ballad

The atmosphere softened for an a cappella version of 'Grace', the well-known Irish ballad linked to the 1916 Easter Rising, before the national anthem rang out.

From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026

Over a woozy, wavy groove that sounds like a water-damaged recording of a jazz-fusion ballad as it stretches past seven minutes, she tosses out observations about African-American history and the state of the world.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026

Parton said she heard the power ballad version for the first time on the radio, and felt so overwhelmed that she had to pull over to avoid crashing her Cadillac.

From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026

After posing for individual promo portraits, they gathered for a group photo before singing an acapella version of the uptempo ballad “MHM” for social content.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026

A new ballad begins, and the words drift up to me.

From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black

Field hollers, blues, ballads, spirituals, game songs, cowboy songs: these are among folk music’s many familiar forms.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

The new Whigs record is a strong collection of material that stands solidly amongst the existing catalog of v2 Whigs albums, with big rockers, piano ballads, and tape loops neatly nestled against guitar feedback.

From Salon ● Aug. 25, 2026

There were hair-metal bands that only had power ballads — Firehouse or some band with 17th century French aristocrat hair.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026

Years later, after arriving in the South, she discovered it was It's Not Too Late by Green Zone, or Noksaek Jidae, a popular male duo from the 1990s, when sentimental ballads dominated Korean music charts.

From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026

Stella slipped into her own seat, next to the upright piano that Mrs. Grayson plinked out hymns and folk songs and ballads on.

From "Stella by Starlight" by Sharon M. Draper