ballad
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The booming rock ballad Don't Look Back in Anger also took on a greater significance after it was sung, impromptu, at a vigil for those who lost their lives in the 2017 Manchester Arena attack.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
And the midtempo ballad “The Knife” describes a collapsing relationship as a mortal threat, akin to a dagger jabbed into one’s side or a case of kerosene waiting to be ignited.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
“It’s a ballad for the real lad, an acceptable point where men can show a bit of emotion.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 11, 2026
“You Got Me Rocking” sounds like a throwback to something on “Exile on Main St.,” while the ballad “Out of Tears” echoes “Angie.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026
Jemmy's ears pricked up as the ballad seller began singing a sample of his merchandise.
From "The Whipping Boy" by Sid Fleischman
A peak of pop excess, Raye's second full-length album is a 73-minute melodrama, sprinkled with golden age Hollywood glamour, show-stopping ballads, tongue twisting wordplay and genre smashing handbrake turns.
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
The distinctive jazz vocalist teams with the Metropole Orkest and arranger Darcy James Argue on an album of expressively rendered ballads.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
The excellent ballads “Memory Motel” and “Fool to Cry” are essential.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026
Popular throughout New England in the late 1960s for their vocal-harmony ballads and club performances, the Tavares brothers—first performing as Chubby and the Turnpikes and then as just the Turnpikes—struggled to gain national exposure.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 25, 2026
It must be particularly fine this year, judging from the sound of many rowdy ballads issuing from the wine cellars.
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
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