Jean Redpath - Jean Redpath
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Artist: Jean RedpathEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1994-02-22
Music Label: Philo Records
Soundtracks:
- Rambleaway
- I Live Not Where I Love
- Lagan Love
- My Faithful Johnny
- Captian Wedderburn's Courtship (Child #46)
- The Terror Time
- Dancing at Whitsun
- Blackwaterside
- The Grey Silkie
- Ned of the Hill
- Lady Dysie
- MacCrimmon's Lament
Music reviews of Jean Redpath
Music Review: The Roots Of The Roots
Rating: 5 Stars
Not every roots artist that I review in this space as part of my task of doing my part to preserve and keep alive some of those traditions is on my A-list. Nor is every such artist someone who I have taken notice of from my own personal researches or predilections. That is the case with the Scottish balladeer under review, Jean Redpath. Of course I knew her name, as one must who knows something about the origins of the Child Ballads that form the basis of the music that was brought over to American in the initial WASP waves of immigration, especially after the victory in the American revolution. I also, vaguely, remember hearing her back in the days on those woe begotten Sunday nights when I scrumptiously listened to those folk radio shows I that became addicted to in my youth. What got me thinking about reviewing her work now, however, was a little more indirect, as sometimes happens in tracing the roots of American music.
I have just finished up reviewing a six series set (two one hour shows per set) of Pete Seeger's 1960s black and white television folk show "Rainbow Quest". The format of that show was, aside form some stellar solo performances by Pete, to bring in a guest, or guests, from some up and coming "rediscovered" traditional music genre. On one particular show he featured the legendary Kentucky mountain music banjo/guitar/vocalist Roscoe Holcomb (then recently discovered by Pete's half-brother, the late Mike Seeger, I believe). Old Roscoe put on one hell of a show doing old time, but seemingly familiar, mountain tunes.
Familiar in the sense that one knew the lyrics (or some part of them) or the melody, or something about the songs. And then Pete brings out Jean Redpath who then proceeds to sing the same kind of songs as old Roscoe. You see that part of the American songbook that he was singing from came from his old country, the Scottish/Irish tradition reflecting the backgrounds of those who long, long ago came over stopped for a minute on the crowded coast then moved on and started their westward treks. In a sense then, as you will note here, Ms. Redpath is singing part of the American songbook. Or Roscoe was singing part of the Scottish songbook. Either way this is good stuff. Listen up.
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