will be selected, celebrating artists whose lyrics and melodies have made a lasting impact on music.
This is done with Taub’s sheer skills with the song styles varying from strong recitatives to insightful arias and battle cries.
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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.
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Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Oct. 2025
Manilow has produced, composed, and performed some of the most iconic commercial jingles of all time for companies and brands such as State Farm, Band-Aid, KFC, Pepsi and McDonald’s.
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