I began working on this concordance to The English and Scottish Popular Ballads in the early 1980's while a graduate student at the University of Colorado, Boulder. At the time I was interested in the ...

For generations, the force of power ballads has been on full display. These songs have launched careers and inspired fans across the globe to raise their lighters (and later, cell phones ...

The ballad is one of the oldest forms of poetry in the English language ... written about real-life events and many are performed as songs in the music charts. These are lines from The Lady ...

If you’ve been around for a hot minute, you’re probably all too familiar with at least a few of the following four greatest rock ballads of all time. However, younger fans of rock music may ...