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Robin Thompson

one of Jean Ritchie's picks


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@Robin Thompson started 6 months ago - replies: 11
Robin Thompson

Jean in the movie Next of Kin


https://youtu.be/qKV69vKKTyw?si=5Gz1hS5u7psQA3gV
@Robin Thompson started 10 months ago - replies: 6
Robin Thompson

Jean Ritchie with Rachel Anne Goodman


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@Robin Thompson started 10 months ago - replies: 1
Robin Thompson

Jean with Gene Bluestein, 1986


A young music friend pointed me to this: https://dc.lib.unc.edu/cdm/ref/collection/sfc/id/56581
@Robin Thompson started 2 years ago - replies: 4
Robin Thompson

from Susie Glaze on Jean's "One I Love"


https://folkworks.org/blog/one-i-love/
@Robin Thompson started last year - replies: 6
Robin Thompson

Mountain Born: The Jean Ritchie Story from KET- full program


https://www.pbs.org/video/encore-presentation-mountain-born-the-jean-ritchie-story-ja3nvk/
@Robin Thompson started last year - replies: 0
Robin Thompson

from Susie Glaze on Jean's "Now is the Cool of the Day"


https://folkworks.org/blog/the-cool-of-the-day/
@Robin Thompson started last year - replies: 0
Robin Thompson

Jean's 1995 Blue Lion mountain dulcimer - Berea collection


https://ljacatc.berea.edu/pawtucket/index.php/Detail/objects/9702
@Robin Thompson started last year - replies: 2
Strumelia

Jean's phone interview with Jean Metcalfe


Not sure if this has been mentioned before, but I had not seen it. Seems to have occurred in 1992, when Jean was about 70:...
@Strumelia started last year - replies: 2
Robin Thompson

Suzie Glaze on the Ritchie's "Brightest and Best"


https://folkworks.org/blog/voice-notes-a-folk-divas-guide-to-the-galaxy-number-40
@Robin Thompson started last year - replies: 4
Robin Thompson

Aubrey Atwater presentation on Jean Ritchie (December 2022)


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@Robin Thompson started 2 years ago - replies: 3
Dusty Turtle

video profile of Jean by Headwaters


I haven't found any mention of this video here at FOTMD, but it sure is of interest to most of us. Here is the official description of the...
@Dusty Turtle started 11 years ago - replies: 12
Robin Thompson

Molly Andrews playing & singing "Now is the Cool of the Day"


Also, the mountain dulcimer looks as though it may have been made by Keith Young. 
@Robin Thompson started 2 years ago - replies: 0
Robin Thompson

instrument George built for Jean in 1951


https://www.si.edu/object/appalachian-dulcimer-used-jean-ritchie%3Anmah_1803595
@Robin Thompson started 3 years ago - replies: 7
Strumelia

Article from Kentucky Educational Television


I'm sure this may have been posted here before, but KET website has a very informative and interesting web article/timeline about Jean Ritchie and...
@Strumelia started 2 years ago - replies: 2
jost

Tunings for several of Jeans Songs


Hello everybody, I have a hard time to determine the tunings Jean used. I try to replicate her sound. The main challenge is to play fast and good...
@jost started 2 years ago - replies: 7
Robin Thompson

From Appalshop, a wonderful interview with Jean Ritchie.


https://archive.org/details/2312JeanRitchie I learned of this from @Dan -- thanks, friend!   
@Robin Thompson started 8 years ago - replies: 5
Robin Thompson

Jean's sister Edna


I just got this record from Edna Ritchie and enjoyed listening today. https://folkways.si.edu/edna-ritchie/edna-ritchie-of-viper-kentucky
@Robin Thompson started 3 years ago - replies: 11
Robin Thompson

Jon Pickow & Joellen Lapidus on Killy Kranky


I have a recording of Jean playing & singing Killy Kranky-- off the top of my head, I'm thinking it is on her recording titled The Most...
@Robin Thompson started 3 years ago - replies: 3
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