Word: jeane
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Married. Princess Antoinette Louise Alberte Suzanne Grimaldi, 40, dark, svelte first lady of Monaco until her brother, Prince Rainier, wedded (as she put it) "that movie star"; and Jean Charles Rey, 47, debonair Monaco lawyer; both for the second time (Antoinette is divorced from roving Riviera Tennis Pro Aleco Noghes); in a civil ceremony at The Hague witnessed by her mother, Princess Charlotte, but not by Rainier...
...singers worth investigating are Karen James and Jack Elliott. Karen James hails from Canada, and is recorded on Folkways. The title of the album is "Karen James" (oddly enough). Her voice has many of the piercing tonal qualities of Peggy Seeger and Jean Ritchie, and she sings some very fine versions of Old English (Child) ballads, together with some fair-to-middling satirical songs. Jack Elliott sings the songs of Woody Guthrie on a Prestige International release, of which the finest is "Pretty Boy Floyd." Unlike many singers of "songs of protest," Mr. Elliott can play the guitar...
...Folkways albums. Recommended is the one which contains "Drifting Too Far From the Shore." If you don't change your sinful ways after hearing it, you can console yourself with a perusal of the Folkways liner notes. These are, as always, an education in themselves, if slightly ludicrous. Jean Ritchie sings traditional Child Ballads as they are found, only somewhat changed, in Kentucky, once again on Folkways. If you've thought of the dulcimer as a limited instrument (or if you haven't thought of it at all), you should give these a listen...
...singers, thus unembarassed and unencumbered, are capable and impressive. As Mary, Jean Lunn has a voice that is remarkably clear and untroubled. Her Magnificat in the third scene is particularly successful--a potent and thankful handmaiden of the Lord, she glorifies God in graceful, controlled arabesques...
...Jean Genet...