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torch song

noun

Definition of torch song

as in folk song

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Recent Examples of torch song Besides torch songs, sea shanties, Latino roots and rockabilly tunes have been heard. — Christopher Reynolds, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2024 By gracefully expressing Evan’s longing for Zoe and unpacking her fractured relationship with Connor, the torch song fuses these characters’ parallel quests for connection. — Washington Post Staff, Washington Post, 13 Feb. 2024 A lot of your songs do feel like classic torch songs — but then, a lot of Taylor Swift songs are torch songs, really. — Chris Willman, Variety, 9 Dec. 2023 In the ensuing decades, O’Connor continued to produce albums, calling on many different styles, including punk, rap, rasta, hip-hop, torch songs, Tin Pan Alley standards, and Disney showtunes. — Daphne Merkin, The New Republic, 11 Aug. 2023 See All Example Sentences for torch song

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This could include transforming a folk song into a dance track or making one artist appear to cover another artist’s music.

— Will McCurdy, PC Magazine, 31 Oct. 2026
Bass went on to quietly copyright the unpublished folk song himself.

— Jason Miller, The Conversation, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of folk song

Noun

More indebted to the classical art song tradition, those pieces were, in some cases, intended for a fuller ensemble treatment.

— Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 11 Nov. 2026
The concert celebrates spring and includes a mix of opera arias, art songs and musical theatre selections that are uplifting.

— Linda Mcintosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 May 2026

Definition of art song

Noun

The speaker was capable of producing some pretty deep bass and hit all the bass notes that play throughout much of the verse and chorus, except for the very lowest note.

— Christian de Looper, PC Magazine, 7 Nov. 2026
Shimmy helms chorus duties before passing the baton to Future, who shades a woman he’s done with.

— Michael Saponara, Billboard, 6 Nov. 2026

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