This is a very late release of a discussion we had last year about the website 100 Ballads, which features over 100 ballads from the early modern period. Go have a look, it's fabulous. https://www.100ballads.org/

With Christopher Marsh, Angela McShane, Andy Watts and host Robert Crighton.

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