Deezer
1.6K
fans
Last.fm
31.8K
listeners
Last.fm
289.7K
plays
About
Alan Lomax was an American ethnomusicologist, best known for his numerous field recordings of folk music during the 20th century. He was a musician, folklorist, archivist, writer, scholar, political activist, oral historian, filmmaker and son of folklorist John Lomax. Lomax produced recordings, concerts, and radio shows in the U.S. and in England which played an important role in preserving folk music traditions in both countries and helped start both the American and British folk revivals of the 1940s, 1950s, and especially the early 1960s. He collected material first with his father, folklorist and collector John Lomax, and later, alone and with others. Lomax recorded thousands of songs and interviews for the Archive of American Folk Song, of which he was the director, at the Library of Congress on aluminum and acetate discs.
Top Tracks
- 1
The Eighth of January (Remastered)
I'll Meet You On That Other Shore: Alan Lomax’s "Southern Journey," 1959–1960
- 2
Live Humble
Get in Union
- 3
Early in the Mornin'
Negro Prison Blues And Songs
- 4
Dark Day (Remastered)
Wave the Ocean, Wave the Sea: Alan Lomax's "Southern Journey," 1959–1960
- 5
Black Betty
Texas Folk Songs
- 6
Chilly Winds (Remastered)
Wave the Ocean, Wave the Sea: Alan Lomax's "Southern Journey," 1959–1960
- 7
O Death
Get in Union
- 8
Church, I Know We Got Another Building
Wave the Ocean, Wave the Sea: Alan Lomax's "Southern Journey," 1959–1960
- 9
Early In the Morning (Remastered)
Wave the Ocean, Wave the Sea: Alan Lomax's "Southern Journey," 1959–1960
- 10
Bob Johnson's Tune
Wave the Ocean, Wave the Sea: Alan Lomax's "Southern Journey," 1959–1960
