Speaker Sessions: Ballad Singer Donna Ray Norton on Murder Ballads
Tue, Oct 10
|Birthplace of Country Music Museum
Time & Location
Oct 10, 2023, 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
Birthplace of Country Music Museum, 101 Country Music Wy, Bristol, VA 24201, USA
About the event
Join us on Tuesday, October 10, 7:00pm for our next Speaker Sessions as we explore balladry and murder ballads as part of “spooky season.” Eighth-generation ballad singer Donna Ray Norton will explore the history of murder ballads in story and song, and share examples of ballads that have flipped the narrative of female victim to protagonist.
This program is offered in-person at the museum and virtually via YouTube (rather than our usual Zoom). When RSVPing at the link above, please indicate how you will be attending, and if you will be joining us virtually, the YouTube link will be sent to you on the Monday prior to the event.
This program is complementary programming to the Birthplace of Country Music Museum’s I’ve Endured: Women in Old-Time Music exhibit, on display through December 31, 2023. This exhibit has been funded in part by grants from Virginia Humanities, the Massengill-DeFriece Foundation, and…