ballad

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

“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

Steinman initially envisioned the power ballad as a core piece in a musical adaptation of “Nosferatu,” but with Tyler, the number took on a different life.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026

So does White Leather, a delicate, folky ballad that was the b-side of their debut single, Fluffy, back in 2012.

From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026

A ballad seller was working his way through the crowd, crying out his wares.

From "The Whipping Boy" by Sid Fleischman

Dance Quest’s silent disco hike takes guests on an hourlong adventure through Griffith Park, complete with a curated playlist of bangers and ballads.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 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

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

Ben turns on the radio finally and finds a rock station with ballads we can sing along to.

From "Paper Towns" by John Green