Folk ballads will likely never disappear, considering our dedication to preserving them and, if the 1960s are any indication, reviving them from history. A ton of rock musicians took old folk ballads ...

Temple worship has kept alive the ballad tradition through villuppattu. “Villupattu ballads were mostly about temple deities. They began to be written down sometime in the 18th century, and in one ...

SONGBIRDS: Ballad singer and fiddler Daron Douglas, left, joins fellow folk musician Betty Smith at a recent celebration in Hot Springs of the centennial of Cecil Sharp's visit to Madison County.

Co-created by award-winning Scottish singer-songwriter Finn Anderson (Islander, Streets) and award-winning director Tania Azevedo (&Juliet, But I’m a Cheerleader), Ballad Lines (previously A Mother’s ...