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The Folk revival project (worth a look)

14 Jan 22 - 06:28 PM (#4132336)
Subject: The Folk revival project (worth a look)
From: GUEST,Nick Dow

I do tend to catch up with things after everybody else, but in case you have not seen some of the excellent work done here, take a look.
The same project has cleaned up the Joseph Taylor phonograph recordings really quite well. I have no idea who is behind it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQVfPXFgO10

16 Jan 22 - 07:41 PM (#4132619)
Subject: RE: The Folk revival project (worth a look)
From: GUEST,Nick Dow

OK I'll have another go to see if I can raise some interest. This collection is very important and I hope successful. There are hitherto unpublished cleaned up and digitised songs from Joseph Taylor, and also some unpublished versions of ballads from Jean Ritchie. I for one was unaware that her family had originally been visited by Cecil Sharp in 1917, until I saw these videos. Some of the song comparisons are excellent and the colorization and sound cleaning on Kennedy's film of Sam Larner and Harry Cox is a joy. Like I said it's worth a look.

16 Jan 22 - 08:25 PM (#4132625)
Subject: RE: The Folk revival project (worth a look)
From: GUEST,.gargoyle

Mr. Nick Dow

I am ignorant about Joseph Taylor, and know little about Jean Ritchie though I see her referenced often.

At the risk of redundancy, but for the education the newbie like myself ...

Sincerely,
Gargoyle

Some background information or links, if available, please.

16 Jan 22 - 08:44 PM (#4132627)
Subject: RE: The Folk revival project (worth a look)
From: Joe Offer

Gargoyle, take a listen to this. I think you'll enjoy it:

17 Jan 22 - 02:46 AM (#4132640)
Subject: RE: The Folk revival project (worth a look)
From: GUEST,Nick Dow

Thanks Joe.

19 Jan 22 - 07:38 AM (#4132887)
Subject: RE: The Folk revival project (worth a look)
From: Brian Peters

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.

19 Jan 22 - 09:55 AM (#4132905)
Subject: RE: The Folk revival project (worth a look)
From: GUEST,Nick Dow

Have you seen the ballad comparison video. I had no idea Jean Ritchie's repertoire was so large. Always willing to learn!

23 Jan 22 - 10:48 AM (#4133444)
Subject: RE: The Folk revival project (worth a look)
From: FreddyHeadey

for Gargoyle, some links:

Joseph Taylor

Mainly Norfolk (folky stuff)
https://mainlynorfolk.info/joseph.taylor/

mudcat (discussion)
https://mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=134199

Wikipedia (general info)
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Taylor_(folk_singer)



Jean Ritchie

mudcat (music & more mudcat links)
https://mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=38580

Wikipedia (general info)
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Ritchie