Jean Ritchie 1998 Folk Alliance International Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient
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- Jean Ritchie was known as "The Mother of Folk". As well as work songs and ballads, Ritchie knew hymns from the "Old 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. (Some of Ritchie's late 1950s/early 1960s songs on mining she published under the pseudonym "'Than Hall" to avoid troubling her non-political mother, and believing they might be better received if attributed to a man.) "My Dear Companion" appeared on the album Trio recorded by Linda Ronstadt, Dolly Parton, and Emmylou Harris. Judy Collins not only recorded some of Ritchie's traditional songs, "Tender Ladies" and "Pretty Saro", but used a photograph by George Pickow on the front of her album Golden Apples of the Sun (1962). Ritchie's 50th anniversary album was Mountain Born (1995), which features her two sons, Peter and Jonathan Pickow. In 1954 Ritchie and George Pickow released some of their UK recordings under the name Field Trip. It was re-issued in 2001 on the Greenhays label. It has recordings by Elizabeth Cronin, Seamus Ennis, and others, side by side with Ritchie family versions of the same songs.
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Long live Jean Ritchie ......being a musician should be requirement for elected office
Fantastic
Amazing loved her. She has a tree in Burnham Forest Ky
Jean Ritchie was brought to my attention because her song, "Now is the Cool if the Day" was performed by my church choir two weeks ago. It moved me to tears.
I just love these origonal old time movies - all seems so real and not contrived
I just noticed none other than 'Ramblin Jack Elliot' at 2:06 on this video ..One of my old favourites and hopefully still is....
RIP
I used to have an album from Riverside Records called "Singing Family of the Cumberlands". I played it until I couldn't hear the spoken parts as they were so worn out.
She told stories of her family and sang the song that went with that story. Jean came to Oakland and did a Kentucky Christmas with our local folks through California Revels.
As of today, Jean Ritchie is still alive. I mention this because you write of her in the past tense.
She passed on June 1, 2015 but her music and influence lives on.
She has lines I've never heard and pronounce words differently.
Wound is pronounced wound as in hound
Golly is that a young Mac Wiseman? @02:15
Wondering if I'm related to Jeans Family.... an honor if so. I lived in Richmond, Kentucky and attendedEKU. I wrote a song entitled .... Old Kentucky Carol.... If Jean is able to hear it... I hope she likes it.Just click on my name that takes you to all my music videos. I've heard of Jean Ritchie but never took theopportunity to search her obviously rich heritage of music. God bless you Jean. Paul Ritchie
I am related to her thru my great grandmother. She is now deceased. She also has a book published.