1.   Before long, she was composing romantic ballads and pulsating odes to the Cuban peasantry.

2.   Dressed for comfort like the undergraduate she was, casual at the microphone, she sang a romantic Tin Pan Alley ballad in a voice I can scarcely recall.

3.   Even on romantic ballads, soloists tended to demonstrate a brawny sensitivity.

4.   Everything from instrumental jigs and reels to romantic ballads was imported from Ireland and Scotland, to the mountains of the Carolinas and Kentucky and to the Texas plains.

5.   From heavy-duty hip-hop to soulful romantic ballads, this disc brings an urban flair to the holiday festivities.

6.   Garcia loved the romantic ballads of the Puerto Rican countryside and a little shot of whiskey, his stepson said.

7.   He composed a number of his hit romantic ballads when he was in his teens and still talks about love with an adolescent idealism.

8.   He may have fallen off the radar screen but Rogers was convinced there was still room in popular country music for his brand of twangy-sweet romantic ballads.

9.   Lovett announced that his wife was at the concert, and dedicated a surreal romantic ballad by David Rodriguez to her.

10.   Tapeo is a big date restaurant, Leon says, so he tries to mix in romantic ballads, music to hold hands to.