ballad

On the nostalgic piano ballad “Good Morning,” he imagines what it might be like to settle down somewhere “with a dog and a wife.”

From Los Angeles Times ● 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

It's a Heartache, her country-pop ballad released the same year, reached number four on the UK singles chart and number three on the US Billboard Hot 100.

From BBC ● Jul. 9, 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

The inside smelled like vanilla or roses—I couldn’t tell which, maybe both—and her music collection included every terrible power ballad in existence.

From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson

The first of their three late-career triumphs, “A Bigger Bang” brings attitude, funk, dirty rockers and dreamy ballads.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026

No “It’s a Miracle” or “Copacabana”? I’m trying ballads too — my ballads end big.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 27, 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

The song certainly stands out in a sea of windswept ballads and crunchy club anthems.

From BBC ● May 15, 2026

Evenings after supper the household servants, pages, craftsmen, and all those not on watch gathered about the fire in the Great Hall where Piers Nitingale or John told tales or sang ballads.

From "The Door in the Wall" by Marguerite de Angeli