WFDU-FM’s TRADITIONS Playlist for February 15, 2015 Huddie Ledbetter, best known to the world as Lead Belly, passed away in December 1949, a few short months before the Weavers recording of his “Goodnight Irene” entered the Billboard best seller chart. … Continue reading →
Introduction Ken started us last week on a new, short, and lighter path for a few posts – murder ballad comedy. We learned the obvious from John Cleese – that indeed, dark humor can be good humor, and really has … Continue reading →
This is the second part of a three part series. See also Part 1 and Part 3. Introduction In my first post this week, I introduced the bad man ballad “Duncan and Brady” and explored the historical origin of the song. We saw, … Continue reading →
Henrietta Yurchenco Henrietta Yurchenco, one of the pioneers of the folk music community, passed away on December 9th at the age of 90. In a career that spanned over 70 years, she became a world reknowned ethnomusicologist, author, producer, radio … Continue reading →
