songster:
(plural: ‘songsters‘; the female word, old usage = ‘songstress’; for the right pronunciation of this word, please click here)
a songster singing
a person who signs songs; a singer;
a person who writes songs; a songwriter;
a poet,
a Rwandan songster
Being a renowned songster, Marcos always practises the orthodox singing methods, along with the modern day improvements, to keep himself in the right track.
Every community has a group of songsters who sing the songs of praise for their ancestors and the deities at festival celebrations and religious rituals.
Though the word ‘songster’ is not commonly used for any modern day singer, most of the popular singers of the past are often referred to as ‘songsters’ either out of respect or to show the difference between the music lines of the past and the present.
