Pirates are definitely on the brain these days what with the third installment of Pirates of the Caribbean headed toward a Cineplex near you with a strong east wind billowing its cinematic sails. But ...
LEERING, full of menace and the threat of pain, “15 Men on a Dead Man’s Chest” is arguably the most famous pirate song ever committed to tape (and thanks to its refrain, “Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum, ...
Tom Waits, Patti Smith, Marc Almond, Marianne Faithfull, Shane MacGowan and others appear on a new two-disc compilation of pirate ballads and sea songs called Son of Rogues Gallery. Here, Terry Gross ...