More than any other art form, old songs - really old songs - offer a visceral link to the people of the past. You can read Dickens and Melville, study Old Master paintings, or tune in your classical ...

It is hardly surprising then that her latest album, made with Jefferson Hamer, should tap into the mother of all British American sources, the Child Ballads, a compendium of Scottish and English ...

v. 1. American originals, a heritage in song and story. The ballad of the Braswell boys -- Barb'ry Allen -- Behind the great wall -- The broken hearted boy -- Charles Guiteau -- Charming beauty bright ...

“Power ballad.” The phrase sounds like an oxymoron. Rather, it’s shorthand for the type of song that has, over time, deftly avoided definition. To wit, an anthology titled “The Very Best of Power ...

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