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February 8, 2021 02:00 pm GMT
Original Link: https://boingboing.net/2021/02/08/murder-ballads-were-the-original-true-crime-media.html
Murder ballads were the original true-crime media
Over at JSTOR Daily, Jody Amable digs through the scholarly literature on murder ballads and discovers they were an early form of true-crime media: Songwriters would rip lurid stories from the headlines, set them to music, and watch them go viral. — Read the rest
Original Link: https://boingboing.net/2021/02/08/murder-ballads-were-the-original-true-crime-media.html
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