melodies

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He liked to play loudly, for many hours at a time, improvising ceaseless and whipsawing sagas of frenetic melodies and emphatic blaring and screeching—it was a whole lot of sound.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026

Portugal's entry, Rosa, is equally gorgeous, highlighting the a capella melodies of cante Alentejano, a musical tradition that arose amongst bull-herders who sang to co-ordinate the movement of their flocks.

From BBC • May 8, 2026

I wrote every word that I sing, I wrote every note that I sing — all the melodies — and I stacked all the harmonies.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 26, 2026

“Michael” is bizarre because everything left unsaid still lingers between the lines, sandwiched between the formidable melodies of his greatest hits, like toxic ooze leaking out from the middle of two slices of Wonderbread.

From Salon • Apr. 25, 2026

“It would bring me great pleasure to hear those songs yet again. I find their melodies to be the prettiest of all,” said Darkness.

From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young