She must have fallen asleep after all— when, she cannot remember. But sheremembers the chanson française on repeat, on repeat coming from the studio facing her condo Ne me quitte pasNe me quitte pasNe me quitte pas She must have fallen asleep after all.The bloody alarm clock startles.Daylight hurtsEars sore and fatigued Eyeballs vexed and tired She must have […]| Selma
Greek Scholar and academician Irene Kavadia reviews Abhilash Fraizer’s new novel ‘The Ballad of the Universe.’ The journey of a novel often mirrors the journey of the human soul &…| India & Masticadores // Editor Abhilash Fraizer
U2 frontman Bono announced that the wildfires in California have devastated enough property and ruined a sufficient amount of lives for him to officialy write a tribute song.| The Hard Times
A Lanthorne for Landlords was published as a broadsheet ballad to the tune of The Duke of Norfolk, and was clearly directed towards a popular audience in the countryside. Its narrative develops themes apparent in some of the earlier works in this section: most notably Robert Crowley’s poem, which ends with the voice of God […]| Three Acres And A Cow
A very old ballad borrowed from the private library of some aristocrat by a friend of Roy Palmer’s, who spent years trying to obtain a copy. Probably connected to the Midland Revolt. You gentlemen that rack your rentes, and throwe downe Land for corneThe tyme will com that som will sigh, that ever they were […]| Three Acres And A Cow