Jean Ritchie and Doc Watson at Folk City

Recorded in 1963 at the peak of Folk City’s cultural moment, this Smithsonian recording isn’t just an album—it’s a historical artifact. Two giants of traditional music, Jean Ritchie and Doc Watson, whose names probably carry more weight in retrospect than they did at the time, tear through a set of Appalachian standards. "Blue Ridge Mountain Blues," "Storms Are On the Ocean," and "Wabash Cannonball" echo the region's past, brought to life in a performance that lives as much in myth as in memory.