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, ...

Half of the songs were old ballads set to a live ensemble of fiddle, guitar, banjo, and harmonium—but the other half were radio hits sung in thick Scottish accents by a choir of drunken country people ...

Three generations. Timeless ballads. One unforgettable story. From award-winning songwriter Finn Anderson (Islander) and visionary director Tania Azevedo (But I’m a Cheerleader), Ballad Lines is a ...

1. Translated from the Originals, by R. C. ALEXANDER PRIOR, M. D. London: Williams & Norgate. Leipzig: R. Hartmann. 1860. 3 vols. pp. lx., 400, 468, 500. 2. By ROBERT ...

Folk Music Journal is a peer-reviewed journal of research into all aspects of traditional song, music, dance, and drama. It is the journal of the Vaughan Williams Memorial Library, England's national ...

Though there's nary a kilt in sight, we have two Scottish companies in town: The National Theatre of Scotland at Santa Monica's Broad Stage and Glasgow's Visible Fictions at The Wallis in Beverly ...

In the auld Scottish ballad “Tam Lin,” the title character is a knight in a terrible spot. He’s been captured by the fairies and expects to be sacrificed this very Halloween, when their queen pays her ...

In 2013, when the National Theatre of Scotland came to this bonny city with its war drama “Black Watch,” audience members were “embedded” with actors playing Scottish soldiers in the Middle East. Now ...

The Stewart Tartan Pipes and Drums will present their 23rd annual free holiday Scottish concert Dec. 3. at 3 p.m. The concert will take place at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, 13601 Saratoga Ave. in ...