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Recent Examples of troubadour
Justin Townes Earle may have traveled the world as an Americana troubadour, but the story of the singer-songwriter’s life can be told in just a few square miles in his native Nashville.
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Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 4 Feb. 2026
Texas native Charley Crockett is a modern-day troubadour cut from the same cloth as Outlaw Country greats but also the poignant folk-rock of Bob Dylan and the raw Americana of Lucinda Williams.
—John Wenzel, Denver Post, 8 Jan. 2026
Red Bandana troubadour, braids like twin ropes lassoing eternity?
—Alex Abramovich, New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2025
The guest list — indie-pop troubadour Caroline Polachek, earnest folkie Mustafa, and pop star Lorde — displays Hynes’s gift for putting the right people together.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 2 Dec. 2025
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Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 4 Feb. 2026
Texas native Charley Crockett is a modern-day troubadour cut from the same cloth as Outlaw Country greats but also the poignant folk-rock of Bob Dylan and the raw Americana of Lucinda Williams.
—John Wenzel, Denver Post, 8 Jan. 2026
Red Bandana troubadour, braids like twin ropes lassoing eternity?
—Alex Abramovich, New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2025
The guest list — indie-pop troubadour Caroline Polachek, earnest folkie Mustafa, and pop star Lorde — displays Hynes’s gift for putting the right people together.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 2 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for troubadour
Noun
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Carney is a musician’s filmmaker; a bard for the bards.—
Mia Galuppo,
HollywoodReporter,
23 Apr. 2026
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Nancy Lemann, bard of New Orleans and stylist nonpareil, has gotten a glow-up—and in some corners, there’s already been much rejoicing.—
Brittany Allen,
Literary Hub,
23 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Following the couple's split, Perry dated rock singer John Mayer, as well as English actor Orlando Bloom.—
Edward Segarra,
USA Today,
13 May 2026
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The singer’s lawyers had initially pushed for an immediate preliminary hearing — in which a judge determines if prosecutors have enough evidence to bring a case to trial — but have since backed off and delayed the process.—
James Queally,
Los Angeles Times,
12 May 2026
Noun
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How absurd, indeed, to imagine wild birds giving time like the mechanical songsters on an ornamental clock.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Apr. 2026
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Musicians including psych rocker Damon Krukowski and power pop songster Ted Leo have taken to X to blast out their support.—
Caitlin Harrington,
WIRED,
6 Oct. 2023
Noun
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Via one of popular music’s most stratospherically elevating climaxes, the song shifts into gospel overdrive with the explosive entrance of disco’s mightiest, most visceral vocalist, Loleatta Holloway.—
CT Jones,
Rolling Stone,
11 May 2026
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Rounded out by guitarist/vocalist Clay Frankel, multi-instrumentalist Colin Croom and drummer Connor Brodner, Twin Peaks had spent part of their teen years and the better part of their 20s touring, one year averaging a show every third day.—
Blair R. Fischer,
Chicago Tribune,
11 May 2026
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“Troubadour.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/troubadour. Accessed 13 May. 2026.
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