Tag Archives: Malinky
Comfort listening: five songs
This started off as a blog about folk songs. I haven’t talked about them much recently but they are there still as the backdrop to my writing and so, to give you something of their flavour, here’s a post about five of the Child … Continue reading
Posted in Child Ballad, folk music, folk song, Music
Tagged Bellowhead, Child Ballad, Dr Faustus, folk song, Karine Polwart, Malinky, Martin Carthy, Oxford Book of Ballads
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Old tales, retold
Where do stories come from? Who knows, is the only answer; from somewhere deep inside us as we try to make sense of our place within the world. However, once they exist they get retold, over and over, and reformed … Continue reading
Posted in Child Ballad, death, folk music, folk song, Kathleen Ferrier, love, Malinky
Tagged Child Ballad, faithful unto death, Gluck, Greek mythology, Hades, King Orfeo, love, Malinky, Orpheus and Eurydice
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Death and the ravens
More knights this time. Not murderous for a change, only dead. One song in particular caught my attention: The Three Ravens (Child Ballad no. 26). It’s an achingly sad tale set after some battle or other. The ravens are looking for their … Continue reading
Posted in animal, Child Ballad, death, folk music, folk song, Music
Tagged animals in folk song, Child Ballad, crows, death, faithful unto death, hawk, horse, hound, Karine Polwart, Malinky, ravens
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Folksong and Fantasy 