The Heartbreaking Death Of Folk Singer Nanci Griffith

Following Gold Mountain Leisure’s assertion on Nanci Griffith’s demise, a lot of her colleagues and associates took to social media to recollect the late folks singer. Singer and songwriter Don McLean launched an announcement saying, “Nanci was a stunning individual,” and he had “by no means heard anybody sing concord in a extra stunning manner” (by way of The Guardian). McLean even regrets by no means having achieved an album with Griffith, and is “actually sorry to listen to she has gone.” 

Nation singer Darius Rucker posted on Twitter that Griffith was “one in every of [his] idols” and a purpose he moved to Nashville, and singer Suzy Bogguss posted on Instagram that she’s “going to spend the day reveling within the articulate masterful legacy [Griffith has] left us.” Not solely did Griffith have an effect on her fellow musicians, however the folks singer’s music typically addressed political issues as effectively.

In keeping with The Washington Post, she even “wrote social commentary into her songs,” like in “Hassle within the Fields,” which mentioned the “financial influence on rural farmers.” Even Griffith informed the Los Angeles Times that she wrote that music to “present of help for [her] technology of farmers.” Although she could also be gone, Griffith’s social and musical influences will proceed to stay on.