Articles tagged "murder ballads"

Column: Field Studies

Art Imitates Death

by Andrew Gilstrap

[30.Jan.09] :. One of the misconceptions that Graeme Thomson deals with in his book I Shot a Man in Reno is that music about death is somehow out of the norm. In fact, death finds its way into pretty much every type of music.

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Column: Torch & Twang

Murder, My Sweet

by Juli Thanki

[28.Oct.08] :. They might kick me out of the feminist club for this, but I love murder ballads, even the ones in which women get killed—though, to be fair, I am an equal opportunity advocate when it comes to a good killing narrative.

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