Traditional ballads express emotions through down-tempo melodies and somber tones. While that can certainly be the vibe for some of our moodiest days, they don’t hit quite as hard as their anthemic ...

He regularly played "The Lakes of Pontchartrain" in the very early days of the Never Ending Tour, but it fell out of rotation back in 1991 ...

SODOM LAUREL - While Madison County residents are aware of the county's outsized impact on music, led by its rich ballad singing, the tradition spanning at least eight generations is now getting ...

It’s been 10 years since Adele released 25, her incredibly powerful record of gut-wrenching classics. It was led by the hauntingly intimate single “Hello,” a traditional ballad with powerful vocals ...

After the mass shooting in El Paso, Texas, that claimed 22 lives, many residents mourned through music. Singer-songwriter Josue Rodriguez helped his community cope by writing a corrido. After the mass ...

Press release from Mars Hill University: MARS HILL, NC (09/14/2022) Bobby McMillion devoted his life to preserving the oral traditions of the Appalachian region. Although he died last November at the ...

Before country or bluegrass music became popular, immigrants and their descendants performed traditional folk songs throughout Appalachia, going back centuries. Singer-songwriter Susan Pepper became ...

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Not long ago, the ballad genre was Korea's national soundtrack — filling karaoke rooms, topping the charts and etching itself into the country's collective memory. Then came the K-pop boom, and with ...

"Our Ballad" announced expanded 160-minute programming for its premiere, showing confidence. SBS's new music audition "Our Ballad" (directed by Jeong Ik-seung, An Jeong-hyun, Han Ye-seul, Go Ji-yeon) ...