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

The British balladeer, who broke through with the 2008 hit “Chasing Pavements,” added that she misses everything about life before fame.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 17, 2024

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

Perhaps it was in this sea-fight that the lady beheld her lover; and if, as she thought, he was slain, she scarcely deserves the odium which the balladeer has cast upon her memory.

From Legends & Romances of Brittany by Spence, Lewis