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All Programs / As I roved out

Hosted by folksinger Jean Ritchie, As I Roved Out explores folk music of America and the British Isles and the people who make it.

Available Episodes

#7: Earnin' a Livin'00:29:30
#10: The Good spirits00:29:30
#5: Jean Redpath Interview00:29:30
#12: Songs of freedom00:29:30
#2: Courtship Marriage and Other Notions00:29:30
#7: Earnin' a Livin'00:29:30
#8: Field Trip Ireland00:29:30
#100:29:30
#3: Strawboys at the Wedding00:29:30
Song comparisons00:29:11
Folk music of Shakespeare's time00:29:30
#9: Love songs, happy and otherwise00:29:30
#13: Jean Ritchie's concert00:29:30
#6: Field Trip England 00:29:30

Related Materials

  • Region III, 1953-1965
Subjects
Ballads, English--England--History and criticism; Children & Families; Folk Singers; Folk music--United States; Folk songs; Marriage; Music; Music--Performance; Regions and regionalism; Sixteenth century; Songs--Analysis, appreciation
Creators
National Association of Educational Broadcasters; Ritchie, Jean; Silver, Stuart; WRVR (Radio station : New York, N.Y.)
Contributors
Collins, Judy, 1939-; Guthrie, Woody, 1912-1967; Jean Ritchie; Lucas, Walter; MacColl, Ewan; Niles, John Jacob, 1892-1980; Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
Genres
Music; Music Talk

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