Traditional Mountain Ballad Singing - Sample


Traditional Appalachian mountain ballad singing. Mary Jane Queen learned this arrangement of Pretty Saro from her family of old-time Western North Carolina ballad singers. Mary Jane's version helped to inspire Iris DeMent's rendition of this ancient ballad in the movie Songcatcher. Audio sample off the music Cd "Mary Jane Queen-Songs I Like" mountain ballads and folksongs.



Pretty Saro, traditional Ballad singing.

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