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Ballads from Her Appalachian Family Tradition
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Album: Ballads from Her Appalachian Family Tradition
# Song Title   Time
1)    Gypsy Laddie More Info... 0:03
2)    False Sir John More Info... 0:04
3)    Hangman More Info... 0:02
4)    Lord Bateman More Info... 0:06
5)    The House Carpenter More Info... 0:04
6)    Lord Thomas and Fair Ellender More Info... 0:05
7)    The Merry Golden Tree More Info... 0:02
8)    Old Bangum More Info... 0:02
9)    Barbary Allen More Info... 0:05
10)    The Unquiet Grave More Info... 0:04
11)    Sweet William and Lady Margaret More Info... 0:07
12)    There Lived An Old Lord More Info... 0:05
13)    Cherry Tree Carol More Info... 0:03
14)    Edward More Info... 0:02
15)    Lord Randall More Info... 0:03
16)    Little Musgrave More Info... 0:12
 
Album: Ballads from Her Appalachian Family Tradition
# Song Title   Time
1)    Gypsy Laddie More Info... 0:03
2)    False Sir John More Info... 0:04
3)    Hangman More Info... 0:02
4)    Lord Bateman More Info... 0:06
5)    The House Carpenter More Info... 0:04
6)    Lord Thomas and Fair Ellender More Info... 0:05
7)    The Merry Golden Tree More Info... 0:02
8)    Old Bangum More Info... 0:02
9)    Barbary Allen More Info... 0:05
10)    The Unquiet Grave More Info... 0:04
11)    Sweet William and Lady Margaret More Info... 0:07
12)    There Lived An Old Lord More Info... 0:05
13)    Cherry Tree Carol More Info... 0:03
14)    Edward More Info... 0:02
15)    Lord Randall More Info... 0:03
16)    Little Musgrave More Info... 0:12
 
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Performer Notes
  • Solo performer: Jean Ritchie (vocals, dulcimer).
  • Recorded in 1961. Includes liner notes by Kenneth S. Goldstein, Jean Ritchie, Stephanie Smith.
  • Liner Note Authors: Jean Ritchie; Stephanie Smith ; Kenneth S. Goldstein.
  • Recording information: 1961.
  • Editor: Peter Seitel.
  • Photographer: George Pickow.
  • A crystalline-clear voice and a tireless preservation of traditional music are two of the contibutions to folk music that Jean Ritchie is most respected for, and both shine on the Smithsonian/Folkways release Ballads from Her Appalachian Family Tradition. Mostly a cappella, with a few songs accompanied by dulcimer, these children's ballads are alternately warm and chilling, achingly beautiful and as stark as the bones of the balladeers who wrote the songs hundreds of years ago. The bright melody of "Barbary Allen" could be chanted as a playground rhyme or sung as a funeral hymn, and the brutal love triangle in "Lord Thomas and Fair Ellender" resolves with a higher body count than a Sam Peckinpah film, but with the heartbreaking romance of a Merchant Ivory production. The extensive liner notes stray toward the academic, but certainly drive home the point that these songs are older than the original 1961 release date, older than recorded music, and the sentiments found in all of the songs date back to the dawn of language and beyond. Despite all of the long-carved gravestones and lovelorn bloodshed, these recordings still manage to sound warm and familiar as a mother's lullaby, and pull off the remarkable feat of being a historically important document and wonderful to listen to. ~ Zac Johnson
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