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Alan Lomax

Alan Lomax has been played over 10 times on NTS, first on 16 February 2015. Alan Lomax's music has been featured on 11 episodes.

Alan Lomax (January 31, 1915 – July 19, 2002) was an important American folklorist and musicologist. He was one of the great field collectors of folk music of the 20th century, recording thousands of songs in the United States, Great Britain, the West Indies, Italy, and Spain.

Lomax was son of pioneering musicologist and folklorist John Lomax, with whom he started his career by recording songs sung by prisoners in Texas, Louisiana, and Mississippi. He attended The Choate School in Wallingford, Connecticut,…

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O Death
Bessie Jones, Georgia Sea Island Singers, Alan Lomax
Tompkins Square2014
O Death
Bessie Jones, Georgia Sea Island Singers, Alan LomaxTompkins Square2014
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Beulah Land
Bessie Jones, Georgia Sea Island Singers, Alan Lomax
Tompkins Square2014
Beulah Land
Bessie Jones, Georgia Sea Island Singers, Alan LomaxTompkins Square2014
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Buzzard Lope
Bessie Jones, Georgia Sea Island Singers, Alan Lomax
Tompkins Square2014
Buzzard Lope
Bessie Jones, Georgia Sea Island Singers, Alan LomaxTompkins Square2014
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Turkle Dove
Bessie Jones, Georgia Sea Island Singers, Alan Lomax
Tompkins Square2014
Turkle Dove
Bessie Jones, Georgia Sea Island Singers, Alan LomaxTompkins Square2014
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Blues (Improvised)
Moving Star Hall Singers, Alan Lomax
Folkways Records1965
Blues (Improvised)
Moving Star Hall Singers, Alan LomaxFolkways Records1965
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Take Me To The Water
Bessie Jones, Georgia Sea Island Singers, Alan Lomax
Tompkins Square2014
Take Me To The Water
Bessie Jones, Georgia Sea Island Singers, Alan LomaxTompkins Square2014
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Before This Time Another Year
Bessie Jones, Georgia Sea Island Singers, Alan Lomax
Tompkins Square2014
Before This Time Another Year
Bessie Jones, Georgia Sea Island Singers, Alan LomaxTompkins Square2014
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