ballad
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On the tumbling ballad “Cowtown,” he describes the environment as “Where no one ever makes a sound / Except me on this guitar,” which could sound peaceful and content or lonely and frustrated.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026
Albania's Alis has one of the year's most emotional storylines in Nân, a heart-wrenching ballad about a mother waiting desperately for their child to return home.
From BBC • May 8, 2026
Azerbaijan's singer Jiva is much more ruthless as she dispenses with a lover on the cinematic ballad Just Go.
From BBC • May 8, 2026
On the sad and evocative ballad “Loneliest Girl,” she uses small pauses for rhythmic emphasis to foreground rhymes that complicate the action with each occurrence.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026
One day, as Matt was singing a Spanish ballad, his voice cracked.
From "The House of the Scorpion" by Nancy Farmer
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