ballad

Hernandez gets a bit teary-eyed when talking about his favorite song, “Sentimientos,” a whirling polka-driven ballad about an avoidant situationship, he said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026

Later in the collection, the Amy Winehouse cover “You Know I’m No Good” is an interesting choice, but it adds nothing to the original, while the penultimate “Back in Your Life” is a fine ballad.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026

But a four-minute radio version took the world by storm, with the ballad spending two weeks as UK number one, and four weeks in the US.

From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026

In 2008, shortly before Oasis split up, Liam declared that he "can't stand singing that song" - the acoustically-driven ballad that launched a thousand buskers.

From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026

One day, as Matt was singing a Spanish ballad, his voice cracked.

From "The House of the Scorpion" by Nancy Farmer

Though she’s no conventional jazz singer, it’s no surprise she felt compelled to sing ballads with orchestration, a time-honored formula for so many great jazz vocalists, including her earliest musical obsession, Sarah Vaughan.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 11, 2026

The early ballads about his saga were “grotesque and brutal,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2026

Born in June 1943 in Pannaipuram, Tamil Nadu, as R Gnanathesikan, Ilaiyaraaja was raised on the folk songs and ballads sung by his father, a cardamom estate supervisor.

From BBC ● Jun. 6, 2026

No “It’s a Miracle” or “Copacabana”? I’m trying ballads too — my ballads end big.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 27, 2026

Stella slipped into her own seat, next to the upright piano that Mrs. Grayson plinked out hymns and folk songs and ballads on.

From "Stella by Starlight" by Sharon M. Draper