{"product_id":"stories-of-the-american-ballad-one-hour-radio-special","title":"Stories Of The American Ballad: One Hour Radio Special","description":"Stories Of The American Ballad: One Hour Radio Special AUDIO BOOK CD history  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp class=\"proAttr productType\"\u003e\u003clabel\u003eType: \u003c\/label\u003e Audio Book \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"proAttr productType\"\u003e\u003clabel\u003ePlatform: \u003c\/label\u003e Audio CD \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"proAttr productType\"\u003e\u003clabel\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/label\u003e Sony \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"proAttr productType\"\u003e\u003clabel\u003eReleased: \u003c\/label\u003e 2004 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"proAttr productType\"\u003e\u003clabel\u003eMedia: \u003c\/label\u003e CD \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cshortdescription\u003e\u003c\/shortdescription\u003eSTORIES OF THE AMERICAN BALLAD -ONE HOUR RADIO SPECIAL Program time: 59:00 One (1:00) minute ID break at program time 24:00-25:00, with music bed Producer: Joyride Media \"What the ballads want, the ballads get,\" says writer Greil Marcus in Stories of the American Ballad. What they get are stories full of love, death, murder, sex and struggle. Americans live passionately, and the art of ballads reflects on how it turns out. Those stories tell us a lot about ourselves as a people, as Marcus notes, \"we're hearing the song as the narrative of the coun-try's story itself.\" American Ballads works as a crash course on the songs and stories that have stood the test of time, why they did, and what that reflects back on us. Writers, artists, songwriters and historians weigh in on the American Ballad. Performer Rennie Sparks of The Handsome Family talks about the mix of violence and sexual imagery in murder ballads, and how that fits in with the country's history back to the Pilgrims. Paul Berman is an author who tells us why a Mexican song of homesickness stands as a great American Ballad. Writer Stanley Crouch describes the turbulent civil rights struggle of the late 1950's, and how Duke Ellington wrote a prayer for their success. Greil Marcus and Professor of History at Princeton University Sean Wilentz give us the backbone. They entertain us with what the term \"ballad\" means, some of the basic themes in ballads like love, death, prostitution and much more, how justice is played out in the songs, and what it is about the ballad that makes them so appealing to generation after generation. The songs that come out of the stories of the American people are a mirror to our society. American Ballads offers a way to hear those stories, where they came from, and how they remain an active and relevant part of our culture. The program is free to non-commercial radio stations. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor CD Player\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Sony","offers":[{"title":"Used In Sleeve","offer_id":41027361865885,"sku":"82321","price":39.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0083\/0377\/1710\/products\/2021920123311149scan.jpg?v=1636045250","url":"https:\/\/www.neverdiemedia.com\/products\/stories-of-the-american-ballad-one-hour-radio-special","provider":"NeverDieMedia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}