Ritchie, Jean: British Traditional Ballads Southern Mountains 2
Ritchie, Jean: British Traditional Ballads Southern Mountains 2
Format: CD
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Artist: Ritchie, Jean
Label: Folkways Records
Product Type: COMPACT DISCS
UPC: 093070230224
Genre: Country, Folk
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 landmark Folkways recording brings her clear, pure voice and timeless songs to new generations of listeners.
Tracks:
1.1 The Unquiet Grave
1.2 Little Devils
1.3 Sweet William and Lady Margaret
1.4 There Lived An Old Lord
1.5 Wife of Usher's Well
1.6 Cherry Tree Carol
1.7 Edward
1.8 Gentle Fair Jenny
1.9 Lord Randall
1.10 Little Musgrave (Matty Groves)
