Jean Ritchie
Biography: Jean Ruth Ritchie was an American folk singer, songwriter, and Appalachian dulcimer player, called by some the "Mother of Folk".
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: December 08, 1922
Deathday: June 01, 2015
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Mountain Born: The Jean Ritchie Story
1996-09-26
Mountain Born: The Jean Ritchie Story
Overview: Chronicles the 50-year career of singer/songwriter Jean Ritchie, from Viper, Kentucky to the New York stage. Pete Seeger, Arlo Guthrie, and her family and friends in Eastern Kentucky are among those interviewed. A 1996 KET production.
Genres: Music Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-09-26
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Ballads, Blues & Bluegrass
2012-06-19
Ballads, Blues & Bluegrass
Overview: In the early 1960s, when Greenwich Village was bursting with a folk music revival, the Friends of Old Time Music made it their mission to introduce urban audience to some of the legends of pre-war American traditional music. After a 1961 series of concerts featuring Roscoe Holcomb, Clarence Ashley and Doc Watson, Alan Lomax invited the artists and a who’s who of the folk revival back to his West 3rd Avenue apartment for an impromptu song swap. Filming was arranged on the fly and a raw, many-layered evocation of the art and attitude of the period emerges from the footage, with some of the biggest names of the era, old timers and revivalists alike: Memphis Slim, Willie Dixon, Jean Ritchie, Ernie Marrs, Peter LeFarge, Ramblin Jack Elliott, Guy Carawan,the Greenbriar Boys, and the New Lost City Ramblers.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-06-19
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Next of Kin
1989-10-20
Next of Kin
Overview: Truman Gates, a Chicago cop, sets out to find his brother's killer. Meanwhile, another of his brothers, Briar (a hillbilly) decides to find the killer himself.
Genres: Adventure Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-10-20
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