Articles related to "Child Ballads"

Francis James Child's work, The English and Scottish Popular Ballads, was the first major attempt to collect the Folk tradition of Western Europe.

Folk Music has been with us since the beginning, the realm of the workers and common people. The history of Folk is the history of civilization.

Jamie Telfer lost all when raided by the English of Bewcastle. His despair would change to delight when help from the Scotts of Teviotdale brought him an unexpected gain.

"Delta blues" is historically used to describe the music originating in the Mississippi Delta. The delta sound migrated north evolving into R&B and rock and roll.