Folk Songs of the Southern Appalachians Sung by Jean Ritchie, originally uploaded by Thee E. Aldriches.
From: Folk Songs of the Southern Appalachians Sung by Jean Ritchie (Oak, 1965). Renowned musicologist Alan Lomax wrote the forward to the book.
From: The Dulcimer Book by Jean Ritchie (Oak, 1974).
"My husband George and our Uncle, Morris Pickow, have a small workshop where we make dulcimers. We use Ed Thomas' basic pattern, but our instruments are a little larger and we have added a few of our own ideas."
Performance in 1980. Jean sings one of her newer mining songs based on the flooding of a coal mine in Hominy Falls, WV. A woman's reaction- and heartbreak.
Jean Ritchie is an American folk singer, folklorist, and dulcimer player from Kentucky. Here's a more complete biography.
Her husband, George Pickow, is a well-known photographer.
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