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Connie Converse was a folk-music genius. Then she vanished

https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20260413-the-mystery-of-a-missing-folk-music-pioneer
26•mellosouls•2d ago

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mellosouls•2d ago
Pitchfork review from last year:

https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/connie-converse-how-sad...

nobodyandproud•1h ago
Who’s profiting?
dimes•1h ago
The private equity company that scooped up her music rights, most likely.
rhblake•50m 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).
Teever•1h 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

js2•1h 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

slibhb•47m ago
Talkin' Like You is incredible
comrade1234•1h 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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