Jean Ritchie
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Biography
[Edit]Jean Ritchie was born into a large and musical family in Viper, Kentucky in 1922. The Ritchie family was very much a part of the Appalachian folk tradition, and had committed over 300 songs (including hymns, traditional love songs, ballads, children's game songs, etc.) to its collective memory, a tradition that Ritchie has drawn on (as well as preserved and maintained) for the entire length of her performing career. She grew up in a home where singing was intertwined with nearly every task, and the beautiful, ephemeral nature of these mountain songs and fragments was not lost on her. After graduating from high school, Ritchie attended Cumberland Junior College in Williamsburg, Ky., moving on to the University of Kentucky, where she graduated in 1946. She accepted a position at the Henry Street Settlement in New York City and soon found her family's songs useful in reaching out to the children in her care. Her singing, although she never had a strong pop sort of voice, was perfect for the old ballads, especially when she accompanied herself on lap dulcimer, and the ancient modal melodies of her family felt fresh and airy in her hands. Ritchie soon found herself in demand in the New York coffeehouses, and her official career in music began. After hearing some casually recorded songs by Ritchie, Jac Holzman, who was just starting up Elektra Records, signed her to the label, eventually releasing three albums, Jean Ritchie Sings (1952), Songs of Her Kentucky Mountain Family (1957) and A Time for Singing (1962) at the height of the folk revival. Although she never reached the household name status of Peter, Paul & Mary, Joan Baez, Judy Collins or the Kingston Trio, Ritchie maintained her Appalachian authenticity, and her subsequent albums worked to preserve the rich folk tradition of the Southern Appalachians. Among her many releases are two from Smithsonian Folkways, Ballads From Her Appalachian Family Tradition and Child Ballads in America, None but One (which won a Rolling Stone Critics Award in 1977), High Hills and Mountains, Kentucky Christmas, and The Most Dulcimer. Married to the photographer George Pickow, the couple has re-released many of her albums on their own Greenhays Recordings imprint.
Title: American Songs of Revolutionary Times (Remastered)
Artist: Jean Ritchie, Richard Chase, Paul Clayton
Genre: Rock, Pop, Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: American Folk Tales And Songs (Remastered)
Artist: Jean Ritchie, Richard Chase, Paul Clayton
Genre: World Music, Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: Jean Ritchie: Ballads from Her Appalachian Family Tradition
Artist: Jean Ritchie
Genre: World Music, Country, Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: British Traditional Ballads in the Southern Mountains, Volume 1
Artist: Jean Ritchie
Genre: World Music, Folk
Title: Carols for All Seasons
Artist: Jean Ritchie
Genre: World Music, Country, Traditional Pop Music, Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: The Appalachian Dulcimer: An Instructional Record
Artist: Jean Ritchie
Genre: World Music, Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: Carols of All Seasons (Remastered)
Artist: Jean Ritchie
Genre: World Music, Country, Traditional Pop Music, Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: American Folk Tales and Songs
Artist: Jean Ritchie, Richard Chase, Paul Clayton
Genre: World Music, Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: Jean Ritchie and Doc Watson At Folk City
Artist: Jean Ritchie
Genre: World Music, Country, Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: A Folk Concert In Town Hall, New York
Artist: Jean Ritchie, Oscar Brand
Genre: Rock, World Music, Songwriter/Lyricist, Contemporary Folk
Title: Carols Of All Seasons (Digitally Remastered)
Artist: Jean Ritchie
Genre: World Music, Celtic, Folk
Title: British Traditional Ballads in the Southern Mountains, Volume 2
Artist: Jean Ritchie
Genre: World Music, Folk
Title: Singing the Traditional Songs of Her Kentucky Mountain Family
Artist: Jean Ritchie
Genre: Rock, World Music, Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: American Folk Tales And Songs (Digitally Remastered)
Artist: Jean Ritchie, Paul Clayton
Genre: World Music, Country, Alternative Country, Folk
Title: Mountain Ballads
Artist: Jean Ritchie
Title: Mountain Hearth & Home
Artist: Jean Ritchie
Title: Singing Traditional Songs Of Her Kentucky Mountain Family
Artist: Jean Ritchie
Genre: World Music, Folk
Collections
Title: Dear Jean: Artists Celebrate Jean Ritchie
Genre: World Music, Folk
Title: Rare Female Vocal Cuts
Genre: Jazz
Title: Elektra Records Acoustic Sampler (1950-1973)
Genre: Alternative
Title: The Appalachians
Genre: Country, Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: Folk Sing Along Songs
Genre: Folk
Title: Coal Country Music (Deluxe)
Genre: Country
Title: Song Links, Vol. 2
Genre: Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: WomenFolk - Iconic Women of American Folk
Genre: Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: Folk Roots - The Sound of Americana
Genre: Country, Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: Best of the Bluegrass Bands
Genre: Country
Title: American Duets
Genre: Country
Title: Songs for the Mountaintop
Genre: Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: Classic Southern Gospel from Smithsonian Folkways
Genre: Gospel
Title: Wassail! Wassail! - Early American Christmas Music
Genre:
Title: The Folk Song Tradition
Genre: World Music, Songwriter/Lyricist, Folk
Title: The Folk Song Tradition (Remastered)
Genre: Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: Classic Mountain Songs from Smithsonian Folkways
Genre: Country
Title: Folk Songs for Kids
Genre: Songwriter/Lyricist, Kids
Title: Live from the Old Town School, Vol. 3
Genre: Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: Greatest Folk Songs You've Never Heard
Genre: Pop
Title: Smithsonian Folkways Children's Collection
Genre: Kids
Title: The Newport Folk Festival
Genre: Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: The History of Folk
Genre: Pop
Title: Kentucky: Southern Music Issue No 19
Genre: Soul, Blues, Rock, Punk Rock, World Music, Country, Funk, Folk
Title: Irish-American Folk 2020
Genre: Folk Rock, World Music, Acoustic, Folk
Title: Shivaree! A Folk Wedding Party (Remastered)
Genre: World Music, Folk
Title: US Folk, Bluegrass And Psych
Genre: Folk Rock, Psychedelic Rock
Featuring albums
Title: My Last Go Round
Artist: Rosalie Sorrels
Title: Treasures from the Folk Den
Artist: Roger McGuinn
Genre: Rock, Folk Rock, World Music, Songwriter/Lyricist, Psychedelic, Contemporary Folk
Title: Mimi and Richard Farina: The Complete Vanguard Recordings
Artist: Mimi, Richard Farina
Genre: Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: 3rd Annual Farewell Reunion
Artist: Mike Seeger
Genre: Folk Rock, World Music, Country, Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: Classic Folk Music from Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: World Music, Contemporary Folk, Folk
Title: Live at Caffe Lena: Music from America's Legendary Coffeehouse, 1967-2013
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: World Music, Folk
Title: Dear Jean: Artists Celebrate Jean Ritchie
Artist: Dear Jean: Artist Celebrate Jean Ritchie Various
Genre:
Title: Classic Southern Gospel from Smithsonian Folkways
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: World Music, Folk
Title: Classic Southern Gospel from Smithsonian Folkways
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: World Music, Folk
Title: Singing Through the Hard Times: A Tribute to Utah Phillips
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Songwriter/Lyricist