balladeer

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Both sets also showcase Kirk as a master balladeer and one of jazz’s great romantics.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 1, 2026

The rest of the set balanced her competing impulses: rock chick, singer-songwriter, rabble rouser, strident feminist, heartfelt balladeer.

From BBC • Jun. 29, 2025

Throughout the film, we see Dovydas enthusiastically performing a kind of sign language karaoke against a vivid blue backdrop; his facial expressions are like a lovesick balladeer.

From New York Times • May 2, 2024

Surprise: Philadelphia DJ Marshmello will compete against Caribbean titans Marc Anthony and Juan Luis Guerra in the tropical song category of for “El Merengue,” his profoundly random collaboration with Colombian balladeer Manuel Turizo.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 20, 2023

Unlike the colder Sir Roland, ‘True Thomas’ dared, and was wafted to a realm wondrously described by the old balladeer in the vivid phrase that marks the poetry of vision.

From Legends & Romances of Brittany by Spence, Lewis