Two western North Carolina cultural groups are headed to Charleston Feb. 1 to share their music in an old-fashioned ballad ...

James Griffiths' comedy-drama with songs stirs up the troubled romantic past of a once-popular Brit folk-rock duo, their awkward reunion engineered by an oddball superfan.

At first glance, the plot of “The Ballad of Wallis Island,” one of the most joyous surprises at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, looks like that of a sub-standard rom-com. A former folk ...

The snap, crackle and pop of vinyl marks the start of The Ballad of Wallis Island, a music-themed rom-com that’s half-whimsical com and half-unrequited rom. In the absence of a new film by John ...

Because “The Ballad of Wallis Island” wants to give some time alone to Herb and Nell, Michael feels a little absent from the story at times. But as writers, Basden and Key avoid toothless ...

It is an understatement to say that rock wouldn't be the same if it weren't for The Beatles. After all, the band formed by ...

A new exhibition at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art will feature photographs drawing on the lore of murder ballads in the South, traditions that shape Black identity in east Texas, relationships of ...

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Nevertheless, the growth of their awkward friendship massages the sweet pulse of this delightful film. The director James Griffith’s “The Ballad of Wallis Island” is a sublime, adorable comedy whose ...

Between their duets of the song and Joan Baez's cover of it, 'It Ain't Me Babe' captures Joan Baez and Bob Dylan's complex relationship in song.