Wayfaring Strangers: The Musical Voyage from Scotland and Ulster to Appalachia
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| Rating | : | 4.42 (963 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B00P9LHJTU |
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| Number of Pages | : | 166 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-02-10 |
| Language | : | English |
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Fiona Ritchie is the founder, producer, and host of National Public Radio's The Thistle & Shamrock. . She was awarded an MBE (Member of the Order of the British Empire) in 2014.Doug Orr is president emeritus of Warren Wilson College, where he founded the Swannanoa Gathering music workshops
Enriched by the insights of key contributors to the living tradition on both sides of the Atlantic, this abundantly illustrated volume includes a CD featuring 20 songs by musicians profiled in the book, including Dolly Parton, Dougie MacLean, Cara Dillon, John Doyle, Pete Seeger, Sheila Kay Adams, Jean Ritchie, Doc Watson, David Holt, Anais Mitchell, Al Petteway, and Amy White.. In Wayfaring Strangers, Fiona Ritchie and Doug Orr guide readers on a musical voyage across oceans, linking people and songs through centuries of adaptation and change. Throughout the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, a steady stream of Scots migrated to Ulster and eventually onward across the Atlantic to resettle in the United States. They brought with them a wealth of traditional ballads and tunes from the British Isles and Ireland, a carrying stream that merged with sounds and songs of English, German, Welsh, African
Music lovers, prepare to be transported.--BookPageA beautiful testament to the roots of Celtic music and the journeys of the people who brought it to these mountains.--Lady Banks' Commonplace BookA must to any fan of folk or bluegrass.--Wilmington Star-NewsThis book couldn't have been written by anyone without a lifetime of experience and love of the subject and has set a new standard for projects of this nature. Wayfaring Strangers does it all." --Elizabeth Kostova,author of The HistorianAn accessib
A Beautiful Tapestry Thomas H. Newhouse In this book, the authors weave a tapestry of Appalachian music that is very colorful and very beautiful. This tapestry begins with strands of fiber spun in Scotland and Ireland. During the centuries long voyage across the Atlantic, strands of fiber are added. After becoming Americans, Appalachian residents continued to contribute additional strands of fiber of various colors. The authors of this bo. Teresa Ramseur said Of Heritage And History. This is a wonderful book, about the history and heritage, that can be found in Appalachia. The accompanying CD is also outstanding. I have lived in the foothills of this region and heard most of the songs mentioned in the book, but this has made me see things a bit differently, especially as a collector of this music. It also has me wanting to restart the search to find out more about my family's ow. This is a lovely book! Geoffrey B. This is a lovely book. One side of my family came from Scotland and Ireland, I was part of the folk music revival of the early 1960s, and my wife and I have traveled in much of the geography the book covers. Names were familiar, songs were familiar. In fact, it got us listening to Gaelic radio on the internet! The reason the book didn't get five stars from me was that it seemed to ramble excessively