Jean Ritchie - Sweet Rivers (JA-037)
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Jean Ritchie (born December 8, 1922) is an American folk singer, songwriter, and Appalachian dulcimer player. Growing up in Viper, Kentucky, Jean Ritchie was part of her family's singing traditions and group - the Singing Ritchies. In the summer of 1946, she moved to work at the Henry Street Settlement in New York. There she met Oscar Brand, Leadbelly, and Pete Seeger and started singing her family songs again. In 1948 she shared the stage with The Weavers, Woody Guthrie and Betty Sanders at the Spring Fever Hootenanny. Oscar Brand's Folksong Festival on WNYC radio adopted her as a regular by October 1949. Ritchie has performed at Carnegie Hall and at the Royal Albert Hall. Her album, None But One, was awarded the Rolling Stone Critics award in 1977. In 2002, Ritchie received a National Endowment For The Arts National Heritage Fellowship, the Nation's highest honor in the folk and traditional arts. Ritchie currently lives with her husband, George Pickow, in Port Washington, New York and was recently inducted into the Long Island Music Hall of Fame.
Recordings for the 1981 release JA037, Sweet Rivers, were recorded by Dudley Wilson and Jack Wright, and the album produced by Jonathan Greene. Musicians included Jean Ritchie on vocals, Mallie Ritchie on vocals, Uma Yahkub on vocals, Kitty Singleton on vocals, Edna Baker on vocals, Pauline Kermiet on vocals, John McCutcheon on harmony vocals, fiddle, authoharp and hamered dulcimer, Jack Wright on vocals, guitar and humming, Dudley Wilson humming, Scott Faulkner humming, Jeff Kiser humming, Jim Cage on harmony vocals and guitar, and Marion Sumner on fiddle.
This audio collection consists of 1/2-inch recordings, ¼-inch production masters, vinyl production masters, and preservation DVD-R and preservation CD-R access copies.
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- Full Release on Bandcamp