Rosalie Sorrels
American storyteller and musician / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Rosalie Sorrels (June 24, 1933 ā June 11, 2017)[1] was an American folk singer-songwriter. She began her public career as a singer and collector of traditional folksongs in the late 1950s. During the early 1960s she left her husband and began traveling and performing at music festivals and clubs throughout the United States. She and her five children traveled across the country as she worked to support her family and establish herself as a performer. Along the way she made many lifelong friends among the folk and beat scene. Her career of social activism, storytelling, teaching, learning, songwriting, collecting folk songs, performing, and recording spanned six decades.
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Background information | |
Birth name | Rosalie Ann Stringfellow |
Born | (1933-06-24)June 24, 1933 Boise, Idaho, US |
Died | June 11, 2017(2017-06-11) (aged 83) Reno, Nevada, US |
Genres | Folk |
Occupation(s) | Singer-songwriter |
Instrument(s) | Acoustic guitar |
Years active | 1950sā2017 |
Labels | Philo, Folkways, Paramount, Green Linnet, Red House, Way Out in Idaho |