Episodios

  • Special Episode 8: A Necessary Hiatus (Put on Your Own Oxygen Mask First)

    Special Episode 8: A Necessary Hiatus (Put on Your Own Oxygen Mask First)
    Jul 16 2024
    Special Episode 8 - A Necessary Hiatus (Put on Your Own Oxygen Mask First) WE’RE BAAAAAACK!!! Did you miss us? So our return episode marks a departure from our regularly scheduled programming… Amelia tells her story and the reason behind our absence. Trigger Warning - this episode discusses PMADs (Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders) and suicidal ideation. In NYC and the US: The Motherhood Center https://themotherhoodcenter.com/ Postpartum Support International https://www.postpartum.net/ In Australia: https://www.cope.org.au/new-parents/postnatal-mental-health-conditions/asking-help/
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    1 h y 8 m
  • Episode 7: Delia’s Gone

    Episode 7: Delia’s Gone
    May 7 2024
    It’s SOME DARK HOLLER DAY!! On this week’s episode we finally leave North Carolina and take you to the state of Georgia. We cover the tragic murder of young Delia Green at the hands of her also young boyfriend, Moses ‘Cooney Houston’. Her death inspired songs which crossed borders, and generations, sung by the likes of Harry Belafonte, Johnny Cash and Bob Dylan. And Amelia adds her own song to this legacy, attempting to right some of the wrongs done to her character over the years. Source material: ‘Delia’ by John Garst, ‘Sing Out! Delia/Delia’s Gone: A Digital Compendium 1900-1992’ by Patrick Blackman, ‘The Sad Song of Delia Green and Cooney Houston’ by Sean Wilentz, and ‘Murder By Gaslight: Delia’s Gone, One More Round’. Spotify link to playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0tvvHjUKy2CNO3Ol1O5hwO?si=lL9bTQ2iTdCvsjuHVjq4ew&pi=u--TABYgtuTiCM YouTube Link to Johnny Cash’s Delia’s Gone Video: https://youtu.be/Y1iKEPzF1Js?si=wqgmVzqTpM0mQCzV SUPPORT OUR FRIENDS! 15% off the amazing book ‘You’re Not a Real Parent Until…’ by Scott Dooley and Jason Chatfield using promo code DARKHOLLER at yourenotareal.com
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    1 h
  • Episode 6: Poor Ellen Smith

    Episode 6: Poor Ellen Smith
    Apr 23 2024
    Episode 6: Poor Ellen Smith *AUDIO NOTE: there is a mildly annoying rattle of our mics throughout that Allison only noticed after recording and could not be edited out. My apologies. Lesson learned. Thank you for your patience In our 6th episode we stay in Good Ol’ North Carolina in the late 1800’s as we sing and tell the story behind the ballad of Poor Ellen Smith. Another good gal lead astray with the promise of romance and love. We tell her story and Allison rewrites the tragedy making Ellen “get a bit of her own back” as Amelia likes to say in a song entitled “Hell Hath No Fury”. Also we go on a few ridiculous tangents that are of upmost importance 🤪. Sources: Unafraid To Die by Paul Slade, Hear My Sad Story by Richard Polenberg, and an article in the New York Times: “Across Generations, Traces of a Poor Maid’s Murder” by Dan Barry Link to “Ellen Smith” by Henry Whitter: https://youtu.be/83TW_crEcjg?si=3Dpa76JHIL1M_Zp2 Spotify Playlist of Other Versions: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6C8w0EWxSXp5GmB7BUe8UN?si=jszdxWYRTdq3iXTGKXj1Qw
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    1 h y 4 m
  • Episode 5: The Lawson Family Tragedy

    Episode 5: The Lawson Family Tragedy
    Apr 9 2024
    CONTENT WARNING: This episode may be upsetting for some audiences! Listening Discretion Advised. In Episode 5, Amelia dives into the dark story that’s behind the ballad of the Lawson Family. This one is grim! BUT Allison does the best she can to try to bring up the mood somewhat, with questionable success. For this one, we go back to… you guessed it, NORTH CAROLINA during Christmas in 1930, where a father’s reprehensible choices lead to the worst tragedy imaginable! Allison and Amelia sing the unusually cheerful original murder ballad entitled: The Murder Of The Lawson Family. Then after discussing the true events of this horrific ordeal, the gals sing a haunting original ballad by Amelia entitled “Hey Charlie, Just Leave!” Which is what he SHOULD have done! Amelia has made a wonderful Spotify Playlist where you can hear many different versions of the original ballad, click here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4igVggPk1ZcNVcHrYQiU6P?si=8696eacd36de4f49 Source Material: White Christmas, Bloody Christmas by M. Bruce Jones and Trudy J. Smith The Meaning Of Our Tears by Trudy J. Smith Link to RAINN: The Nation’s Largest Anti-Sexual Violence Organization: https://www.rainn.org/ Or call 800-656-HOPE For Australia, contact 1800Respect: https://www.1800respect.org.au/
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    1 h y 27 m
  • Episode 4: Poor Omie Wise (Part 2)

    Episode 4: Poor Omie Wise (Part 2)
    Mar 26 2024
    In Episode 4, we have the second part of The Ballad of Poor Omie Wise! In the last episode we told Braxton Craven’s flowery, fairytale-like version of the story, and in part 2, we get to the truth behind the life of a single mother done wrong by her conniving boyfriend! Also, Allison rewrites the story in her own version of the ballad at the end of the episode! If we’re gonna have a fairytale, let’s let Naomi live happily ever after! Source material: Naomi “Omie” Wise: Her Life, Death and Legend By Hal E. Pugh and Eleanor Minnock-Pugh Playlist of popular versions of the ballad including the first recorded version of Omie Wise by Vernon Dalhart!: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6myWyNwL7ZK0Wk3eTq4Cec?si=-0p_BoXNS5KWptr8_H7W5g Thanks to Ted Olson and Ronald Roach, professors of Appalachian Studies at East Tennessee State University for their help in research!
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    55 m
  • Episode 3: Poor Omie Wise (Part 1)

    Episode 3: Poor Omie Wise (Part 1)
    Mar 12 2024
    In our third episode, we explore yet another reason why you SHOULD NOT GO DOWN BY THE RIVER! We head back to North Carolina to sing and discuss the ballad of POOR OMIE WISE. Naomi Wise was just like any single mom wanting to have it all in the early 1800’s, that is, until she met John Lewis! Source material: Naomi “Omie” Wise: Her Life, Death and Legend By Hal E. Pugh and Eleanor Minnock-Pugh Playlist of popular versions of the ballad including the first recorded version of Omie Wise by Vernon Dalhart!: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6myWyNwL7ZK0Wk3eTq4Cec?si=-0p_BoXNS5KWptr8_H7W5g (https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6myWyNwL7ZK0Wk3eTq4Cec?si=-0p_BoXNS5KWptr8_H7W5g) Thanks to Ted Olson and Ronald Roach, professors of Appalachian Studies at East Tennessee State University for their help in research!
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    51 m
  • Episode 2: The Wild Colonial Boy

    Episode 2: The Wild Colonial Boy
    Feb 27 2024
    We head to the land of Amelia’s birth- Australia! The Wild Colonial Boy is one of the most famous folk songs in Australia, but who exactly was he? What’s a bushranger? And have you ever wondered what a real Tasmanian Devil looks and sounds like? All this and more in SOME DARK HOLLER Episode 2! Playlist : https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5v5DRR7qXQ8oMN44sZ7B9p?si=_Ig3fRSEQReSiCmxHYc15w&pi=u-zwOLeH_jTMSS
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    1 h y 4 m
  • Episode 1: Frankie and Johnny

    Episode 1: Frankie and Johnny
    Feb 13 2024
    Episode 1: Frankie and Johnny In our first ever episode, Amelia and Allison tackle one of the biggies: the ballad of Frankie and Johnny! Alan “Albert” Britt and Frances “Frankie” Baker were a young couple in St. Louis 1899 when an infamous argument ended their relationship and started a song that would haunt Francis for the rest of her life! Make sure to check out our Spotify playlist of all the versions of the famous ballad to see how the story gets twisted and turned around: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/03GvE3vV3Ix66TLl4TbKRI?si=GcmTQCz3SoKYtTdMZyIXLQ Research source: Hear My Sad Story by Richard Polenberg
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    1 h y 13 m