Jean and Pete Partial content originally appeared in FolkWorks (www.folkworks.org) Remembering a great collaboration, I write “Liner Notes” this month remembering Pete Seeger and Jean Ritchie in friendship of song. First Meeting Pete states: “I was backstage at […]
Liner Notes ~ An Occasional Blog of Little-Known Mind-Blowing Facts About The Life and Work of the Late Great Jean Ritchie. Partial content originally appeared in FolkWorks (www.folkworks.org) One of the most fascinating stories of my time spent working with […]
Susie Glaze once performed on Broadway, so maybe her unique approach to songs should be expected. “For me, the songs are all one-act plays with moralistic stories to tell,” says Glaze, who made her recording debut with the Eight Hand […]
By Susie Glaze I celebrate Life! I tangle my fingers in its long-haired grasses… with gladness. I beat upon its breast with futility. I lie across its loin with joy. I give to it and take from it sweet juices […]
Jean Ritchie died a few days ago at the age of 92. For decades, her pure, clear voice brought the sounds and sentiments of Appalachian music to people from Carnegie Hall to A Prairie Home Companion. She played and sang […]
It seems likely that Jean Ritchie was the first woman other than my mother with whom I fell in love. I would have been about five years old and have no memory of what she looked like; worse, I fear […]
