Jean Redpath
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Jean Redpath was a Scottish folk singer born on April 28, 1937, in Edinburgh. Raised in Leven, Fife, she learned traditional Scots songs from her mother and studied medieval studies at the University of Edinburgh. In March 1961, Jean Redpath moved to the United States and began performing in San Francisco before meeting Ramblin' Jack Elliott and Bob Dylan in Greenwich Village. Her album, Skipping Barefoot Through the Heather, was released in 1962. She signed with Elektra Records in 1963 following a concert performance at Gerde's Folk City. Jean Redpath appeared regularly on Garrison Keillor's A Prairie Home Companion from 1974 to 1987 and toured extensively internationally. She died on August 21, 2014, at a hospice in Tucson, Arizona.
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- The Regalia
- Will Ye No' Come Back Again?
- Lass O' Gowrie
- Lass of Livingstane
- A Long Winter Night
- A Red, Red Rose
- A Parcel Of Rogues In A Nation
- Address To The Woodlark
- A Wee Bird Cam' Tae My Apron
- Annie Laurie
- Amang The Trees
- Barbarry Alllan
- Lament of the Covenanter's Widow
- Beware O' Bonnie Ann
- Behold, My Love
- Blackwaterside
- Birnie Bouzle / Johnny Lad
- Broken Brook
- Bonny At Morn
- Caller O'u
- Broom O' The Cowdenknowes
- Captain Wedderburn's Courtship
- Capernaum
- Captive Song Of Mary Stuart
