Birth Name:

Jean Ritchie

Female

Birth Date:

Fri, Dec 08, 1922

Time of Birth:

Unknown (using Noon)

Place of Birth:

Viper, Kentucky, United States

Age:

102

Zodiac Sign:

Sagittarius

Astrology Data:

Sun

15°

Sag

50'

About Jean Ritchie

Jean Ruth Ritchie (December 8, 1922 – June 1, 2015) was an American folk singer, songwriter, and Appalachian dulcimer player, called by some the "Mother of Folk". In her youth she learned hundreds of folk songs in the traditional way (orally, from her family and community), many of which were Appalachian variants of centuries old British and Irish songs, including dozens of Child Ballads. In adulthood, she shared these songs with wide audiences, as well as writing some of her own songs using traditional foundations. She is ultimately responsible for the revival of the Appalachian dulcimer, the traditional instrument of her community, which she popularized by playing the instrument on her albums and writing tutorial books. She also spent time collecting folk music in the United States and in Britain and Ireland, in order to research the origins of her family songs and help preserve traditional music. She inspired a wide array of musicians, including Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Shirley Collins, Joni Mitchell, Emmylou Harris and Judy Collins.

Link to Wikipedia biography

External Links:

• Live 1976 recording of Ritchie performing "Nottamun Town" from the Florida Folklife Collection (made available for public use by the State Archives of Florida)

• Photographs of Jean Ritchie while artist in residence at UC Santa Cruz in 1978, from the UC Santa Cruz Library's Digital Collections[permanent dead link]

• Videos on Woodsongs Archive 159: She sang and played her dulcimer as sole guest in 2000; 84 minutes. 450: Was as one of 3 guests in "Celebration of the Mountain Dulcimer" July 7, 2007; 94 minutes.

• 450: Was as one of 3 guests in "Celebration of the Mountain Dulcimer" July 7, 2007; 94 minutes.

• Jean Ritchie, 1922–2015 Folklife Today; Library of Congress

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Astrological aspects and planetary data / tags for Jean Ritchie: Sun 15 Sagittarius, Moon 7 Leo, Mercury 16 Sagittarius, Venus 25 Scorpio, Mars 27 Aquarius, Jupiter 9 Scorpio, Saturn 17 Libra, Uranus 9 Pisces, Neptune 18 Leo, Pluto 10 Cancer, Sun Trine Neptune, Sun Sextile Saturn, Sun Conjunct Mercury, Mercury Sextile Saturn, Mercury Trine Neptune, Venus Square Mars, Venus Sesquiquadrate Pluto, Mars Sesquiquadrate Pluto, Jupiter Trine Uranus, Jupiter Trine Pluto, Saturn Sextile Neptune, Uranus Trine Pluto

Categories related to Jean Ritchie: 2015 deaths, New York, December 8 births, Kentucky, University of Kentucky alumni, American folk singers, Singers from Kentucky, Songwriters from Kentucky, National Heritage Fellowship winners, American musicologists, People from Port Washington, American folklorists, Elektra Records artists, American folk musicians, Appalachian dulcimer players, 21st-century American women, Appalachian culture, 1922 births, Source attribution, Tradition Records artists, Musicians from Appalachia, Riverside Records artists, People from Perry County, Women folklorists, Folk musicians from Kentucky, American women musicologists, American folk-song collectors, American women songwriters, American women singers, Flying Fish Records artists

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