Folksinger Legend Jean Redpath dies in Arizona aged 77

We were sad to read of Jean Redpath's death in an Arizona hospice this week.

• BBC News tribute 
• YouTube - Jean Redpath sings The Wild Geese
• Jean Redpath sings 'Jock o' Hazeldean'  1st line: Why weep ye by the tide, lady - Child ballad 293 sung with heartbreaking poignancy by Jean Redpath onYouTube 
• Jean Redpath Sings (website)
• We in the Whittaker Library at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland treasure our Jean Redpath materials, still appreciated by today's students of Scottish music.

Dick Gaughan sings 'Jock o' Hazeldean'

Jock o' Hazeldean - slower and lower

A very different interpretation of Jock o' Hazeldean (1st line: Why weep ye by the tide, lady - Child ballad 293), by another great ballad singer - Dick Gaughan on YouTube (1972).

Jean Redpath sings 'Jock o' Hazeldean'

Jock o' Hazeldean

1st line: Why weep ye by the tide, lady - Child ballad 293 sung by Jean Redpath onYouTube

Child Ballads - Loomis House complete corrected 2nd edition

The Child Ballads are a key component of the British traditional repertoire. Collector Francis James Child assembled and published a vast collection. Mark and Laura Heiman have prepared a corrected second edition for Loomis House Press; we've just acquired the fifth and last volume for the Whittaker Library at RSAMD (soon to be the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland).

 

 

Loomis House Press: Home

Useful online links:-

• RSAMD Catalogue. Check the Whittaker Library's holdings of Child Ballads.  (The Loomis House Press collection is not the only edition.)
• Search on Child Ballads on Scran, which offers educational access to digital materials representing Scottish material culture and history. The Whittaker Library subscribes to this, for the benefit of our  staff and students. 
• Lesley Nelson (aka the Contemplator)'s Child Ballad Website:- http://www.contemplator.com/child/ 
• Youtube is a good source of Child Ballad videos