Biography
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 so...
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This is a video I made featuring Jean Ritchie, The Mountain Queen, singing Sweet William and Lady Margaret fro...


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jean ritchie sings about mountaintop removal to photographs of the destruction by george pickow This is an exc...


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American folk singer Jean Ritchie sings the traditional Appalachian old time song (of English origins), Hangma...

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tells the story of hard times in the coal mines of kentucky. Words & music © 1964,1971 Jean Ritchie Geordie Mu...



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Jean Ritchie (born 1922) is an American folk singer and Appalachian dulcimer player. Became known as The Mothe...

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House Carpenter Jean Ritchie Ballads from Her Appalachian Family Tradition Child Ballad No. 243 Also known as ...

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CSU, Fresno Folk Artist in Residence 1980, courtesy of Jean Ritchie, The Bluestein Family and the UNC, Chapel ...

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emmylou and jean sing HAVE TOU SEEN MY DEAR COMPANION a song that jean wrote....

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Jean Ritchie sings the Christmas folk song, The Cherry Tree Carol (aka The Kentucky Cherry Three Carol or Chil...

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Jean s song for the winter solistice with a setting in her Kentucky Mountain home. Cornshuck dolls made by the...


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Performance in 1980. Jean sings one of her newer mining songs based on the flooding of a coal mine in Hominy F...

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the ritchie sisters sitting on the porch in viper ky. singing the four marys. Filmed by George Pickow in 1966....

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an old song jean learned from her father when she was very yuong. perforance 1997...

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a childrens song with animation from a DVD collection OLDE BANGUM available at JEANRITCHIE.COM Words & music ©...

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round sung at Revels in houston 1994 written by Jean. Jean Ritchie recordings books and dvd s are available JE...

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Jean visited p Pete Seeger and they got together and sang a few songs. Some of this material is on the DVD MOU...

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Jean Ritchie, Gypsy s Warning. Picture from Old Sheldon Church, South Carolina....

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a song that jean wrote and performs with video by george.The bass voice is jean s son Peter Pickow. The song i...

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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 ...

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Jean Ritchie - Clear Waters Remembered - Morning Come, Maria Gone...

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Jean Ritchie is an American folk singer, songwriter, and Appalachian dulcimer player. She was the youngest of ...
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