Blogs Posts on "Murder Ballads"

The Best Murder Ballads and True Crime Music by Friends Revolution on Oct 28, 2009A murder ballad recounts the details of a true crime, often of an almost mythical nature. Many of these traditional ballads originated in England, Scotland and Scandinavia. Notable murder ballads, modern style, were written and performed by such arti...

Murder Ballads by Mystical Musings and Politics on Oct 19, 2009image sourceMurder ballads are a notable portion of recorded medieval ballads from Scandinavia and Great Britain. In those, the victim overcomes the murderer, tricks him and stabs him to death while sleeping. Thus, justice is fulfilled, and the murde...

Nick Cave vs. Sting by Upper Middle Brow on Sep 15, 2009     Nick Cave's book reading at Union Square this week was my first chance to shake the great man's hand in 15 years. The only previous time was when he was signing Murder Ballads at the old Tower Records on West 4th. Nick s...