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troubadours

noun

plural of troubadour

as in bards

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

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Recent Examples of troubadours Stroll around the Artist Quarter, where troubadours serenade passersby in the evenings. — Zanny Merullo, Travel + Leisure, 21 June 2026 His early writing reflected the popular style of the French troubadours, courtly poet-musicians who sang of their longing for a beautiful lady. — Claudia Roth Pierpont, New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2025 That exquisitely rare skill — the ability to arrange a handful of ordinary notes in a way that makes time stop and pulses quicken — unites long-anonymous troubadours, symphonists, Broadway entertainers, earnest singer-songwriters, griots, and ancient clerics. — Justin Davidson, Vulture, 30 Sep. 2025 Medieval Europe, an era that gave us heraldry, court jesters, and troubadours, is rendered in dull, grayish brown hues. — Will Collins, The Washington Examiner, 19 Sep. 2025

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This is a classic stair-step uptrend, the kind the poets of Ancient Greece composed odes to and bards of the north told tales about around the fire in days of old.

— Josh Brown,Sean Russo, CNBC, 21 Sep. 2026
Before it was written down, bards recited the adventures of Odysseus and the Greeks orally.

— Margherita Bassi, Popular Science, 19 Aug. 2026

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The singer, dressed in all red, much like in the track’s music video, was surrounded by her backup singers for a lively performance of the song, which has taken over social media this past year.

— Nicole Fell, HollywoodReporter, 27 Sep. 2026
The film is a comprehensive documentary about one of Brazil’s most renowned singers and public figures, Elza Soares.

— Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 25 Sep. 2026

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Pylon features a number of all-star guests, with Paramore’s Hayley Williams, Turnstile’s Brendan Yates and Deftones‘ Chino Moreno all making appearances as vocalists.

— Thomas Smith, Billboard, 25 Sep. 2026
On the other hand, the call sheet reads like a who’s who of modern musical theater; a company of vocalists so talented that limiting their range to the spoken word is akin to gathering the world’s Olympians and asking them all to play badminton.

— Ben Travers, IndieWire, 25 Sep. 2026

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