Refugee Blues Refugee Blues "Refugee Blues" is a poem by W. H. Auden, written in 1939, one of a number of poems Auden wrote in the mid- to late-1930s in blues and other popular metres, for example the meter he used in his love poem "Calypso", written around the same time. The poem dramatizes the condition of Jewish refugees from Nazi Germany in the years before World War II, especially the indifference and antagonism they faced when seeking asylum in the democracies of the period. In some later editions of Auden's poetry, the poem is not identified by name but is the
Blues Funeral including Soulsavers and The Gutter Twins, "Blues Funeral" is Mark Lanegan's first new material in eight years, since "Bubblegum" (2004) Upon its release, "Blues Funeral" received widespread critical acclaim and charted in six countries within the week of its release, including Belgium, the Netherlands, Sweden, New Zealand and the United Kingdom. Following extensive collaborations with Isobel Campbell, former vocalist and celloist of indie pop band Belle & Sebastian, Lanegan began working on "Blues Funeral" after the tour in promotion of their third collaborative studio album, "Hawk" (2010). The tour concluded on October 29, 2010 in Los Angeles, California and Lanegan