For the effects on singing in Jean Ritchie's family of the arrival of radio in the '20s, read the last chapter of her _Singing Family of the Cumberlands_. Hell, read that whole wonderful book if you haven't already. I was delighted to see, at a concert of hers the other day, that it is still in print.

--- Joe Fineman    joe_f@verizon.net

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