troubadour

Example Sentences

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The Texas troubadour is celebrating not what’s withered and worn but authentic and real.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 13, 2026

Over the past year, the shaggy-haired guitarist and singer has emerged as a modern-day protest troubadour, collaborating with Baez, selling out concert halls, and soaring to rarified fame on social media.

From Barron's • Jan. 29, 2026

Then again, the only artist of color nominated for either prize is Charley Crockett, the Texas-born troubadour whose “Dollar a Day” is up for traditional country album.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 2, 2025

An elite balladeer with stylistic range, Boone made like a seasoned pop-soul troubadour at times, later delivering soaring folk-pop anthems with “My Greatest Fear” and the heart-pouring “Pretty Slowly,” a cathartic unreleased number.

From Seattle Times • May 4, 2024

One of them stands up, and I see that he's wearing the fancy sleeves of a troubadour, though they're caked with the dirt of the road.

From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz