Two installments this past week at Murder Ballad Monday on "MacPherson's Rant":

MacPherson's Rant: A Western from the Auld Country, Part One -- "He played a tune and danced it 'roon. Below the gallows tree..." Return with us to Scotland this week, as Tom provides us with a musical tale of outlawry, MacPherson's Rant, performed in this first installment by the Corries. More to come, so guard your cattle...

MacPherson's Rant: A Western from the Auld Country, Part Two -- Honor, betrayal, and outright treachery; would you expect anything less? In this week's second installment, Tom, with the able and energetic assistance of the Old Blind Dogs, finds a core of life enduring in this musical valediction from our executed outlaw hero. Rant on, MacPherson. Rant on.