Rewords: On the Multiplicitous Poetries of Lee Ann Brown by Laynie Browne
On the ballad form, Brown writes:
“Immensely flexible and with a
very long history, the ballad has been one of the backbones (and the source forms) for innovative, hybrid American art since the time of the first European settlers.
“The ballad is, quite simply, the link
between the written and the sung: it is the vehicle for children’s songs, hymns, lullabies, political anthems, folk songs, heavy metal “power ballads,” sweeping love ballads, movie soundtracks themes, and nearly every type of popular song.”
On the ballad form, Brown writes:
“Immensely flexible and with a
very long history, the ballad has been one of the backbones (and the source forms) for innovative, hybrid American art since the time of the first European settlers.
“The ballad is, quite simply, the link
between the written and the sung: it is the vehicle for children’s songs, hymns, lullabies, political anthems, folk songs, heavy metal “power ballads,” sweeping love ballads, movie soundtracks themes, and nearly every type of popular song.”