Ritchie and Orr guide readers on a musical voyage across oceans, linking people and songs through centuries of adaptation and change.Įnriched by the insights of key contributors to the living tradition on both sides of the Atlantic, accompanying this abundantly illustrated volume is an online Spotify playlist featuring over 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 more.
Their enduring legacy of music flows today from Appalachia back to Ireland and Scotland and around the globe. Title: Wayfaring Strangers - The musical voyage from Scotland and Ulster to Appalachia with 20 Track CD Author: Fiona Ritchie & Doug Orr - Foreword by Dolly. 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 American, French, and Cherokee origin. Many of these Scots-Irish immigrants made their way into the mountains of the southern Appalachian region. Second edition paperback is widely available at all good bookshops and includes and Afterword by the authors.From the seventeenth through the nineteenth centuries, a steady stream of Scots migrated to Ulster and eventually onward across the Atlantic to resettle in the United States.
(First edition hardback with CD now limited availability. Enriched by the insights of key contributors to the living tradition on both sides of the Atlantic, this abundantly illustrated volume includes a beautifully written Foreword by Dolly Parton. From ancient ballads at the heart of the tradition to instruments that express this dynamic music, Ritchie and Orr chronicle the details of an epic journey. 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. ”.revisit the people and places and deepen your enjoyment of the sublime BBC tv series “Wayfaring Stranger” Wayfaring Strangers: The Musical Voyage from Scotland and Ulster to Appalachia Paperback Augby Fiona Ritchie (Author), Doug Orr (Author), Dolly Parton (Foreword) 15 ratings See all formats and editions Paperback 26.72 20 Used from 20.76 27 New from 20. a gorgeous book, including a CD of various artists’ renditions of the songs whose origins the authors so beautifully recount” ~ New York Times
Wayfaring Strangers - the Musical Voyage from Scotland and Ulster to Appalachia
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