Ep. 3 - Halloween Ballads: Tales of Murder, Mayhem, and Ghostly Mischief
In this episode, Fern shares the audio from a recent Halloween concert she put together. It includes live performances of four traditional ballads, "Long Lankin," "Lady Gay," "Sweet William's Ghost," and "Lady Isabel and the Elf Knight." In between performances, Fern discusses her own relationship to the songs and explores themes of vengeful laborers, intimacy across the veil, and the unquiet dead. To find the lyric sheet to the version of the songs Fern performs, go to ofsongandbone.wordpress.com