Note: Ā This is Part 1 of a two-part series on āDeliaās Goneā ā See also Part 2 Introduction ā āO, I am fortuneās fool!ā I wonder if youāve seen that āmemeā that goes in part like this ā āRomeo and … Continue reading →
Nora Jones, video cap from the music video for āMiriamā Hell hath no furyā¦ Quite some time ago, I shared a three bedroom apartment with three roommates, a man and two women. At some point, rather early in our time … Continue reading →
Introduction We here at Murder Ballad Monday would love every week to bring you a fully researched ādeep diveā into a particular ballad, but time doesnāt always allow for that, given that we donāt make a penny from this work. … Continue reading →
Adrian Roye This is the second installment of two on the song āJosephineā by Adrian Roye, of Adrian Roye and the Exiles. You can read the first post here. Roye was kind enough to do a Skype interview with me … Continue reading →
Ā Adrian Roye Ā In our travels through the murder ballad genre, we go into a few kinds of terrain with some regularity. Sometimes, itās a deep dive into an āold countryā of traditional, if not ancient, murder ballads. These … Continue reading →
Prineās stuff is pure Proustian existentialism. Midwestern mindtrips to the nth degree. And he writes beautiful songs. I remember when Kris Kristofferson first brought him on the scene. All that stuff about āSam Stoneā the soldier junky daddy and āDonald … Continue reading →
Alternate UK album cover photo forĀ Strange Little GirlsĀ (2001).This is the photo for āI Donāt Like Mondaysā in the liner notes This is the second in a pair of posts about Bob Geldofās song āI Donāt Like Mondays.ā Read the first … Continue reading →
Bob Geldof (well before becoming Sir Bob Geldof, K.B.E.) Tell me why! Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā I donāt like Mondays! Tell me why! Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā … Continue reading →
Note: This is Part 3 of a three part series on āLittle Sadieā ā See also Part 1 and Part 2 Introduction I went out one night for to make a little round I met Little Sadie and I shot … Continue reading →
Note: this is Part 2 of a three part series on āLittle Sadieā ā See also Part 1 and Part 3 Introduction Last week we looked at the roots and early life of the ballad most commonly known as āLittle … Continue reading →
