ballad
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There’s no Betty Buckley in the cast to catapult “Memory,” the show’s indelible power ballad, to the Heaviside Layer, the land of rebirth for one lucky chosen cat.
From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026
He invited someone from the crowd to sing and Belfast schoolgirl Síomha Nic Bhrádaigh serenaded him with the Irish ballad, An Cáilín Álainn, as reported by Irish broadcaster RTÉ.
From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026
High enough to swipe the title of the Backstreet Boys’ classic teen-pop ballad for this junior-dubstep jam.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026
She was an unknown artist in 1979, and she wanted to cut a ballad.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026
Lorca explained that the cante jondo was a primitive flamenco from his native Andalusia, a region enriched by Moorish invaders, and that the songs had inspired his own gypsy ballad poems.
From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García
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