IN the long-expected work of which the first part lies before us, Professor Child undertakes to give every existing version of every popular English ballad, together with its comparative history, ...

Thomas Percy’s ballad collection, Reliques of Ancient English Poetry, marks a point of intersection between balladry and Shakespeareana, which both went through a transitional phase from vocal ...

Carty has always seen folk as reflecting social life and conditions, so has never shied away from social and political issues ...

Journal of American Folklore, the quarterly journal of the American Folklore Society since the Society's founding in 1888, publishes scholarly articles, essays, notes, and commentaries directed to a ...

Sung by Ewan MacColl and A. L. Lloyd. Table of contents The Broomfield hill. --The prickly bush or The maid freed from the gallows. --Johnnie O' Breadisley or Johnie Cock. --George Collins or Lady ...

Some of the year’s best songs were pop chart-toppers, instant classics that ruled the radio and the clubs. Others come out of ...

For the first time in over fifty years, Harbinger Records will release "Ballads for the Age of Science," the most successful educational recordings of all time, as a six-CD box set. Featuring more ...

The news outlet Munhwa Ilbo has shared a look at some of the biggest songs on the music platform Genie Music this year! Munhwa Ilbo received data from Genie Music for the period running from January 1 ...

Music is often considered a universal language, as it crosses language barriers and connects people all over the world with ease. In fact, songs are popularly used in foreign language classrooms as a ...

“I think I am so brave to even do that,” Fujii Kaze laughs. It’s the day after his second sold-out show at London’s O2 Shepherds Bush Empire, and he’s reflecting on his set, which saw him cover a song ...