vintage-musicians:
Jean Ritchie–singer, scholar, songwriter, activist, Kentuckian, “The Mother of Folk”(viaThank you, Jean Ritchie | Field Trip South)
(viaThank you, Jean Ritchie | Field Trip South)
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.