Dirges

Troubadour who didn't do justice to his talent
The Irish Times; 12/12/2009; 1175 words; ...album is that it is so very good. It has the odd slice of folky ham (All For Me GrogandHi For the Beggarman) and a rather dirge-like version of the Scottish ballad Lang A-Growing. Otherwise, the original album is a masterpiece. These are the tracks...

Jesus laments.(Opinion)
Manila Bulletin; 12/10/2009; 496 words; ...played the flute for you, but you did not dance, we sang a dirge but you did not mourn.’ For John came neither eating...is played, but they pout and refuse to dance and be glad. A dirge is sung, but they do not cry or wail.Many in the crowd rejected...

'We will remember them always'; Four fallen officers.(News)
The Seattle Times (Seattle, WA); 12/9/2009; 1743 words; ...They stood in silence waiting for the hearses to arrive. Helicopters buzzed overhead. A bugle cried out. Bagpipes began a dirge. The event would be "steeped in tradition," one of the organizers said. And it was. Four white hearses passed under an...

SONGS for the season; Whether it's Dylan, David Archuleta or Sugarland, here are the holiday discs worthy of being stocking stuffers - or not.(VARIETY)
Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN); 12/8/2009; 1227 words; ...Wilde's Phil Spector-like original song "Christmastime Again" warms like egg nog, and obscurities such as the sad, jazzy dirge "The Little Boy That Santa Claus Forgot" by A Girl Called Eddy are welcome little gifts. Andrea Bocelli, "My Christmas...

Big Top is a big flop; TV'S REAL MR NASTY.(Features)(Television program review)
Sunday Mirror (London, England); 12/6/2009; 845 words; ...Ever. For all those who haven't quite came to terms with the axeing of Hi De Hi, a n e w low. A farcically old-fashioned dirge featuring experienced comedy stars who ought to know better. And Amanda Holden. For 30 criminally unfunny minutes, some of...