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While the Whole World Sings

Sing Out! Posted on Jan 5, 2015 by Ken BiggerApr 11, 2015

“Like there’s nothing going wrong” I first heard Hurray for the Riff Raff’s “The Body Electric” through a National Public Radio article by Ann Powers last month: “The Political Folk Song of the Year.”  I appear to be rather late … Continue reading →

Posted in Murder Ballad Monday | Tagged Alynda Lee Segarra, Aoife O'Donovan, Crooked Still, Frank Proffitt, Hurray for the Riff Raff, Poor Ellen Smith, Ruth Gerson, The Body Electric

Delia’s Gone – A Digital Compendium, 1993 – Present

Sing Out! Posted on Mar 17, 2014 by Patrick BlackmanMar 7, 2015

Note: This is Part 2 of a two part series on “Delia’s Gone” –  See also Part 1 Introduction Today’s post isn’t about Johnny Cash’s song “The Beast in Me“, but it is all about restraint, and lack thereof.  After … Continue reading →

Posted in Murder Ballad Monday | Tagged Bob Dylan, Delia, Delia's Gone, Eric Bibb, Johnny Cash, Ruth Gerson

Little Sadie – Old Time, Bluegrass, and Beyond

Sing Out! Posted on Jan 17, 2014 by Patrick BlackmanMar 14, 2015
Clarence "Tom" Ashley - ca. early 1960's

Note: This is Part 3 of a three part series on “Little Sadie” – 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 →

Posted in Murder Ballad Monday | Tagged Bad Lee Brown, Clarence Ashley, Crooked Still, Darrell Scott, Doc Watson, Hedy West, John Dilleshaw, Little Sadie, Louise Foreacre, Ruth Gerson, The Kingston Trio, Tim O'Brien, Tony Rice, Wade Ward, Woody Guthrie

Making arrangements

Sing Out! Posted on Feb 10, 2012 by Ken BiggerJan 5, 2015

The D.K. Wilgus article I mentioned in my first post this week divides the American versions of what it refers to as the “Rose Connoley” ballad into two forms.  The first is what Wilgus calls the “Come-all-ye” form, which normally … Continue reading →

Posted in Murder Ballad Monday | Tagged Bailey Cooke, Down in the Willow Garden, Herta Marshall, Kristin Hersh, Nick Cave, Ruth Gerson

Firm Foundations

Sing Out! Posted on Jan 11, 2012 by Ken BiggerJan 5, 2015

“Omie Wise” has been with us a long time, and been “folk processed” in a number of different directions.  That it is still with us is evidence of its power to move and affect the singer and the listener.  That … Continue reading →

Posted in Murder Ballad Monday | Tagged "Protection", Dyad, How Firm a Foundation, Hymns, Lonesome Sisters, Omie Wise, Pentangle, Ruth Gerson

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