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From the film "Behold the Earth" directed by David Conover.
Here's a song by Jean Ritchie that Dirk Powell suggested for the upcoming documentary for which he's putting together the music. I mostly knew Jean Ritchie from her association with Anne, Frank, Jeff and Gerret Warner until we shared a bill at a festival in 2004. There she gave me the Jean Ritchie Musical Heritage Award, which was a lovely gesture. I don't know if she's kept up with the award, but it was nice to be recognized as doing something useful.
I knew the song from her singing it at the festival and from singing it to a different tune that Dirk used for a film done by Appalshop ca. 2004. Director David Conover had a CD of someone singing it and I cobbled this together from various memories and hearing the CD in the car on the way to the shoot.
beholdtheearth.com
timeriksenmusic.com
From the film "Behold the Earth" directed by David Conover.
Here's a song by Jean Ritchie that Dirk Powell suggested for the upcoming documentary for which he's putting together the music. I mostly knew Jean Ritchie from her association with Anne, Frank, Jeff and Gerret Warner until we shared a bill at a festival in 2004. There she gave me the Jean Ritchie Musical Heritage Award, which was a lovely gesture. I don't know if she's kept up with the award, but it was nice to be recognized as doing something useful.
I knew the song from her singing it at the festival and from singing it to a different tune that Dirk used for a film done by Appalshop ca. 2004. Director David Conover had a CD of someone singing it and I cobbled this together from various memories and hearing the CD in the car on the way to the shoot.
