- Aliases
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Jean Ritchie and Ensemble
- Real name
- Jean Ruth Ritchie
- Born
- December 8, 1922
- Died
- June 1, 2015
- Country
- United States
- IPI
-
00026147796 14 works
- Affiliation
- ASCAP
- Comments
- Folksinger, songwriter & collector, dulcimer player, raised in the Cumberland Mountains. Her Anglo-Scots-Irish heritage was rich in songs sung by generations hidden away in the Appalachians. In 2002, she was inducted into the Kentucky Music Hall of Fame.
- Member of
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The Wanderin' Five
- Family
-
Edna Ritchie Sister
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