ZUM TOD DER US-AMERIKANISCHEN SÄNGERIN, SONGWRITERIN, GESCHICHTENERZÄHLERIN UND FOLK-LEGENDE ROSALIE SORRELS

Die am 24. Juni 1933 in Boise (Idaho) geborene US-amerikanische Folk-Sängerin und Songwriterin Rosalie Sorrels ist am 11. Juni 2017 in Reno (Nevada) gestorben, wie wir heute erfahren. Sorrels war 1983 zusammen mit Utah Phillips, Sparky Rucker und Sandy Bradley & the Small Wonder String Band mit grossem Erfolg am 5. Gurtenfestival in Bern aufgetreten.

Bild: © «Gurtenbüchlein» 1983

Throughout her career, she performed and recorded with other notable folk musicians, including Utah Phillips, Dave Van Ronk, Peggy Seeger and Pete Seeger. Oscar Zeta Acosta, Hunter S. Thompson and Studs Terkel wrote introductory notes for her albums. She was strongly influenced by Malvina Reynolds and went on to record several of her songs on the album What does it mean to love? She credits Reynolds with helping turn rebelliousness from a destructive force into an artistic one.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosalie_Sorrels

Rosalie Sorrels, a Folk Singer Who Transported Her Audience, Is Dead at 83

«It’s usually a big dark room, and there’s this woman onstage with this beautiful, rich, velvety voice who’s telling you this story or singing you a song, and then she stops and she tells a little story, and then the song continues, and she stops,» the singer Christine Lavin told NPR in 2003. «It’s like you’re sitting around a campfire and there’s this great wise shaman. And it completely transports you out of yourself.»

Although she performed before multitudes at Woodstock in 1969 and the Isle of Wight Festival in 1972, Ms. Sorrels didn’t break through to fame and fortune.

William Grimes

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/13/arts/music/rosalie-sorrels-dead-folk-singer-songwriter.html

Rosalie Sorrels, Grammy-Nominated Folk Singer, Dies at 83

Rosalie Sorrels, a Grammy-nominated folk singer and native of Idaho who recorded more than 20 albums and performed at top folk festivals around the country, has died.

http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/obituary/7833031/rosalie-sorrel-obit

«Rosalie lived a life as rich and poetic as the folk songs she loved and collected,» says Boise-based jazz singer and musician Curtis Stigers. «Idaho has lost a treasure and so has the world of music and storytelling.»

http://www.idahostatesman.com/news/local/article155658024.html

Audios / Videos:

Rosalie Sorrels – My Grandmother’s Garden/The Bells of Ireland

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=locgAknnkfU

Rosalie Sorrels – Rock Me To Sleep – Not a Singer Songwriter but so much more.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtwHpp42NrI

Rosalie Sorrels – If I could be the rain

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWNFa5CBTGQ

Rosalie Sorrels: Starlight On The Rails (Utah Phillips)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fr96ISNgvCo

Rosalie Sorrels – Traveling Lady

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ob0-BdZcct4