Celebrating Folksinger Jean Redpath and her work on Robert Burns' Songs

Jean Redpath Would Have Been 80

The celebrated Jean Redpath would have been 80 this year, and Bibliolore blog is marking the anniversary.  Read RILM's posting about Jean Redpath and Robert Burns.

(RILM is an online music abstract and indexing service.  Their Bibliolore blog https://bibliolore.org/ is full of fascinating detail about a huge variety of different musical topics - well worth following.)

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.

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