American Songwriter

3 Deep-Cut Folk Ballads From the 1970s That Aren’t by Dylan, Mitchell, or Young

The most popular John Prine ballad is, without a doubt, “Sam Stone”. However, it is far from the only ballad the masterful songwriter created, and one of the more obscure ballads by John Prine is his ...
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Anthology of American Folk Music, Vol. 1: Ballads [sound recording]

Henry Lee -- Fatal flower garden -- House carpenter -- Drunkards special -- Old lady and the devil -- The butcher's boy -- The wagoner's lad -- King kong kitchie kitchie ki-me-o -- Old shoes and ...
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Southern folk ballads compiled and edited by W.K. McNeil

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 ...
American Songwriter

3 Non-Fictional Folk Songs That Tell a Story Worthy of a Bestseller

Some folk musicians serve as journalists, professors, and historians, capturing a moment of the past in song and creating an immortalized product that exists as a didactic piece of music for the world ...
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‘Ain’t no you in United’: This anti-healthcare industry folk ballad taking over

A folk song criticizing the American health insurance industry is going viral on TikTok in the wake of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson’s death in New York. The song, which is titled “United Health ...