Seemingly Jean Ritchie, godmother of Appalachian music, died this week, aged 92. A photograph in which she appears has been on my mind lately – it’s a striking, enigmatic image featuring herself and Seamus Ennis, taken in Ireland in 1952. I’ve licensed it as a cover image for my book on the history of uilleann piping, but it just never occurred to me that she was still with us. No longer.