Appalachian Women and Traditional Music

Articles A - D

Women of Old-Time, Bluegrass, and Folk

Abrahams, Roger D. "Creativity, Individuality, and the Traditional Singer."
Studies in the Literary Imagination 3.1, April 1970: 5-34.

"Aunt Molly Jackson Memorial Issue." Kentucky Folklore Record 7
(1961): 129-176.

Contains biography of this controversial folksinger's life.

Ansley, Fran, and Sue Thrasher. "The Ballad of Barney Graham."
Southern Exposure 4, no. 1 & 2 (1976):137-42.

Interview with the woman who wrote this ballad.
Discusses her father (subject of the ballad), mining, etc.

Baker, Edna Ritchie. "Memories of Musical Moments." Appalachian Heritage
5/3 (1977):59-64.

Discusses the role music played in the Ritchie family. Some texts are used.

Bleeden, Joe. "The Pickard Family" Western and Country Music, January 1952.

Blosser, John. "Conversations with Jean Ritchie." Appalachian News Service,
vol. 1, no. 3 (March 1974)

Taken from an interview and concert in West Virginia.

Brewer, Mary T. "A Golden Memory." Mountain Life and Work
40/2 (1964): 21-25.

Burrison, John. "Biography of a Folksinger: Jean Ritchie." Folkways Monthly,
(January 1963): 4-28.

Biography of Ritchie, includes some songs.

Chambers, Virginia. "Hindman Settlement School." Journal of Research in Music
Education 21 (Summer 1973): 135-144.

Article concerning the role of music at the HSS in Knott County, Kentucky.

Daniel, Wayne W. "Cousin Emmy." Bluegrass Unlimited, October 1985.

Bio on the career of pioneer performer on the Grand Ole Opry

Daniel, Wayne W. "Joy King: She Loves to Yodel and Repair Fiddles." Devil's
Box 24 (Fall 1990): 41-45.

Daniel, Wayne M. "Wilma Lee Cooper." Bluegrass Unlimited (February 1982):
12-17.

Article about Wilma Lee Cooper, important female presence in country music.
Born in West Virginia, she became a favorite on the Grand Ol Opry.

Davis, Chandler. "Bluegrass Family-Family Bluegrass." Bluegrass Unlimited 7,
no.4 (October 1972): 5-8.

A bio of the McLain Family of Berea, Kentucky. Two of the band members are female.

de Mine, Brooks. 74 Southern Exposure 2 (Spring/Summer 74): 52-55.

Article on Aunt Molly Jackson.

Devan, Brett F. The New Coon Creek Girls. Bluegrass Unlimited 23
(November 1988): 8-14.

Cover article on the new Coon Creek Girls.
Includes some information on Lily May Ledford.

Devan, Brett F. "Evelyn 'Daisy' Lange Perry: An Original Member of the Coon
Creek Girls." Bluegrass Unlimited 24 (December 1989): 33-38.

Women of Old-Time Country, and Country

Atkins, John. "Molly O'Day: One of Country's Greatest Female Voices."
Country Music People, March 1977.

Averill, Patricia. "Esoteric-Exoteric Expectations..." Journal of Country Music 4
(Summer 1973): 34-38.

Bane, Michael. "Twenty Questions with Dolly Parton." Country Music, May/June 1993, 48-49

Berman, Connie. "Dolly Parton Scrapbook." Good Housekeeping 188,
February 1979: 140-43,203-09.

Discusses her humble origins in Sevierville in Eastern Tennessee, and her musical career.

Biggar, George C. " The Early Days of WLS and the National Barn Dance." Old Time Music 1
(Summer 1971): 11-13.

Brown, Rick, and Sue Thrasher. "Loretta Lynn." Southern Exposure 2,
Spring/Summer 1974: 20,22.

Article about her childhood in Butcher Holler, her music, etc.

Bufwack, Mary A. "Country Music is Women's Business." Tennessee's Business. 6,
no. 2 (1995): 21-24.

Bufwack, Mary. "The Feminist Sensibility in Post-War Country Music."
The Southern Quarterly, vol.22, no. 3, Spring 1984.

Bufwack, Mary. "Girls With Guitars." South Atlantic Quarterly. Vol. 9 (Winter 1995): 173-216.

Bufwack, Mary. "Healers and Heartbreakers: Men and Women in Country Music."
Journal of Pop Culture. Vol. 20 (Winter 1986): 147-166.

Carter, Maybelle. "Maybelle Carter: Woman Behind the Clan.' Music City News,
August, 1966.

Carter, Maybelle. "The Show Goes On for Mother Maybelle." Music City News,
September 1966.

Chase, Chris. "The Country Girl." New York Times Magazine, May 9, 1976, pp.17,60,71-73

Clark, Roy P. "It Wasn't God..." Theology Today 32 (January 1976): 414-416.

Coltman, Robert. "'Sweethearts of the Hills': Women in Early Country Music."
JEMF Quarterly 14 (1978): 161-180.

This articles takes a look at early female acts in country music. The Original Coon Creek Girls, etc.

Cooper, Wilma L. "Pure Country." Southern Exposure (Summer/Fall 1977)

Cooper, Wilma Lee. "You Can't Talk About Women in Country Music..."
Interview by Alice Gerrard. Sing Out! 26, no.2 1977: 2-7.

Interview with Cooper, discusses the women in her family.

Cornett, Rick. "Loretta Lynn Sings Her Mind and Beats the Odds: Female Viewpoint No
Longer a Stranger to Country Music Charts." Record Collector's Monthly, no.23,
September 1984.

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