This is Chapter 4 of Stagolee: A Digital Compendium. Ā Ā See also Chapter 1, Chapter 2, Chapter 3, and Chapter 5 Introduction Our online compendium celebrating the great American folk song and tale āStagoleeā has grown now and, though Iām not … Continue reading →
Dave Van Ronk, Joan Baez, Leonard Cohen, Judy Collins, and Chad Mitchell(this photo looks a little off to me, I canāt vouch for its authenticity) As I mentioned in the first post this week, my friend, Cayce, put me up … Continue reading →
Ian & Sylvia Tyson In this weekās second post, weāre going to give a relatively quick listen to āKaty Dear.ā Itās in the same song family as āSilver Dagger,ā although with a different focus and a more gruesome end. The … Continue reading →
Morning SunĀ by Edward Hopper (1952) When I meet new people, itās just a matter of timeāsometimes more, sometimes lessābefore I mention this murder ballad hobby of mine. I recently started a new job. (You may have inferred as much from … Continue reading →
A gravestone from the Battlefield of Culloden It is easy to write about violence, the causes of it, the effects of it, in the abstract. Glib, throwaway statements are profoundly easy to produce. My aim in writing this second part … Continue reading →
The Battle of Culloden 1746. In our ongoing quest to explore the subject of death, dying and murder we at Murder Ballad Monday continue to stretch the concept of a Murder Ballad. This weekās song is no exception to this … Continue reading →
This is Chapter 3 of Stagolee: A Digital Compendium. Ā See also Chapter 1,Ā Chapter 2, Chapter 4, and Chapter 5 Caveat ā While I will make every reasonable effort to maintain propriety and decorum in writing this post, the language and … Continue reading →
Bob Dylan, 1978 āYou can do anything with your voice if you put your mind to it. I mean, you can become a ventriloquist or you can become an imitator of other peopleās voices. IāmĀ usually just stuck with my own … Continue reading →
Portrait by George Romney (not that George Romney) [April 1, 2013] A truly exciting day here at Murder Ballad Monday! A new discovery! William Cullen Bryant Hidden away in an obscure volume of poetry collected by William Cullen BryantĀ isĀ the seemingly … Continue reading →
Did you happen to watch the American Masters biography of Haggard that I posted earlier this week? Itās long, so no worries if you didnāt, but Gillian Welch makes an important comment in the interview with her in that documentary.āIāve … Continue reading →
