All five of these murder ballads are unsettlingly creepy, but there is one that stands out among the rest as the darkest by ...
It is not the first “murder ballad,” a subgenre of the traditional ballad with a crime or a gruesome death as the theme. “L.A. County” by Lyle Lovett and “Red Headed Stranger” by Willie Nelson are a ...
An American folk ballad is a narrative song passed down orally through generations, typically telling stories of love, tragedy, adventure, or historical events. It often features simple language, ...
Katherine Jackson French traveled the Kentucky mountains in the early 1900s searching for traditional ballads that were disappearing. Her work was never published — until now. Katherine Jackson French ...
A new album from Alison McMorland presents 12 traditional ballads as they have never been heard in modern times, writes Jim Gilchrist This site is protected by ...
This time-spanning feminist musical falls between unconvincing contemporary scenes and thin historic narratives but has its moments ...
In Louisiana, most people know about Alan Lomax and his father, John – the great “songcatchers” who tromped through the wilds of the rural South from the ’30s to the ’60s, tracking down blues, gospel ...
Coke Studio Bangla Season 2 has dropped its latest musical number — Kotha Koiyo Na — on YouTube, bringing together folk music and contemporary influences. Bangladeshi singer Arfan Mredha Shiblu has ...
After the mass shooting in El Paso, Texas, that claimed 22 lives, many residents mourned through music. Singer-songwriter Josue Rodriguez helped his community cope by writing a corrido. After the mass ...