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Dom Flemons: MBMonday Interview, Part Two

Sing Out! Posted on Jun 8, 2015 by Ken BiggerJun 8, 2015

This is Part Two of Murder Ballad Monday’s interview with Dom Flemons. Read Part One here. MBM: I’d be interested to find out about current projects. Prospect Hill came out last year, 2014. What’s coming up next for you. Will … Continue reading →

Posted in Murder Ballad Monday | Tagged Carolina Chocolate Drops, Dave Van Ronk, Der Erlkönig, Dom Flemons, Duncan and Brady, Frankie and Albert, Frankie and Johnny, Stack O'Lee, Stagolee, The Earl King

This story has no moral

Sing Out! Posted on Feb 1, 2012 by Ken BiggerJan 5, 2015

  Despite the fact that I think there was some “hourglass moment” where this song slipped through a narrow channel to flow back out again, there is still so much diversity to the lyrics of this song that a “close … Continue reading →

Posted in Murder Ballad Monday | Tagged Bob Dylan, Bob Gibson, Frankie and Albert, Frankie and Johnny, Greenwood County Singers, Josh White

Ain’t gonna tell you no stories

Sing Out! Posted on Jan 31, 2012 by Ken BiggerJan 5, 2015

We’ll start today’s posts with some news accounts, to begin thinking about whether and how the facts matter to the song, and how the facts leave their traces, often in indirect ways, in the songs.  For the moment at least, … Continue reading →

Posted in Murder Ballad Monday | Tagged Cecil Brown, eric von schmidt, Frankie and Albert, Frankie and Johnny, Leadbelly, Louis Armstrong, Rolf Cahn

Frankie and Albert

Sing Out! Posted on Jan 30, 2012 by Ken BiggerJan 5, 2015

The Frankie and Johnny mural in the House Lounge at the Missouri State Capitol “Frankie and Johnny” or “Frankie and Albert” is the most popular and commercially successful murder ballad.  I can’t think of a song that really comes remotely … Continue reading →

Posted in Murder Ballad Monday | Tagged Cecil Brown, confabulators, Eleanor Long-Wilgus, Frankie and Albert, Frankie and Johnny, Garrison Keillor, Guy Lombardo, John Hurt, King Oliver, Lonnie Donegan, New Lost City Ramblers, Taj Mahal, Van Morrison

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