The Wandering Ballad – Song no. 11: Systrarna
The last song on our CD is Systrarna, a Scandinavian version of the ballad Binnoorie or The Cruel Sister. The main difference between the...
The Wandering Ballad – Song no. 10: Skön Anna
This is the tenth in a series of blogs about the songs on our new CD “The Wandering Ballad”. Skön Anna (Sweden) is the same ballad as...
The Wandering Ballad – Song no. 9: Sweet William
This is the nineth in a series of blogs about the songs on our new CD “The Wandering Ballad”. Sweet William is basically the same song as...
The Wandering Ballad – Song no. 8: Wake Up
This is the eight in a series of blogs about the songs on our new CD “The Wandering Ballad”. Wake up is yet another ballad telling the...
The Wandering Ballad – Song no. 7: Riddle
This is the seventh in a series of blogs about the songs on our new CD “The Wandering Ballad”. This song is a small fragment from a long...
The Wandering Ballad – Song no. 6: King Vallemo
This is the sixth in a series of blogs about the songs on our new CD “The Wandering Ballad”. King Vallemo is a ballad telling the same...
The Wandering Ballad – Song no. 5: Fair Annie
This is the fifth in a series of blogs about the songs on our new CD “The Wandering Ballad”. With Fair Annie we return to the story of...
The Wandering Ballad – Song no. 4: Binnoorie
This is the forth in a series of blogs about the songs on our new CD “The Wandering Ballad”. Most ballads are not telling nice stories....
The Wandering Ballad – Song no. 3: Earl Brand
This is the third in a series of blogs about the songs on our new CD “The Wandering Ballad”. The story of Earl Brand has been sung in...
The Wandering Ballad – Song no. 2: Skön Anna
This is the second in a series of blogs about the songs on our new CD “The Wandering Ballad”. At the time my grandmother passed away when...