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Jean Ritchie was the Princess of Appalachia, the Mother of Folk Music. Over the course of her career she performed with and inspired the great folk artists of the 20th century like Woody Guthrie, Bob Dylan, Pete Seeger, Joan Baez, Leadbelly and many others.
Jean Ruth Ritchie (December 8, 1922 – June 1, 2015) was an American folk singer, songwriter, and Appalachian dulcimer player, called by some the "Mother of Folk". In her youth she learned hundreds of folk songs in the traditional way (orally, from her family and community), many of which were Appalachian variants of centuries old British and ...
grassroots music, artists and songs. I got my friends Jean Ritchie and JD Crowe to help me turn Shady Grove, a popular old-time mountain song about an over possessive stalker, into an aggressive acoustic rock anthem. A major contribution to the album was made by Homer Ledford himself who played his handmade mandolin.
This episode of WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour is dedicated to Jean Ritchie. Within this episode, various artists celebrate Jean Ritchie, often referred to as the Appalachian princess. Jean Ritchie introduced the mountain dulcimer (sometimes called the lap dulcimer). It fascinated people in Greenwich Village.
TRIBUTE TO JEAN RITCHIE This was a very special WoodSongs broadcast but featured, among others, Jon Pickow, Jean’s son performing one of her more endearing tunes and played on his mothers dulcimer....
8 de jun. de 2015 · Jean Ritchie, the Kentucky-born folksinger, songwriter and song collector who helped to popularize hundreds of traditional Appalachian ballads and spur the so-called folk revival of the mid-20th century in the U.S., died June 1, 2015 at her home in Berea, KY.
25 de ene. de 2016 · Hi Michael, A voice from your Lexington past...You did me the honor of inviting me to a recording session years ago at Toys in the Attic with Jean Ritchie, Ricky Skaggs, et al, and even let me drive Odetta back to her hotel afterwards.
