All five of these murder ballads are unsettlingly creepy, but there is one that stands out among the rest as the darkest by ...
British folk music had a golden era in the 1960s and early '70s. But in certain musical circles lately, it's been experiencing a renaissance. Spin magazine writer and critic Will Hermes takes a look ...
The Decemberists team up with English singer Olivia Chaney to perform gorgeous British folk ballads. Note: NPR's First Listen audio comes down after the album is released. However, you can still ...
It was actually written by British folk singer Ewan MacColl, looking back to ballads of old. At Newport, Olivia Chaney performed it solo, playing an Indian harmonium, old and even older songs given ...
Sporadically transcendent, mostly absurd, this folk musical sees a modern lesbian in New York find her true self by communing with her ballad-singing, proto-feminist female ancestors. Lush harmonies ...
21. Maids When you're Young Never Wed an Old Man 22. Spanish Lady (Dublin City) 23. Uncle Tam 24. I Put My Hand 25. Funny One 26. First Bloody Thing/ Dunlavin Green 27. Johnnie Lad 28. The Trooper and ...