* UNPREPARED TO DIE

     This book includes Billy Bragg on The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll, The Bad Seeds' Mick Harvey discussing Stagger Lee and Ralph Stanley II on Knoxville Girl. We also have The Handsome Family's Rennie Sparks addressing Pretty Polly, The Kingston Trio's Bob Shane on Tom Dooley, Laura Cantrell on Poor Ellen Smith, Snakefarm's Anna Domino discussing Frankie & Johnny and Dave Alvin on The Murder of the Lawson Family.

- AMERICA'S GREATEST MURDER BALLADS, TRUE CRIME STORIES THAT INSPIRED THEM, edited by Paul Slade, Soundcheck Books 2015, 292 pages, paperback. ISBN 9780992948078.