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This included traditional literature and folk songs.
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Ann Scott Tyson, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 Sep. 2024
Perhaps one of modern folk’s most indelible examples of a historical folk song distilled by time, the origins of the chorus stretch through several iterations traced back to the 1940s.
—Alessandro Corona, The Enquirer, 11 July 2024
The track is based on a folk song recorded several years ago among villagers in central Ukraine, to which the band added drums and synths.
—Daria Mitiuk Brendan Hoffman, New York Times, 5 June 2024
Middlebury College Collections on JSTOR Middlebury Colleges shares more than 75,000 items in twenty public collections that include photo negatives, postcards, letters, yearbooks, periodicals, folk songs, and maps on JSTOR.
—Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 8 May 2024
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Ann Scott Tyson, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 Sep. 2024
Perhaps one of modern folk’s most indelible examples of a historical folk song distilled by time, the origins of the chorus stretch through several iterations traced back to the 1940s.
—Alessandro Corona, The Enquirer, 11 July 2024
The track is based on a folk song recorded several years ago among villagers in central Ukraine, to which the band added drums and synths.
—Daria Mitiuk Brendan Hoffman, New York Times, 5 June 2024
Middlebury College Collections on JSTOR Middlebury Colleges shares more than 75,000 items in twenty public collections that include photo negatives, postcards, letters, yearbooks, periodicals, folk songs, and maps on JSTOR.
—Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 8 May 2024
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The music moves from inventive, engaging art song to smoldering improvisations in which Wilkins and his bandmates—anchored by his regular colleagues Micah Thomas on piano, Rick Rosato on bass and Kweku Sumbry on drums—push to the outer limits.Steve Hochman, SPIN, 21 Oct. 2024
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As a map of Austin’s musical journey, the recital moved through spirituals and standard repertoire into 20th-century and contemporary art song and opera.Michael Andor Brodeur, Washington Post, 14 Dec. 2023
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LeVar Burton has spent years as a constant, edifying, steadying presence in American pop culture.Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 24 Oct. 2024
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Chip stocks were largely higher after semiconductor equipment maker Lam Research ‘s quarterly beats and stock pop.Matthew J. Belvedere, CNBC, 24 Oct. 2024
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One week after the death of band member Liam Payne, all five of One Direction’s albums have returned to high positions in the UK music chart, along with the singer’s solo album.Caroline Frost, Deadline, 26 Oct. 2024
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Elliot Mintz On His Decade With John And Yoko Excited about New solo album, POPPED!Liza Lentini, SPIN, 25 Oct. 2024
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Consider sharing brief teasers, such as a catchy snippet of the chorus or a compelling visual that ties into the song.Justin Grome, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024
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Days later, Davis married Loray White, a Black chorus singer.J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 22 Oct. 2024
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Close behind is American rockers The Offspring with Supercharged (Concord/Universal), new at No. 4.Lars Brandle, Billboard, 22 Oct. 2024
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However, the company didn’t recall those particular products, which convert from an infant seat to a rocker for toddlers.Aria Bendix, NBC News, 10 Oct. 2024
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The chant in both Washington and most European chancellories is that Ukraine can’t win because this has become a war of attrition and the sooner Kyiv negotiates a deal with Putin, the better.Steve Forbes, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
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But one coffin is loosely draped with two yellow Hezbollah flags, and the funeral turns into a pro-Hezbollah event, featuring heartfelt chants of loyalty to Hassan Nasrallah, the Hezbollah chief assassinated by Israel in late September.Scott Peterson, The Christian Science Monitor, 29 Oct. 2024
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But beyond that story, there is the beauty of the song itself, a ballad where Sanz’s voice shines above a measured and subtle accompaniment and that speaks of the dissolution of love despite the best intentions.Leila Cobo, Billboard, 25 Oct. 2024
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Laura Marling: Patterns in Repeat [Chrysalis/Partisan] Laura Marling’s first album in four years is a trove of nocturnal ballads and introspective lullabies recorded in the room with her newborn daughter.Madison Bloom, Pitchfork, 25 Oct. 2024
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Some of the potential fates can also make everyone cackle with wicked glee like a table full of witches.Rob Wieland, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2024
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Wallace points out that many Satoshi investigators have been bedevilled by faulty pattern-matching, a particular vulnerability for those who have seized upon superficial stylistic similarities with unwarranted glee.Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2024
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“Folk song.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/folk%20song. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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