Soon, Margaret wasn’t only setting Langston’s published prose to music but asking him to write new stuff for her new music. One of these collaborations was a Christmas cantata, The Ballad of the Brown King. The Ballad of the Brown King has nine sections featuring hymns and spirituals ...
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018) (Image credit: Netflix) The Coen Brothers do it again, with a sumptuous short story slab of Western storytelling. Starring a whole host of A-list actors, and James Franco, the anthology has been nominated for three Academy awards and is a movie that ...
Director: Margaret BrownWatch now What Happened, Miss Simone? (2015) (Image credit: Netflix) Nina Simone was a celebrated singer who did as much for the world of music as she did for the perception of black singers in the United States. Liz Garbus directed this documentary about Simone's...
The Ballad of Jack and Rose Daniel Day-Lewis, Catherine Keener, Camilla Belle 25 votes Jack Slavin (Daniel Day-Lewis) is an environmentalist with a heart condition who lives with his daughter, Rose (Camilla Belle), on an isolated island. While Jack fights against developers who wish to build...
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In it, Wright recalls learning a Scottish ballad, “The Bonnie Earl O’ Moray,” as a child. In particular, she memorized the lines, “They have slain the Earl o’ Moray/And Lady Mondegreen.” Only, in the balland, that last phrase is actually “And layd him on the green.”“I sa...
often conducted by sonLes Brown Jr. Brown formed his Band of Renown in 1936. In the 1940s heyday of swing, Brown never achieved the greatness of Tommy Dorsey,Glenn MillerorBenny Goodman. But the band scored two hit records –Sentimental Journey, with Doris Day as vocalist, and the instrum...
America knew what it was immediately, even if we didn’t know exactly where it was going. How has the tragic ballad of science teacher-turned-meth kingpin Walter White (Bryan Cranston) weathered its title over the years? If the current TV landscape is anything to judge by, it’s a proud...
Dante Gabriel Rosetti was sufficiently inspired by the episode to put pen to paper. The result was published in 1881. It is not a short ballad! It can be found here:https://excellence-in-literature.com/the-white-ship-by-dante-gabriel-rossetti/ ...