SIMON FELICE: Simon Felice
SIMONE FELICE Simone Felice Team Love 56 Team Love Web Site Simon Felice Web Site The quiet opening trackâs first sentence (with its protagonist born on the fourth of July to a cop and a … Continue reading →
Monthly Archives: November 2012
On the lam
Scene from The Shawshank Redemption (1994) Greetings, faithful Murder Ballad Monday readers! Greetings, completely new readers who have just stumbled on to the blog! We are now on a temporary hiatus. It’s time to let the field lie fallow. It’s time … Continue reading →
HARRY BELAFONTE: Sing Your Song
HARRY BELAFONTE Sing Your Song: The Music Sony 93951 www.sonymusic.com This sixteen-track compilation features some of the multi-talented veteranâs most venerated recordings, from his own Mississippi riverboat-themed tale of âMark Twainâ to a reflective … Continue reading →
LAURIE LEWIS: Skippin’ and Flyin’
LAURIE LEWIS Skippinâ And Flyinâ Spruce And Maple 2006 www.spruceandmaplemusic.com Though virtually unknown east of the Mississippi until the mid-1980s, the past three decades have seen Laurie Lewis establish herself as one of the … Continue reading →
ANDY STATMAN: Old Brooklyn
ANDY STATMAN Old Brooklyn Shefa 3004/5 www.andystatman.org Andy Statman, a bluegrass mandolin and klezmer clarinet virtuoso, blends elements of bluegrass and klezmer with elements of jazz, blues, rock and roll, folk, country, world music … Continue reading →
“He’s dressed himself in silk so rare.”
Tim Eriksen – from his Facebook fan page Our initial post this week took up the first of our two goals; to look more closely at Tim Eriksen‘s work and place it in the context of how we experience murder … Continue reading →
“Tim Eriksen – Sowing a Silken Seam”
Tim Eriksen – hardcore americana This week at Murder Ballad Monday will be a mix of celebration and reflection, with a bit of correction thrown in for balance.Celebration? Quite simply, we’re still here and still finding plenty to write about even after … Continue reading →
The Mariner’s Revenge Song
Mariner’s Revenge Song (photo by Alicia J. Rose) In its epic sweep and scope, and with its literary shades of Poe, Dickens, Shakespeare, and Melville, “The Mariner’s Revenge Song,” by The Decemberists could probably give us enough material for a … Continue reading →
My Fondest Childhood Memories
Macy Gray We continue this week’s “Vengeance of the ‘Inner Child’” series with Macy Gray‘s “My Fondest Childhood Memories.” Â Earlier this week, we gave a listen to Jim White’s “The Wound That Never Heals,” the musically-framed story of a damaged … Continue reading →
Baby, why don’t you cry?
Sharon Stone in Basic Instinct (1992) We have discussed here and there in previous weeks how children encounter murder ballads–what role such songs may have played in children’s upbringing in earlier times, and how that role may or may not be … Continue reading →