Overview :In the 1930s, the Library of Congress commissioned Alex Lomax to record Haitian traditional music, but regrettably, the poor quality of the ... Read More
Overview :These photographs--largely unpublished--show musicians making music with family and friends at home, with fellow worshippers at church, and ... Read More
Overview : The definitive biography of Alan Lomax-from John Szwed,"the best music biographer in the business" (L.A. Weekly). One of the most remarkabl... Read More
Overview :In 1947, 1948 and 1959, renowned folklorist Alan Lomax (1915-2002) went behind the barbed wire into the Mississippi State Penitentiary at Pa... Read More
Overview :A self-described "song-hunter," the folklorist Alan Lomax traveled the Mississippi Delta in the 1930's and '40s, armed with primitive record... Read More