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Connie Converse was a folk-music genius. Then she vanished
58 points by mellosouls 3 days ago | 9 comments
dn3500 5 minutes ago
I knew her in Ann Arbor. By then she had stopped performing but I heard her play a couple of times at my uncle's house. I now wish I'd paid closer attention, I was just a stupid teenager at the time.
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Teever 5 hours ago
Roving Woman is my favourite song of hers:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mAfUXna0N-4

This cover is pretty spectacular:

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

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js2 5 hours ago
It's the first song mentioned in the article, but oddly no link to a performance. There's links to two other of her songs. The cover is lovely, as is the rest of that artist's music.

Gosh, "Talkin' Like You (Two Tall Mountains)" is heartbreaking:

https://youtu.be/W3IfRX3NwbA?si=BTC9teo4q0BH5DE5

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slibhb 4 hours ago
Talkin' Like You is incredible
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mellosouls 3 days ago
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comrade1234 5 hours ago
Lots of stories like this. My favorite is Judee Sill - disappeared, died of an OD pretty much penniless. Music ahead of its time with layered recordings, rediscovered decades later...

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

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Blackthorn 60 minutes ago
My favorite is, fortunately, a lot less depressing. Sinead Lohan, right on the cusp of making it big, touring with some of the biggest names in folk at the time. Realized she didn't like the music industry so she stopped and retired right then and there. I have no doubt she'd be a legendary folk name if she continued. Whatever It Takes is my favorite song by her.
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nobodyandproud 5 hours ago
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dimes 5 hours ago
The private equity company that scooped up her music rights, most likely.
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rhblake 4 hours ago
As far as I know, the rights are still owned by her family. The albums were issued by an independent label operated by one of the persons who tracked down her music. The recent reissue of "How Sad, How Lovely" is on Jack White's Third Man Records (also independent).
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