Folk Songs of the Southern Appalachians as Sung by Jean Ritchie (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780813109275)

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 of balladry inherited from old-world Scotland,

Author: Jean Ritchie
ISBN-10: 0813109272
ISBN-13: 9780813109275
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Language: English
Published: 03/06/1997
Pages: 112
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.56lbs
Size: 10.06h x 6.95w x 0.41d