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Recent Examples of chanson
Spectacular to look at, the production is unfailingly exuberant, a parade of color and catchy chanson.
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Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 19 Nov. 2024
Inside the spell of Diamond Jubilee’s ’60s psychedelic chanson garage-pop there is unbridled romance and hope, yet to consider its obstinately antiquated and luddite qualities in the stark reality of the 2020s is to feel total hopelessness.
—Pitchfork, 1 Oct. 2024
Nueva Canción draws inspiration from French chanson.
—Daniella Tello-Garzon, refinery29.com, 18 Jan. 2024
As with other yé-yé singers, Hardy’s music blended mid-1960s bubblegum pop, groovy guitar lines and France’s romantic chanson tradition to create sticky-sweet love songs.
—Randall Roberts, Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2024
Audiard makes a case that the movie musical is the only genre that could have contained all this, enlisting nouvelle chanson artist Camille to write the songs and her partner Clément Ducol to compose the score.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 May 2024
There’s a little Edith Piaf in Peyroux’s singing as well, evocations of the famous French cabaret and chanson vocalist.
—David L. Coddon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Mar. 2024
Mélusine is half French chanson/half idiosyncratic art song, which in its course reveals its own soaring majesty.
—Spin Staff, SPIN, 5 June 2023
The opening reminds me of the essential French genre the chanson, which people associate with someone like Edith Piaf.
—Charlie Harding, Vulture, 5 May 2023
Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 19 Nov. 2024
Inside the spell of Diamond Jubilee’s ’60s psychedelic chanson garage-pop there is unbridled romance and hope, yet to consider its obstinately antiquated and luddite qualities in the stark reality of the 2020s is to feel total hopelessness.
—Pitchfork, 1 Oct. 2024
Nueva Canción draws inspiration from French chanson.
—Daniella Tello-Garzon, refinery29.com, 18 Jan. 2024
As with other yé-yé singers, Hardy’s music blended mid-1960s bubblegum pop, groovy guitar lines and France’s romantic chanson tradition to create sticky-sweet love songs.
—Randall Roberts, Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2024
Audiard makes a case that the movie musical is the only genre that could have contained all this, enlisting nouvelle chanson artist Camille to write the songs and her partner Clément Ducol to compose the score.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 May 2024
There’s a little Edith Piaf in Peyroux’s singing as well, evocations of the famous French cabaret and chanson vocalist.
—David L. Coddon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Mar. 2024
Mélusine is half French chanson/half idiosyncratic art song, which in its course reveals its own soaring majesty.
—Spin Staff, SPIN, 5 June 2023
The opening reminds me of the essential French genre the chanson, which people associate with someone like Edith Piaf.
—Charlie Harding, Vulture, 5 May 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for chanson
Noun
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The service and concert will take place at 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 5, at the church, 815 S. Washington St. Castle Singers are vocalists who perform a variety of chamber repertoire, varying from Renaissance madrigals and motets to contemporary pop and vocal jazz.—
Aurora Beacon-News,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Mar. 2025
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At best, Gidden’s singing and arrangement of a Monteverdi madrigal achieve remarkable eloquence.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
21 Sep. 2021
Noun
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The group was equally adept with dancefloor fodder and gentle ballads.—
Erik Pedersen,
Deadline,
7 Mar. 2025
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Love Is Blind thrives on overwrought music cues, and its soaring, on-the-nose ballads are just another layer of the show’s orchestrated melodrama.—
Clover Hope,
Pitchfork,
7 Mar. 2025
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Her husband, my grandfather, was not only a composer who wrote liturgical music, motets, symphonies, and string quartets but also a beloved music teacher who believed that music was as crucial to the development of the mind as math.—
Stephanie H. Murray,
The Atlantic,
18 Dec. 2024
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Repetition with fidelity led, with the aid of print, to longer organized forms such as the motet, a vocal music composition, and the conductus, a Latin song with a rhythmic structure.—
Lynn Whidden,
Scientific American,
26 July 2024
Noun
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The lullaby that the man sings to his birds is undeniably silly.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
14 Feb. 2025
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The perfect all-in-one portable humidifier that distills water for you, cleans itself, and sings a lullaby for you at night does not yet exist.—
Whizy Kim,
Vox,
20 Dec. 2024
Noun
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Fran Drescher’s beloved sitcom character has also inspired pop star Sabrina Carpenter as of late.—
Hannah Malach,
WWD,
11 Mar. 2025
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Baja Beach Fest will also feature sets from fresh faces such as Puerto Rican rapper Young Miko, Brazilian pop star Anitta (who becomes the first Brazilian artist on the lineup), Blessd, Rels B, Oscar Maydo, Tito Double P and Cris MJ, among others.—
Thania Garcia,
Variety,
11 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Stepping in last minute for an ailing Luciano Pavarotti, the Queen of Soul stood by patiently as the orchestra played the swelling notes of the Italian aria before turning to the mic and unleashing that voice.—
Patrick Ryan,
USA TODAY,
30 Jan. 2025
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The songwriter and classical-crossover recording artist will sing Italian arias, pop standards and his original compositions.—
Richard Johnson,
New York Daily News,
23 Feb. 2025
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During previous Trump speeches to Congress, Democrats would often fill the room with groans, boos, scoffs and even chants as a jab to the president.—
Sudiksha Kochi,
USA TODAY,
4 Mar. 2025
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The offensive chant marred the first home game for the club, which joined MLS this year.—
Kyla Guilfoil,
NBC News,
4 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Burn the Jukebox Space Ballroom, 295 Treadwell St., Hamden Pennsylvania indie rockers Burn the Jukebox and Waterbury indie band Ambulance Chasers are at Space Ballroom on March 15 at 8 p.m. $26.69-$32.34.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
8 Mar. 2025
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There is a fingerprint scanner that doubles as a power button, and the usual volume rocker.—
Ben Sin,
Forbes,
7 Mar. 2025
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“Chanson.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chanson. Accessed 15 Mar. 2025.
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