So how many of you out there are Nick Cave fans? On the Ute Lemper album, "Punishing Kiss", she sings one of his tunes describing the feelings of the victim in a murder ballad.....her hair full of silvery bubbles as she drowns. It is quite chilling. http://www.culturevulture.net/Books/Lemper.htm
Nick Cave is not the only current singer/group putting out albums with new or traditional murder ballads. There is also Mick Harris & Martyn Bates, and the Handsome Family. I would like to open a discussion of these and other "revival" folks. What do you think? TinaP