Appalachian Women and Traditional Music
Articles N - R
Women of Old-Time, Bluegrass, and Folk
Nash, Alanna. "Jean Ritchie: Queen of the Dulcimer." Frets, February 1980.
Nash, Alanna. "Jean Ritchie: Queen of the Dulcimer." Frets, February
1980.
Nash, Alanna. "Asa Martin." Bluegrass Unlimited 14, no. 6 (December
1979): 10-12.
Now and Then. Special Issue. Fall 1985.
Overstreet, Frank. "'Daisy' Lange, An Original Coon Creek Girl." Bluegrass
Music News 15
(Fall 1991): 15-16.
Page, James K. Jr. "Old-time Pickin' and Playin in Poor Valley." Smithsonian
7
(April 1976): 104-113.
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Article including Jeanette Carter, daughter of A.P. Carter of the Carter
Family.
Perdue, Frances D. "Folksong Repertoire of Beulah C. Moody." Kentucky
Folklore Record
22 (1976): 15-24.
Peyton, Dave. "Molly O'Day: A Living Legend." Pickin', September
1979.
Reece, Florence. "Which Side Are You On?" Southern Exposure 4,
no. 1 & 2 (1976): 90.
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Discussion of the songwriter's relationship to mining and how the song
came to be written.
Reeves, Florence. "A Kentucky Ballad Singer." Mountain Life and Work
12
(January 1937): 18-19.
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Article about Aunt Phronnie, a singer of ballads, and how the songs play
a role in her daily life. She was a source for Cecil Sharp.
Ritchie, Edna Baker. "Memories of Musical Moments". Appalachian Heritage
5/3 (1977): 59-64.
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Reminiscence of music in the Ritchie family. Includes some song lyrics.
Ritchie, Edna Baker. "The Singing Ritchies." Mountain Life and Work
29/3 (1953): 6-10.
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Article about life growing up in the Ritchie Family of Eastern Kentucky.
Ritchie, Jean. "Black Waters." Appalachian Heritage 1 (Summer 1973):
53-54.
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Ritchie talks about strip-mining in her native county that inspired her
song.
Ritchie, Jean. "Jean Ritchie's Keynote: Now is the Cool of the Day. Mountain
Life and Work
46/5 (1970): 3-8.
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Ritchie discusses her childhood and the environmental degradation in the
region, as well as her song, entitled "Now is the Cool of the Day."
Ritchie, Jean. "Yonder Comes My Beau". Ladies Home Journal 72
(April 1955): 54, 127-129.
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This is an excerpt from Ritchie's memoir, Singing Family of the Cumberlands.
Russel, Tony. "Fine Times..." Old Time Music, no. 12 (Spring 1974): 10-15.
Women of Old-Time, Bluegrass, and Folk
Nassour, Willis. "Nashville Remembers Patsy Cline." Music City News,
June 1980.
Nassour, Willis. "Patsy Cline: In the Beginning." Journal of Country
Music,
vol.8, no.3, 1981: 41-46.
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Article on Cline's early career.
Oermann, Robert K. "Country Music Poineer Dead at 68." The Tennesseean,
July 18, 1985.
Oermann, Robert K. "Dolly." Inside Country Music, February 1983.
Oermann, Robert K. "The Dolly Parton Interview." Country Rhythms,
June 1982.
Oermann, Robert K. " The Dolly Parton Interview:Pt.2."Country Rhythms,
September 1982.
Oermann, Robert K. "Rhinestones." Country Rhythms, March 1984.
Quinn, Sally. "Country Girl." New York Post, August 16, 1975.
Roy, Don. "The Patsy Cline Discography." Journal of Country Music,
vol. 9, no 2, 1982: 47-49.
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