Folk Tales; A trip to the Alan Lomax Archive tells the story of the ethnomusicologist's important work.

From: Philadelphia Weekly | Date: October 13, 2004| Author: Anonymous | Copyright information

Alan Lomax has been called "the father of the American folksong revival" for his work as an ethnomusicologist, record producer and radio host and writer. Lomax exposed such legendary talents as Leadbelly, Woody Guthrie and Pete Seeger on his radio programs in the '30s and '40s.

As a BBC Radio producer, field recorder Lomax sparked a Brit-folk revival that eventually influenced the British pop-rock and blues-rock invasion. He went on to promote the careers of Muddy Waters (though there'...

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