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Brian Peters	The Folk revival project (worth a look) (8)	RE: The Folk revival project (worth a look)	19 Jan 22
OK, Nick, I'll bite. It is a really interesting project and they've done a nice job on that Sam Larner / Harry Cox film. Some interesting Appalachian music as well - the Ritchie Family Christmas is worth watching. Jean Ritchie's elder sister and cousin Una and Sabrina Ritchie sang for Cecil Sharp and Maud Karpeles when they visited Pine Mountain school, Kentucky, in 1917. 'Nottamun Town' (the tune of which was used by Dylan for 'Masters of War') was one of the songs collected from Una and Sabrina. During the same visit, Sharp and Karpeles sang for the students some of the songs they'd previously collected elsewhere in the Appalachians, including 'Black is the Colour', which the Ritchie girls learned and introduced to the family's repertoire. And that's the reason the song became so popular in the folk re3vival.

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