LoginThe Alan Lomax Collection Sampler
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A towering figure in folk and world music, Alan Lomax is best known for collecting the sounds of everyday people singing the songs of their native lands. This volume is a sampler that just scratches the surface of a massive re-issue project that makes all of Lomax's archival material available on compact disc--the broadsides and ballads, work chants, and dances Lomax recorded on journeys through America, Europe, and the West Indies. The selection, of course, is as varied as his library--Irish reels, Delta blues, and Caribbean calypso as well as songs sung, literally, by fisherman, preachers, and chain-gang prisoners. Be warned,
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Manufacturer: Rounder
Release date: 22 April 1997
Number of discs: 1
EAN: 0011661170025 UPC: 011661170025
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Release date: 22 April 1997
Number of discs: 1
EAN: 0011661170025 UPC: 011661170025
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