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Ballads From Her Appalachian Family Tradition
Jean Ritchie
Ballads From Her Appalachian Family Tradition
Genres: Country, Folk, International Music, Pop
 
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Jean Ritchie is a national treasure, one of America's finest and best known traditional singers. She grew up in Viper, Kentucky, and is part of a large family, the famous "Singing Ritchies of Kentucky." The ballads on this...  more »

     
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All Artists: Jean Ritchie
Title: Ballads From Her Appalachian Family Tradition
Members Wishing: 5
Total Copies: 0
Label: Smithsonian Folkways
Original Release Date: 1/1/2003
Re-Release Date: 4/22/2003
Genres: Country, Folk, International Music, Pop
Styles: Classic Country, Traditional Folk, North America, Appalachian
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 093074014523

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Jean Ritchie is a national treasure, one of America's finest and best known traditional singers. She grew up in Viper, Kentucky, and is part of a large family, the famous "Singing Ritchies of Kentucky." The ballads on this recording are outstanding Appalachian versions of the "Child ballads," English and Scottish narrative songs collected and published by scholar Francis James Child in the late 19th century. The songs tell of true and lost love, jealousy, treachery, grief, death, and the supernatural. This reissue of her landmark Folkways recordings of British traditional ballads in Appalachia brings her clear, pure voice and timeless songs to new generations of listeners.

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Pure Mountain Music
Mike Smith | USA | 06/27/2004
(5 out of 5 stars)

"I first heard of Jean Ritchie through a video on old time music and this is the first cd i've been able to find of her recordings, the other ones are already out of print. If you love old time mountain music or traditional bluegrass, you will want this cd in your collection. Jean has one of the purest voices that i've ever heard in mountain style music. The only other Person that comes to mind is Anita Carter. There both Appalachian Angels in my opinion."
Wonderful Music!
A. K. Borenstadt | 05/21/2007
(5 out of 5 stars)

"This is beautiful music. Jean Ritchie has such a pretty voice and these Appalachian songs are such a treasure."