Rosalie Sorrels

Rosalie Sorrels
Sorrels in music is (Speaking Portraits) (Vol. I)
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	1950s–2017
Labels	Philo, Folkways, Paramount, Green Linnet, Red House, Way Out in Idaho

Rosalie Sorrels (June 24, 1933 – 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.