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troubadour

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Definition of troubadour

as in bard

a writer and performer of songs or poetry in the Middle Ages

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Recent Examples of troubadour The 78-year-old troubadour bravely refused to engage in the kind of safe, predictable, by-the-numbers show that — apart from Bob Dylan and Paul Simon — too many of his baby-boomer peers are content to dole out night after night to nostalgia-craving audiences. — George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Apr. 2026 That this arrives at the end of an album about the trials and glories inherent to the work of troubadours, a tale of highway butterflies surviving in the place that let them, of love that didn’t die young, is just right. — Jenn Pelly, Pitchfork, 23 Apr. 2026 Perhaps the international biennial is not doomed to fade away like the art of the medieval troubadour or the magic-lantern show. — Daniel Birnbaum, Artforum, 2 Apr. 2026 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. — Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 4 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for troubadour

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In the film, Scott plays a Greek bard who sings about Odysseus’ victories in the Trojan War.

— Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 22 July 2026
There was also an opening around Ludwig Goransson's score and Travis Scott's role as an in-film bard that went largely unused.

— Olivia Shalhoup, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026

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Singer Carly Simon has been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease and was recently treated for skin cancer, the singer shared in a statement provided to The Associated Press.

— CNN Money, CNN Money, 28 July 2026
The Welsh singer began releasing albums in the late 1970s and remained active for decades, most recently issuing The Best Is Yet to Come roughly half a decade ago, but she is best remembered for her ‘80s output.

— Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026

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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
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

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