#folk singing
Jean Ritchie–singer, scholar, songwriter, activist, Kentuckian, “The Mother of Folk”
Some great photos of Jean Ritchie with recording gear and her famous dulcimer. Much of her repertoire was unaccompanied, and she’s the first recorded source for many ballads from her region of Kentucky.
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I can’t speak or read Russian, so I don’t know what the song is about, but what caught my ear was the young woman in the black shirt and her (for lack of a better word) yipping. You’ll see this in some Slavic folk singing, and it’s an arresting sound for sure. Also of note is the fact that while many similar videos feature people in “traditional” dress, often very staid or forced. These ladies look like they’re genuinely enjoying themselves, and they’re dressed in clothing probably much more representative of the Russian “folk” today.
