Jean Ritchie 17, listeners Related Tags folk americana female vocalists Jean Ritchie December 8, — June 1, was an American folk singer and Appalachian dulcimer player. Became known as "The Mother of Folk". As well as work songs and ballads, Jean knew hymns from the "Regular Baptist" church she attended in Jeff, Kentucky.
These were sung as "lining out" songs, in a lingering soulful way. One of the songs they sang was Amazing Grace. She wrote some songs, including one on the effects of strip mining in Kentucky. Jean Ritchie December 8, — June 1, was an American folk singer and Appalachian dulcimer player. As well as work songs and ballads… read more. As well as work songs and ballads, Jean knew hymns from the "Regular Bapti… read more.
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I wonder as I wander 4. I wonder when I shall be married 5. Jesus, Jesus, rest your head 6. Jesus, Jesus, rest your head 7. The old woman and the pedlar 8. Pretty little miss Gypsy Davie 9. Jean and her sisters Edna, Kitty, and Pauline. Little known songs of the Christmas season. Side 2 -0 Theme for Folksong Festival.
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Henry Thomas, Ragtime Texas. Elvis Costello, s. What were your influences then? What were you trying to do? I was playing in public when I moved to Liverpool in In London, you would have traditional singers and contemporary singers in the same clubs. The traditional clubs were very seriously about traditional music and Irish music. I quickly learned that there were only certain places I could play. I just had the knowledge of the few records my dad had, you know, a Clancy Brothers record and a Chieftains record.
And I knew some songs. Later on I got really, really fascinated by Appalachian music. Of course, they are all the same songs, but somehow I heard them more clearly — Doc Watson and these people.
Of course, they were all the same roots. Often you trace them back and they actually are Irish or Scottish songs. Vaughan Williams Memorial Library. Retrieved 22 February The Vaughan Williams Memorial Library.
Retrieved June 12, Infobase Publishing. Philadelphia: The American Folklore Society. Salz Gayna Walls trans. Berlin and New York: Walter de Gruyter. Roger Quilter: His Life and Music. Boydell Press. Archived from the original on Retrieved 29 November Radio Drama Reviews. Archived from the original on December 26, Retrieved June 11, BBC Online. A full version of the song is performed in this adaptation of an Ambrose Bierce story of the American Civil War.
Another important figure in the early collecting of Appalachachian songs. Originally from Massachusetts, Campbell made a life working with Appalchian folklore. Campbell was also involved in educational reform, and founded the Southern Highlands Folk Guild--a model for early development of the American Folklore movement. The contemporary film, Songcatcher is based loosely on Campbell's work--and her connection with Cecil Sharp.
Note on Francis James Child. Child was also a ballad collector, an American scholar whose work preceeded Sharp. Child worked in the 19th century.
He focused on the lyrics of the songs not the music , studying the relationship between their historical variants in England, Scotland and America.
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