The Houston-based group was in Austin for the weekend, and Lomax took time off his studies at the University of Texas to set ...

Sweet Betsy from Pike; Grey Goose; Blue Tail Fly; Down in the Valley; House Carpenter; Go Fish; Lily Munroe; Tom Dooley; Muskrat; Knock John Booker; Am I Born to Die?; She'll Be Comin’ Round the ...

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The Library of Congress unveiled today its latest acquisition: the archives of legendary folklorist Alan Lomax. The collection had been housed at a college in New York. Now — as NPR's Felix Contreras ...

NEW YORK — Alan Lomax, the celebrated musicologist who helped preserve America's and the world's heritage by making thousands of recordings of folk, blues and jazz musicians from the 1930s onward, ...

Traditional, folk, and popular songs, principally American, with piano acc. and chord symbols. Includes English translations of foreign texts. Includes brief commentaries or descriptions before songs.

Work songs and blues recorded, edited and annotated by the editor. Program notes by the editor on container and text ([14] l.) inserted. Performer(s): Composed and performed by various Negro prisoners ...