cracksman betty

[solarbird]

The trad album has a name.

Cracksman Betty

…and cover art, as you can see.

This is a web-only project; it’s the Trad o’ th’ Month singles, compiled into a web-album. They’re one-take, one-day wonders, traditional songs about riot, revolution, and piracy, with lyrics which may and may not be updated as the whim strikes. Muah ha ha! As I do more songs, I’ll upload them to the fan mailing list as a fan bonus (click here to join), and, shortly thereafter, up to the Cracksman Betty album page, where you can listen for free or download for a small fee.

A Cracksman, as you might guess, is a stealth thief; a Betty, as you might not guess, is both a woman’s name and a lockpicking kit. If you haven’t heard of the series of stories featuring Raffles, the Amateur Cracksman, he was a contemporary counterpart to Sherlock Holmes, and even obliquely referenced in one Holmes short story. You can download the Raffles stories in ebook from from Project Gutenberg, if you’re interested; I did. ^_^

And, as always, don’t forget the Dick Tracy Must Duplicate kickstarter project. Clicky!

Mirrored from Crime and the Blog of Evil.

Comments

[partywhipple.livejournal.com]

love the cover art!!!! LOVE

[solarbird]

Thanks! That's one of the classic pirate flags on the left, of course; the right is an antique drawing of burglars' tools found in a bank in Montreal after an, aheh, incident occurred. XD (Originally published in Canadian Illustrated News, an Anglophone publication out of Montreal, but long, long, long out of copyright.)