All five of these murder ballads are unsettlingly creepy, but there is one that stands out among the rest as the darkest by far.

Wendy Eisenberg has spent the past decade as a fixture of independent music and an artist of inspired multiplicity. As a singer-songwriter, improviser, ...

Murder is in the air as tales of passion, revenge, and deadly consequences continue to find a place in songs from some of our favorite artists.

A closer look at Bob Dylan's Not Dark Yet, released in 1977, reveals a message of resilience that's more relevant than ever.

Composer Finn Anderson and director Tania Azevedo have created a powerful generational journey through the history of Appalachian song Much of the music of central Appalachia – the mountainous region ...

Sporadically transcendent, mostly absurd, this folk musical sees a modern lesbian in New York find her true self by communing with her ballad-singing, proto-feminist female ancestors. Lush harmonies ...

The show blends contemporary songs with centuries-old Scottish, Irish, and Appalachian ballads performed live by a band featuring Sally Simpson (violin), Isis Dunthorne (drums), Shonagh Murray (keys), ...

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