Here’s the best ballad from 11 big prog rock bands! Although they’re largely known for stretching the limits of compositional ...

More than anything, Portrait of My Heart reveals Cabral’s deep, abiding love for music.

Welcome to Split Record Review, where two writers come together and discuss an album. If you didn’t notice my shallow Beatles reference, I’ll continue talking about “All Things Must Pass” by George ...

A wise man once told me that “humor conceals a deep sadness.” In that spirit, “The Ballad of Wallis Island” is a gentle ...

Donna Ray Norton is an 8th-generation ballad singer in Madison County. Her mother is Lena Jean Ray and her grandfather is ...

But it was in 1965 — essentially a whole other epoch — that Dylan released “Ballad of a Thin Man ... Charles Baudelaire’s poems, especially the “Flowers of Evil,” and his great ...