What a stunning interpreter and writer she was — Janis Ian
Jean Ritchie represents a living connection to a heritage of song, spanning an ocean and several generations — Fiona Ritchie, NPR’s Thistle & Shamrock
As the ‘Mother of Folk’, Jean is a living museum of impeccably rendered songs passed down from singer to singer, influencing and inspiring generations — Joan Baez
When I grow up I want to write just like Jean Ritchie. Seriously, I love every song she’s ever written. I love her simple yet beautiful melodies and the honest, heartfelt truth in them — Dolly Parton
Articles
- Janis Ian remembers Jean Ritchie
- Backstage with Jean Ritchie Dan Evans
- Memories of Jean Ritchie Elwood Donnelly and Aubrey Atwater
- Jean Ritchie and the Cool of the Day Dan Schatz
Further Reading
- Jean Ritchie, lyrical voice of Appalachia, dies at 92
- Jean Ritchie, singer known as ‘the mother of folk,’ dies at 92
- Jean Ritchie, 92, introduced mountain dulcimer music to the world
- Jean Ritchie dies at 92; singer was influential in Appalachian folk music
- Jean Ritchie, singer who helped lead folk revival of ’50s and ’60s, dies at 92
- Jean Ritchie
- Masters of traditional arts: Jean Ritchie
- Sowing seeds of love for traditional music: an interview with Jean Ritchie
- The Folksingers: Jean Ritchie sang traditional and original folk lyrics with dulcimer
- Remembering Jean Ritchie: the voice of America
- Jean Ritchie: damsel with a dulcimer
- Jean Ritchie remembered
- Remembering Jean Ritchie, 1922-2015
- Jean Ritchie, folk, mountain music legend: an appreciation from the AJC archives
- Silas House: a remembrance of Jean Ritchie
- Jean Ritchie, 1922-2015
- Jean Ritchie was more than dulcimer maestro as deserving ‘mother of folk’
- Remembering Appalachian folksinging legend Jean Ritchie
- The Appalachian Dulcimer: An Instructional Record
Books
- Jean Ritchie: The Dulcimer Book
- Jean Ritchie’s Dulcimer People
- Jean Ritchie: Singing Family of the Cumberlands