A key figure in the 1950s folk revival, Jean Ritchie is a one-woman treasure trove of near-forgotten American folk songs, most of which she learned as a child growing up in a rural corner of the Appalachian Mountains. Born on December 8, 1922, and raised in a family of singers, Ritchie moved from Kentucky to New York City in the mid-1940s after attending college, and became a coffeehouse folksinger at night and a social worker by day. Along with her sporadic but deeply rewarding recording career, Jean Ritchie is best known as a tireless archivist of the Appalachian folk tradition.

Listen to Jean Ritchie at Finetune.

• (2006)  Carols For All Seasons
• (1992)  The Most Dulcimer

• Over The River To Feed My Sheep
• Children Go Where I Send Thee
• Pretty Saro
• Mourning Tears
• Edward

• Sarah McLachlan
• Gordon Lightfoot
• Beth Nielsen Chapman
• Buddy Mondlock With Jonathan Edwards
• Chuck Pyle
• Electric Bonsai Band
• Evan and Jaron
• James Mee
• Lucy Kaplansky
• Mary-Chapin Carpenter
• Peter Nelson
• Pierce Pettis And Co.
• Red Grammer
• Robin Batteau
• Sally Fingerett
• Shawn Colvin
• Si Kahn
• Tanya Savory
• Tom Intondi
• Tom Paxton & Dave Van Ronk

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