Folk Songs of the Southern Appalachians as Sung by Jean Ritchie

by Alan Lomax and Jean Ritchie

Book Overview

With Forewords by Alan Lomax and Ron Pen Jean Ritchie is the best known and most respected singer of traditional ballads in the United States. The youngest daughter of one of the most famous American ballad-singing families, the Ritchie family of Perry County, Kentucky, Jean carries on her family's legacy as a singer of folk songs and traditional ballads. The music found here tells the story of the ""Singing Ritchie Family."" Built upon a foundation...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813109272
• ISBN13: 9780813109275
• Release Date: March 1997
• Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 0.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 7.0" x 10.1"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher