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. Watch the video for Wayfaring Stranger from Dolly Partons Heartsongs: Live from Home for free, and see the artwork, lyrics and similar artists. 357 pages with a Foreword by Dolly Parton, an Index, Bibliography, Notes, Discography, Notes on Illustrations, Resource Centers, A Contextual Timeline, a. 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. 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.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. 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. Their enduring legacy of music flows today from Appalachia back to Ireland and Scotland and around the globe. 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. Wayfaring Strangers: The Musical Voyage from Scotland and Ulster to Appalachia FOREWORD BY DOLLY PARTON LETTERS FROM HOME PROLOGUE: THE CARRYING STREAM.
Summary: 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.
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