troubadour

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Over the past year, the shaggy-haired guitarist and singer has emerged as a modern-day protest troubadour, collaborating with Baez, selling out concert halls, and soaring to rarified fame on social media.

From Barron's • Jan. 29, 2026

In October, Texas troubadour Charley Crockett, who has derided the trap-inflected “bro country” coming out of Nashville, played a solo set at Lucinda’s before moving uptown for a three-night residency at Café Carlyle.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 23, 2025

Thirty years after his breakout as a Sundance darling with “The Brothers McMullen,” Edward Burns may have faded from view as an indie troubadour of middle-class mores, family fractures and romantic entanglements.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 21, 2025

Residents have been left bewildered by the box's transformation that consists of a sign attached to the door and images of the tousle-haired troubadour.

From BBC • Jan. 18, 2024

"A troubadour came to the royal court," Marmeluc says.

From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz