In Texas, a long-forgotten series of prison albums offers a rare way to hear what incarceration sounded like decades ago.

"Unchained Melody" is among the most ubiquitous love songs of the last 100 years, but it started out as a prison song.

Vernon Dalhart. side 1: The Prisoner's Song; side 2: A Boy's Best Friend Is His Mother (Supertone 9235). 78 rpm. Side 1 was originally recorded in 1928 and only released on Silvertone and Supertone.

CDR copy--Recorded by Pete & Toshi Seeger in the winter of 1951 at two Texas prison farms, this album represents some of the oldest and most traditional work songs found among African American prison ...

Better Than Jail, a new benefit album that contains a 12-track lineup of iconic prison song covers, was released today, Friday, Oct. 4. Bringing together a coveted assemblage of Americana, blues, and ...

If you’ve played action-adventure game Dead Rising, you likely remember that moment when you enter the mall’s large outdoor park and run into a group of prisoners in a military jeep. The group is ...