Hedy West: Ballads and Songs from the Appalachians – review

(Fellside) Hedy West was one of the great American stars of the 60s folk revival. Born in Georgia, the daughter of a union organiser who worked with mining communities, she sang mining songs, epic narrative ballads, children's songs and country tunes, accompanying her no-nonsense vocal style with equally effective, gently attacking and rhythmic playing on the five-string banjo. She spent several years in the UK, where she was rightly treated as a folk celebrity, touring with the likes of Martin ...

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