balladeer
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Both sets also showcase Kirk as a master balladeer and one of jazz’s great romantics.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 1, 2026
The British balladeer, who broke through with the 2008 hit “Chasing Pavements,” added that she misses everything about life before fame.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2024
An elite balladeer with stylistic range, Boone made like a seasoned pop-soul troubadour at times, later delivering soaring folk-pop anthems with “My Greatest Fear” and the heart-pouring “Pretty Slowly,” a cathartic unreleased number.
From Seattle Times ● May 4, 2024
Throughout the film, we see Dovydas enthusiastically performing a kind of sign language karaoke against a vivid blue backdrop; his facial expressions are like a lovesick balladeer.
From New York Times ● May 2, 2024
Perhaps it was in this sea-fight that the lady beheld her lover; and if, as she thought, he was slain, she scarcely deserves the odium which the balladeer has cast upon her memory.
From Legends & Romances of Brittany by Lewis Spence
