His style has constantly evolved, ranging from sweet country ballads to grunge and noise.
But on ballads such as "Nature Boy, " he manages to rein in his youthful enthusiasm.
Cooper has grown, serving as fodder for countless news articles, a movie and ballads.
The roots-music powerhouse knows its way around thundering Southern rockers, country ballads and, lately, Stax-inspired soul.
He is the subject of many narcocorridos, the popular ballads that celebrate outlaw exploits.
Try the ballads such as Win and Can You Hear Me? or the up-tempo grooves of Fascination and Right.
Several tracks written as simple rock ballads build in intensity to extended codas.
There are folksy, acoustic laments, minor key ballads and a few juke-joints (Unintelligible).
He had jumped to a major label, and racked up some radio hits with a glossier sound and homespun ballads.
As well as, of course, inspiring those three minute pop ballads that now make up the soundtrack of our lives.
But inside his head, in thousands of tales and ballads handed down for five centuries, lived kings, witches, demons and mermaids.
His family sang gospel songs and ballads passed down by their ancestors.
She studied classical music, then developed a passion for jazz, especially ballads.
She sang traditional Mexican ballads and was nominated for a Latin Grammy Award in 2002 in the category of best banda album.
"He's just got this knack for this romantic ballads and lyrical sort of melody, " said Constantine Maroulis, who stars in the "Jekyll" revival.
Four songs from those sessions, elegiac ballads that include two Bob Dylan covers, landed on Ms. Raitt's new album, "Slipstream, " due April 10.
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Famous for singing ballads - Ms Piaf's songs include La Vie on Rose, Milord, La Foule - and Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien.
The performances of the 25 finalists were as diverse as ever with emotional ballads, mock opera, classic pop and a half-hearted attempt at some hybrid-rap.
Her heart-wrenching ballads often center on infidelity, social issues and relationships.
Frank Sinatra sang the same ballads, but made them sound sexier.
Arborea's self-titled CD reflects the sepia-toned landscapes and creaky acoustic instrumentation of backwoods Americana, and the minor-key narratives tell sinister tales in the spirit of English murder ballads.
"Secular items are never to be sung or played at a Catholic funeral, such as romantic ballads, pop or rock music, political songs, football club songs, " he adds.
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The British folk rebels of the early 1970s explained their rocked-out Child ballads as a way of taking folk music out of museums and giving it back to folks.
Ever since she began her career as an acoustic singer-songwriter in the early '80s, Patty Griffin has specialized in sweet, smart ballads with shades of blues, pop, folk and country.
Dekker and his backup singers, a group of brothers dubbed The Four Aces, produced a string of hits, mostly love ballads and songs with hints of religion or advice to parents.
As they 'pass the warp' and 'split the weft', the weavers sing mnemonic ballads that remind them of the techniques they employ and enhance the cooperative, artistic atmosphere at the loom.
Autobiographical elements fill each of the vividly composed ballads.
In its opening moments, The Everybodyfields' "Lonely Anywhere" sounds as sweetly unassuming as ballads get: As a gently plucked acoustic guitar sets the scene, Jill Andrews slowly and tentatively offers a sweet-sounding apology.
Even within the confines of musically narrow genres, Cooder allows himself room to stretch, manipulating the song structures of 1930s American music: minstrel folk, country ballads, blues and even the lounge jazz of Chet Baker.
For New Year's Eve, the Mingus Big Band picked tunes from those records to showcase Mingus' diverse repertoire, including everything from gospel hollers and church music to lush ballads, swinging dance tunes, bebop and the blues.
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