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Thread #58488 Message #961475
Posted By: GUEST,amergin
29-May-03 - 05:29 PM
Thread Name: Review: A Mighty Wind
Subject: RE: Review: A Mighty Wind
could this be why, Jean? BG
"But even the "roots music" artists who performed in the shadow of groups like the Kingston Trio haven't disappeared. Smithsonian Folkways (www.folkways .si.edu) sends out a steady stream of CDs from singers like Jean Ritchie. She has recorded songs from rural Kentucky since 1952, introducing countless listeners to the spare, sweet sound of the dulcimer, and still performs at age 80. "My voice isn't what it was, but nobody seems to care," she says, chuckling."
or this?
""Groups like the New Christy Minstrels led a lot of people to folk music," says Ritchie. "We were very grateful to them." So what if they weren't "real"?"
BG