Ritchie, Jean.


  • Jean Ritchie in concert (Part 1 only)

    Jean Ritchie performs folk music in concert at Freight and Salvage in Berkeley, California, April 26, 1972. Songs performed: Darby Ram — One I Love — John Riley — Sean O’Reilly from the County Leitrim — What’ll I Do With the Baby-O — The Bluebird Song — Cold Mountains — On Jordan’s Stormy Banks —…


  • A Folk special : Jean Ritchie / interviewed by Lynn Schoenfeld. (Part 2 of 2)

    Folksinger Jean Ritchie, from Appalachia talks about her life and work. The program includes both live and recorded performances. Produced by Lynn Schoenfeld, edited for broadcast by Edward Haber. Intro: The following interview with Jean Ritchie was recorded in February 1978, prior to the settlement of the coal workers’ strike. Outro self-contained. (c)1978 by Lynn…


  • Jean Ritchie : Kentucky born and bred / produced by Rachel Goodman.

    Thirteen part series focusing on the pioneering females of country and old time music. Each program is a portrait of a different artist, illustrating her contribution to developing the genre.|JEAN RITCHIE : KENTUCKY BORN AND BRED / produced by Rachel Anne Goodman. SERIES: Southern songbirds : the women of early country music| no. 9 –…


  • A Folk special : Jean Ritchie / interviewed by Lynn Schoenfeld.

    Folk singer Jean Ritchie (1922 – ) talks about her contributions as both singer and historian of Appalachian folk music. She discusses the impact of strip mining in her native Kentucky and demonstrates some of the techniques of “mountain singing.” The program includes both live and recorded performances. The interview was recorded in February 1978,…