Murder ballads made for dancing The Corriesā performance of āThe Massacre of Glencoeā on our Facebook page several days ago prompted one reader to comment that older songs like it differed with more recent āhardcoreā musicĀ in that the tenderness of … Continue reading →
This is Part Two of Murder Ballad Mondayās interview with Dom Flemons. Read Part One here. MBM: Iād be interested to find out about current projects. Prospect Hill came out last year, 2014. Whatās coming up next for you. Will … Continue reading →
This is Chapter 5 of Stagolee: A Digital Compendium. Ā Ā See alsoĀ Chapter 1,Ā Chapter 2, Chapter 3, and Chapter 4. Introduction The original idea for this post was to look at Stagolee in the 21st century, to see whatās happened to this … Continue reading →
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 →
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 →
This is Chapter 2 of Stagolee: A Digital Compendium. Ā See also Chapter 1,Ā Ā Chapter 3, Chapter 4, and Chapter 5 Introduction In the introduction to the first chapter of this digital compendium, I claimed that today we can all look to … Continue reading →
Friends, Iāve got a confession to make. Ā Iām white, but I love Stagolee. Ā And I donāt just mean the Grateful Deadās āStagger Leeā, which was my gateway to the story ā I love to hear them all. Ā Iāve been too … Continue reading →
This is Chapter 1 ofĀ Stagolee: A Digital Compendium. Ā See also Chapter 2,Ā Chapter 3, Chapter 4, and Chapter 5 Introduction He was a bad man ā Stagolee. Folks have been singing, talking, writing, laughing, cussing, and crying about him since 1895, … Continue reading →
