Marideth Sisco
Marideth Sisco
Person from United States
Genres: country, folk, hillbilly, american
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About Marideth Sisco
Marideth Sisco (born in West Virginia on 15 June 1943; died 18 May 2026) was an American folklorist and singer-songwriter. As well as the solo album "Empty Doors" (2017), she was lead singer with Blackberry Winter (sometimes Blackberry Winter Band). Her work largely focuses on folklore related to her native Ozark Mountains. Sisco and her music featured in the Oscar-nominated film Winter's Bone. In 2023 she was a featured artist at the 2023 Smithsonian Folklife Festival, where she performed both in song and as a storyteller. In 1965, Sisco left the Ozarks and moved to California, where she hoped to break into the music business as a singer, but lack of success and a hand injury that left her unable to play guitar derailed that goal. In 1976 she left California, helping her aunt and ailing uncle return to Missouri. Sisco gained an BFA degree from Missouri State University in graphic arts and photography in 1986 and an MA from Antioch University in creative writing in 1995. As well as the solo album "Empty Doors" (2017), she was lead singer with Blackberry Winter (sometimes Blackberry Winter Band).
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