As a result, the concert featured no acoustic sets, no power ballads, no reason for anybody to sit down.
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Rodney Ho,
AJC.com,
28 Aug. 2026
The soft, soothing sounds of Anne Murray and the over-the-top, emotional ballads of Barbra Streisand had filled our living room and shaped my understanding of female singers.
By North Carolina’s historical standards, the answer should be no, but the bar has been lowered so much that a trip to a bottom-tier bowl feels like a victory.
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Stewart Mandel,
New York Times,
30 Aug. 2026
Though the enrollment trend can be stabilizing to its balance sheet, the district is still performing well by state standards.
Dolly Parton, the brilliant songwriter and beloved country singer who has died at age 80, wrote one of the great anthems of the American working class.
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John Nichols,
Washington Post,
26 Aug. 2026
The musical features an original score by Christopher Nightingale, Josh Cohen and DJ Walde, drawing on protest anthems, pop, rock, disco and the Welsh choral tradition.
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