Encore: True Stories Behind Folk Heroes, Runaway Trains And Murder Ballads
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Encore: True Stories Behind Folk Heroes, Runaway Trains And Murder Ballads
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About this listen
This week Inside Appalachia, we’re talking about traditional ballads – how they tell stories and connect us to the past.
These old tunes can mean so much. They can tap into difficult emotions and give feelings space to be heard. Some songs may even be too uncomfortable to sing.
In this special episode with guest co-host, ballad singer Saro Lynch-Thomason, we explore songs about lawbreaking folk heroes, runaway trains and murder ballads.
All the stories in this episode were produced as part of our Folkways Reporting Project, a partnership with West Virginia Public Broadcasting’s Inside Appalachia and the Folklife Program of the West Virginia Humanities Council.
We’ve recorded more than 150 stories for this project. Visit wvpublic.org to see them all.