Then - and this is what really sets the Ballads apart - MacColl wrote songs inspired by the stories, with music directed by Peggy Seeger and performed by orchestral and folk musicians. A new ...

A new album from Alison McMorland presents 12 traditional ballads as they have never been heard in modern times, writes Jim ...

This poem follows the formal conventions of traditional ballads and folksong. It is tightly controlled by: ...