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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 ...
2 de jun. de 2015 · Jean Ritchie, who brought hundreds of traditional songs from her native Appalachia to a wide audience — singing of faith and unfaithfulness, murder and revenge, love unrequited and love lost ...
She was a teacher, record label owner and instrument maker who helped popularize traditional music from Appalachia. Jean Ritchie died yesterday at her home in Kentucky at the age of 92.
Learn about Jean Ritchie, a Kentucky-born singer and songwriter who revived the mountain dulcimer and influenced generations of folk musicians. Celebrate her 100th birthday with the Smithsonian American Women's History Museum.
11 de jun. de 2015 · Jean Ritchie, Circa 1950. Photo by George Pickow. AFC George Pickow and Jean Ritchie Collection. Jean Ritchie, a peerless traditional singer, musician, folklorist, and donor to the American Folklife Center’s archive, died on June 1, 2015, at her home in Berea, Kentucky.
3 de jun. de 2015 · When Jean Ritchie, who has died aged 92, emerged on to the embryonic New York folk scene in the 1940s, her repertoire of family songs from the Anglo-American tradition of the southern...
Learn about Jean Ritchie, a traditional singer and folkways preservationist from eastern Kentucky. She composed and performed songs such as "Blue Diamond Mines" and "The L&N Don't Stop Here Anymore" with the Appalachian dulcimer.
