Appalachian Women and Traditional Music
Articles S - Z
Women of Old-Time, Bluegrass,
and Folk
Samuelson, Dave. "The Coon Creek Girls: From Pinch 'Em Tight Holelr
to the White House."
The Journal of American Academy for the Preservation
of Old Time Country Music 17,
(October 1993): 1-7.
Seeds, Virginia. "Lily May's In Town." Stand By!, September
26, 1936.
Sheffler, John. Sing Out! 32 (Winter 1987): 28-33).
Smyth, Willie. "Bearing Up: Mary Elizabeth Barnicle and Folklore Recording."
Tennessee Folklore Society Bulletin, Volume
LII, No. 2 (Summer 1986): 34-60.
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Article about the folklorist and her recording activities. Includes a list
of her field recordings. Many, many women represented. Too many to list.
Recordings part of ETSU holdings.
Thomason, Ron. Hazel Dickens: Only a Woman." Bluegrass Unlimited
16
(February 1982): 23-26.
Tribe, Ivan and John Morris. "Molly O' Day and Lynn Davis: A Strong Influence
on
Bluegrass Music." Bluegrass Unlimited, vol.
9, no.3., September 1974.
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A discussion of two important forces in country music, both from Eastern
Kentucky.
Tribe, Ivan, and John Morris. "Molly O'Day: On the Threshhold of Greatness."
The Journal, vol. 1, no. 6, December 1991.
Trivette, Janese. "Sing Me Back Home Before I Die." Plow, (August
1976): 4-6, 14.
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Interview with Ruth and Lehman Stemper- farmers, craft-makers, and singers.
West, Hedy. "No Fiddle in My Home." Sing Out! 26, no.5 (1978): 2-6.
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Hedy West, a folksinger from a very musical family, talks about her grandmother,
Lillie.
Wilgus, D.K. Kentucky Folklore Record 7 (1961): 171-185.
Williams, Cratis. "Hedy West: Songbird of the Appalachians." Appalachian
South 1
(Summer 1965): 8-11.
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Article about Hedy West and her heritage.
Wolfe, Charles. "Samantha Bumgarner: The Original Banjo-Pickin' Girl."
The
Devil's Box,
vol.12, no.1, March 1,
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Brief bio of Ashville, NC native, Samantha Bumgarner's life and
career. Includes discography.
Wiley, Stephen R. "Songs of the Gastonia Textile Strike of 1929: Models
of and for
Southern Working-Class Women's Militancy." North
Carolina Folklore Journal 30.2,
Fall-Winter 1982: 87-98.
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Background of Gastonia strike. Includes information on the death of songster
and strike leader, Ella May. Includes songs of Corley, McDonald, and May.
Extensive footnotes.
Wolfe, Charles. "The Perry County Music Makers." The Devil's Box,
no. 26, September 1, 1974.
Wolfe, Charles. "We Play to Suit Ourselves." Old Time Music,
no.14, Autumn 1974.
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Article with picture on The Perry County Music Makers.
Yurchenko, Henrietta. "Trouble in the Mines: A History in Song and Story
by Women of Appalachia." American Music 9.2, Summer 1991: 209-24.
Women of Old-Time Country, and
Country
Sessums, Kevin. "Good Golly, Miss Dolly!" Vanity Fair, June 1991.
Smith, William R. "The Original Carter Family." Country Music People,
December, 1961.
Steinem, Gloria. "Dolly Parton." Ms, January 1987.
"Will the Circle Be Unbroken." Sing Out! 27 (July/August 1978):
Windeler, Robert. "Loretta Lynn's 'Pill' Is Hard for Some Fans to Swallow."
People Weekly 3, no. 12 (March 31, 1975):
23-25.
Wolfe, Charles. "No Depression in Heaven: Carter Family Gospel." Rejoice!
vol. 1, no. 1, Winter 1987.
Wolfe, Charles. "Roba Stanley: The First Country Sweetheart." Old
Time Music no. 26, Autumn 1977.
"Women's Voices: Thoughts on Women's Music in America." Sing Out!
25, no. 2 (1976): 3-6.
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Special Issue on songs of American Women- includes Ledford, Gunning,
Gerrard.
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