Alan Lomax Collection

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Joe Fraille 00:00 Tools
Black Woman 00:00 Tools
Murder's Home 00:00 Tools
Rosie 00:00 Tools
Old Alabama 03:03 Tools
No More, My Lawd 00:00 Tools
Early In The Mornin' 00:00 Tools
Jumpin' Judy 00:00 Tools
How I Got In The Penitentiary 00:00 Tools
It Makes A Long Time Man Feel Bad 00:00 Tools
Levee Camp Holler 00:00 Tools
Prettiest Train 00:00 Tools
Stackerlee 00:00 Tools
Old Dollar Mamie 00:00 Tools
Tangle Eye Blues 00:00 Tools
Prison Blues 00:00 Tools
Whoa, Buck 00:00 Tools
Lonesome Blues 03:30 Tools
Duckin' And Dodgin' 00:00 Tools
Toques De Chifro 00:00 Tools
My Baby Got To Go 00:00 Tools
What Makes A Work Song Leader 00:00 Tools
Penitentiary Blues 00:00 Tools
They'll Miss Me When I'm Gone 00:00 Tools
Rock Me Mama 00:00 Tools
Troupele, Troupele 00:00 Tools
Pasacorredoiras 00:00 Tools
Jota 00:00 Tools
Cajun And Creole 01 - Six Ans Sur Mer 00:00 Tools
Coplas, Espadelando El Lino 00:00 Tools
Eres Una, Eres Dos 00:00 Tools
Viene Cargado de Trigo 00:00 Tools
Alborada de Ourense 00:00 Tools
Cantar Do Arriero 00:00 Tools
Coplas A San Pedro 00:00 Tools
Black Appalachia 01 Jimmie Strothers - Cripple Creek(Thx Popjag) 00:00 Tools
Six Ans Sur Mer 00:00 Tools
Coplas De Nadal, Aninovo E Reises 00:00 Tools
Cantar de Vendimia 00:00 Tools
Cajun And Creole 02 - Clefs De La Prison 00:00 Tools
Muiñeira de Carballo 00:00 Tools
Vengo Del Lugar De Tella 00:00 Tools
Rapaz Que Bonito 00:00 Tools
Xa Non Hai No Mundo Enteiro 00:00 Tools
Black Appalachia 04. Nashville Washboard Band - Soldier's Joy 00:00 Tools
Cajun And Creole 15 - Cajun Waltz 00:00 Tools
Black Appalachia 03 Theopolis Stokes - Washboard Rhythm 00:00 Tools
Black Appalachia 05. Nashville Washboard Band - Old Joe 00:00 Tools
Black Appalachia 09. Jimmie Strothers - Poontang Little, Poontang Small 00:00 Tools
Black Appalachia 07. Blind Pete & George Ryan - Black Bayou 00:00 Tools
Cuando La Niña Es Casada 00:00 Tools
Cajun And Creole 12 - Cajun Waltz 00:00 Tools
Black Appalachia 02 Murphy Gribble, John Lusk & Albert York - Christmas Eve 00:00 Tools
Cajun Two Step 00:00 Tools
Black Appalachia 08. Blind Pete & George Ryan - Banty Rooster 00:00 Tools
Cajun And Creole 05 - Je M'ai Fait Une Maítresse 00:00 Tools
Reises 00:00 Tools
Cajun And Creole 06 - Belle Et Le Capitaine 00:00 Tools
Vente Vindo 00:00 Tools
Black Appalachia 12. Alan Lomax - Introduction Of Band 00:00 Tools
Cajun And Creole 13 - Creole Blues 00:00 Tools
Cajun And Creole 16 - Cajun Two Step 00:00 Tools
Cajun And Creole 14 - Cajun Waltz 00:00 Tools
Black Appalachia 06. Sid Hemphill, Lucius Smith, Will Head & Alec Askew - Arkansas Traveler 00:00 Tools
A Raíz Dun Toxo Verde 00:00 Tools
Cajun And Creole 10 - Pont De L'anse 00:00 Tools
Cajun And Creole 07 - Fille De Quatorze Ans 00:00 Tools
Cajun Waltz 00:00 Tools
¿Donde Vai San Xoan? 00:00 Tools
John Henry 00:00 Tools
Black Appalachia 10. Murphy Gribble, John Lusk & Albert York - Give The Fiddler A Dram 00:00 Tools
O Neniño 00:00 Tools
Cajun And Creole 09 - Tout Un Beau Soir En Me Promenant 00:00 Tools
Canción de Canteros 00:00 Tools
Black Appalachia 16. Sid Hemphill, Lucius Smith, Will Head & Alec Askew - John Henry 00:00 Tools
Black Appalachia 17. John 'black Samson' Gibson - Steel-Laying Holler 00:00 Tools
Black Appalachia 11. Murphy Gribble, John Lusk & Albert York - Eighth Of January 00:00 Tools
Creole Blues 00:00 Tools
Black Appalachia 13. Sid Hemphill, Lucius Smith, Will Head & Alec Askew - Eighth Of January 00:00 Tools
Black Appalachia 15. Sidney Hemphill - Devil's Dream 00:00 Tools
Black Appalachia 21. Brownie Mcghee & Sonny Terry - The Red Cross Store 00:00 Tools
Black Appalachia 18. Alan Prothero - Pauline 00:00 Tools
Cajun And Creole 21 - Bye Bye, Bonsoir, Mes Parents 00:00 Tools
Black Appalachia 22. Leadbelly, Brownie Mcghee & Sonny Rerry - How Long Blues 00:00 Tools
Cajun And Creole 11 - Dans Mon Chemin Rencontre 00:00 Tools
Cajun And Creole 19 - Té Pas Gain De L'air 00:00 Tools
Cajun And Creole 18 - Joe Féraille 00:00 Tools
Strongest Man I Ever Saw 00:00 Tools
Cajun And Creole 08 - Mademoiselle Émélie 00:00 Tools
Well, I Wonder 00:00 Tools
Black Appalachia 20. Sonny Terry - New Careless Love 00:00 Tools
Black Appalachia 14. Sid Hemphill, Lucius Smith, Will Head & Alec Askew - Skillet Good And Greasy 00:00 Tools
Asubíasme de Lonxe 00:00 Tools
Clefs De La Prison 00:00 Tools
Cajun And Creole 22 - Tous Les Samedis 00:00 Tools
Negro Work Songs 02 Henry Truvillion - Tamping Ties 00:00 Tools
Cajun And Creole 20 - Catin, Prie Donc Pour Ton Nègre 00:00 Tools
Negro Work Songs 01 Henry Truvillion - Unloading Rails 00:00 Tools
Black Appalachia 19. John 'black Samson' Gibson - Track-Lining Song 00:00 Tools
Pont De L'anse 00:00 Tools
Stewball 00:00 Tools
Don'tcha Hear Poor Mother Calling? 00:00 Tools
Mademoiselle mlie 00:00 Tools
Ay Rosiña 00:00 Tools
Dans Mon Chemin Rencontre 00:00 Tools
More Lies 00:00 Tools
O 'Berta 00:00 Tools
Negro Work Songs 05 Thomas J Marshall - Arwhoolie (Cornfield Holler) 00:00 Tools
Eu Xungin Os Meus Boiciños 00:00 Tools
Carballeiriña Oscura 00:00 Tools
Bye Bye, Bonsoir, Mes Parents 00:00 Tools
Tout Un Beau Soir En Me Promenant 00:00 Tools
Negro Work Songs 16 Kelly Pace & Group - The Rock Island Line 00:00 Tools
Negro Work Songs 06 Samuel Brooks - Quittin' Time Song 1 00:00 Tools
Negro Work Songs 07 Samuel Brooks - Quittin' Time Song 2 00:00 Tools
I'm Goin' to Memphis 00:00 Tools
Coplas De Desafío 00:00 Tools
Negro Work Songs 04 Joe Shores - Mississippi Sounding Calls 00:00 Tools
Belle Et Le Capitaine 00:00 Tools
Fille De Quatorze Ans 00:00 Tools
High Rollin' Sergeant 00:00 Tools
Negro Work Songs 03 Sam Hazel - Heaving The Lead Line 00:00 Tools
Negro Work Songs 09 Henry Truvillion - Possum Was An Evil Thing 00:00 Tools
Tous Les Samedis 00:00 Tools
Lies 00:00 Tools
Hollers 00:00 Tools
Prodigal Son 00:00 Tools
Negro Work Songs 11 Mose 'clear Rock' Platt & James 'iron Head' Baker - Old Rattler 00:00 Tools
Negro Work Songs 19 Willie Williams - O Lord, Don' 'low Me To Beat 'em 00:00 Tools
Negro Work Songs 13 Jesse Bradley & Group - Hammer Ring 00:00 Tools
Negro Work Songs 14 Lightning & Group - I Wonder What's The Matter 00:00 Tools
Negro Work Songs 10 Henry Truvillion - Come On, Boys, And Let's Go To Huntin' 00:00 Tools
About Prison Singers 00:00 Tools
Negro Work Songs 12 Mose 'clear Rock' Platt, James 'iron Head' Baker & Rd Allen - Go Down Old Hannah 00:00 Tools
When I Went to Leland 00:00 Tools
Negro Work Songs 17 Allen Prothero - Track Lining Song 00:00 Tools
Negro Work Songs 18 Kelly Pace & Group - It Makes A Long Time Man Feel Bad 00:00 Tools
Matin, J'tais Sur Ma Galerie 00:00 Tools
Negro Work Songs 15 David Pryor & Group - Roll 'lm On Down 00:00 Tools
Catin, Prie Donc Pour Ton Ngre 00:00 Tools
I'm Goin' Home 00:00 Tools
Tryin' To Make Heaven My Home 00:00 Tools
T Pas Gain De L'air 00:00 Tools
Je M'ai Fait Une Matresse 00:00 Tools
Je M'ai Fait Une Maítresse 00:00 Tools
Whoa Buck 00:00 Tools
The Tay Bridge Disaster 00:00 Tools
Ninna Nanna 00:00 Tools
Interview 00:00 Tools
Sant Antoni Gloriós 00:00 Tools
Joe Féraille 00:00 Tools
Té Pas Gain De L'air 00:00 Tools
Intro 00:00 Tools
O Day 00:00 Tools
No More, My Lord 00:00 Tools
What Makes A Work Song Leader? 00:00 Tools
The Murderer's Home 00:00 Tools
The Bonny Lass O Fyvie 00:00 Tools
Cant De La Sibil-la 00:00 Tools
Trescone 00:00 Tools
When I Lay My Burden Down 00:00 Tools
Mademoiselle Émélie 00:00 Tools
Ses Nou Rodades 00:00 Tools
Emmaline, Take Your Time 00:00 Tools
Catin, Prie Donc Pour Ton Nègre 00:00 Tools
Preston & Hobart Smith, Texas Gladden / Lonely Tombs 00:00 Tools
Jim and John 00:00 Tools
old joe clark (wade ward) 00:00 Tools
Alborada de vigo 00:00 Tools
Three Nights Drunk 00:00 Tools
Adam In The Garden 00:00 Tools
Old Devil's Dream (Sid Hemphill, Lucius Smith) 00:00 Tools
Mississippi Sounding Calls 00:00 Tools
Caramelles 00:00 Tools
A Great Song At That 00:00 Tools
I Don't Think We Should Sing Any More 00:00 Tools
Perdonau Si No Us Agrada 00:00 Tools
Parado de Selva 00:00 Tools
J'ai Vu Lucille 00:00 Tools
I've A Sweetheart In America 00:00 Tools
The Last Words of Copernicus 00:00 Tools
Pretty Polly 00:00 Tools
Moses Don't Get Lost 00:00 Tools
Little Sally Walker 00:00 Tools
Alabama Sacred Harp Singers / Sardinia 00:00 Tools
God's Unchanging Hand (A. Burton & Congregation) 00:00 Tools
Emmaline, Take Your Time (Sid Hemphill, Lucius Smith) 00:00 Tools
Jim And John (Ed Young & others) 00:00 Tools
The Fox Chase (Wade Ward, Bob Carpenter) 00:00 Tools
cripple creek 00:00 Tools
Howard Adams & Thornton Old Regular Baptist Church / Amazing Grace 00:00 Tools
The Reid Road 00:00 Tools
Tu Que Fas de Conrador - del Torritorio Argentini 00:00 Tools
Erin Go Bragh 00:00 Tools
Fet Envant, No Et Giris Darrera 00:00 Tools
Hamish Once Wrote A Song 00:00 Tools
Fuirich An Diugh Gus Am Maireach 00:00 Tools
Capodanno 00:00 Tools
It Just Suits Me 00:00 Tools
Daniel In The Lion's Den 00:00 Tools
june apple (charlie higgins & wade ward) 00:00 Tools
Turkle Dove 00:00 Tools
Berta, Berta (Leroy Miller, with hoe group) 00:00 Tools
Stewball (Ed Lewis & prisoners) 00:00 Tools
D.N Asher / Testimony On Pioneer Religion 00:00 Tools
Louisiana (Henry Ratcliff) 00:00 Tools
61 Highway Blues (Fred McDowell) 00:00 Tools
Lord, I'm In Trouble 00:00 Tools
Sa Ximbomba Ja No Sona 00:00 Tools
Broquers 00:00 Tools
Oran Do Mhacleoid Dhunbheagain 00:00 Tools
Roseta De Mi Amada 00:00 Tools
Po' Lazarus 00:00 Tools
Moses 00:00 Tools
God's Unchanging Hand 00:00 Tools
O Rosie 00:00 Tools
poor ellen smith (estil c. ball) 00:00 Tools
Rock Daniel 00:00 Tools
the girl i left behind (spencer moore) 00:00 Tools
I'm A Soldier In The Army Of The Lord 00:00 Tools
Piney Woods Gal (Charlie Higgins & Wade Ward) 00:00 Tools
Daniel 00:00 Tools
Keep Your Lamps Trimmed And Burning (Fred McDowell) 00:00 Tools
Sign Of Judgement 00:00 Tools
Didn't Leave Nobody But The Baby (Mrs. Sidney Carter) 00:00 Tools
Po' Boy Blues (John Dudley) 00:00 Tools
Eli, You Can't Stand 00:00 Tools
Germany Blues (Fred McDowell) 00:00 Tools
Lord Have Mercy (Fred McDowell) 00:00 Tools
If It's All Night Long (Miles & Bob Pratcher) 00:00 Tools
Comanyers Sagau Arreu 00:00 Tools
Little Sally Walker (Mattie Gardner, Ida Mae Towns, Jesse Lee Pratcher 00:00 Tools
George Spangler & Congregation of Thornton Old Regular Baptist Church / Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah 00:00 Tools
Ruby Vass / The Old Gospel Ship 00:00 Tools
Tonades de Flauta i Tambor 00:00 Tools
I.D. Beck / Testimony 00:00 Tools
Monferrina 00:00 Tools
E picchia picchia la porticella 00:00 Tools
Ses Al-lotes no em Volen 00:00 Tools
Mo run geal og (My fair young love) 00:00 Tools
M'Agrada Collir Oliva 00:00 Tools
Great My Joy 00:00 Tools
In And Out The Windows 00:00 Tools
Wished I Was in Heaven Sitting Down 00:00 Tools
A Fhleasgaich Ùir Leanainn Thu 00:00 Tools
Amb Una Ximbomba I Un Cos 00:00 Tools
Don't You Hear Po' Mother Callin'? 00:00 Tools
john henry (glen stoneman) 00:00 Tools
Tarantella 00:00 Tools
sourwood mountain (hobart smith) 00:00 Tools
Railroad Bill 00:00 Tools
bonaparte's retreat (norman edmonds) 00:00 Tools
Goodbye, Everybody 00:00 Tools
willow garden (charlie higgins, wade ward) 00:00 Tools
Rock In The Weary Land 00:00 Tools
Fred McDowell's Blues (Fred McDowell, Moles Pratcher, Fanny Davis) 00:00 Tools
Mama Lucy (Leroy Gary) 00:00 Tools
Interview (with Ervin Webb) 00:00 Tools
John 00:00 Tools
Tryin' To Make Heaven My Home (Viola James & Congregation) 00:00 Tools
Uncle Charlie's Breakdown (Charlie Higgins & Wade Ward) 00:00 Tools
I'm Goin' Home (Ervin Webb, with prisoners) 00:00 Tools
Rolled And Tumbled (Rose Hemphill) 00:00 Tools
E La Mamma Di Rosina 00:00 Tools
I'm Gonna Live Anyhow 'Till I Die (Miles & Bob Pratcher) 00:00 Tools
Roustabout Song 00:00 Tools
Lord Have Mercy 00:00 Tools
I.D. Beck & Congregation of Mt. Olivet Regular Baptist Church / When Jesus Christ Was Here On Earth 00:00 Tools
E mi voi cul Giuvanin 00:00 Tools
Ollie Gilbert / The Little Family 00:00 Tools
Preston & Hobart Smith, Texas Gladden / When The StarsBegin To Fall 00:00 Tools
Belle 00:00 Tools
Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry - The Red Cross Store 00:00 Tools
Alla Boara 00:00 Tools
Alan Prothero - Pauline 00:00 Tools
Garrideta, Come te Va? 00:00 Tools
Brando 00:00 Tools
The Ale Hoose 00:00 Tools
La Curta 00:00 Tools
The Big Stuff 00:00 Tools
The Moss O Burreldale 00:00 Tools
A' Bhanarach Chaoin 00:00 Tools
Katy Left Memphis 00:00 Tools
Crodh Chailein 00:00 Tools
Keep Your Lamps Trimmed And Burning 00:00 Tools
Discussion About Shielings 00:00 Tools
Katy Went Fishing with Her Hook and Line 00:00 Tools
A Ho Ró's Gun Dheoghail Na Laoigh 00:00 Tools
Ses Porgueres 00:00 Tools
Missionary Sermon by J.H. Terrell 00:00 Tools
Black Bayou 00:00 Tools
Germany Blues 00:00 Tools
Lining Hymn 00:00 Tools
Po' Boy Blues 00:00 Tools
peg an' awl (hobart smith) 00:00 Tools
Satisfied 00:00 Tools
Another Man Done Gone 00:00 Tools
Pharaoh 00:00 Tools
Cluck Old Hen (Wade Ward) 00:00 Tools
One Of These Days 00:00 Tools
I'm Gonna Live Anyhow 'Till I Die 00:00 Tools
Rolled And Tumbled 00:00 Tools
Life is Like That 00:00 Tools
Louisiana 00:00 Tools
I Paula Tay Paula Taska / Interview 00:00 Tools
Ballo Della Veneziana 00:00 Tools
I Wonder Will We Meet Again? 00:00 Tools
Nashville Washboard Band - Old Joe 00:00 Tools
The Preacher and the Bear 00:00 Tools
Alala muineira 00:00 Tools
Old Devil's Dream 00:00 Tools
Hammer Ring 00:00 Tools
Russiano II 00:00 Tools
D.W. 'Bama' Stuart / I'm Goin' Home 00:00 Tools
Dock Reed, Henry Reed, And Vera Hall-Trouble So Hard 00:00 Tools
Strange Things Happening in the Land 00:00 Tools
Murphy Gribble, John Lusk & Albert York - Christmas Eve 00:00 Tools
The Mountain Ramblers / My Lord Keeps A Record 00:00 Tools
Canto de espadela 00:00 Tools
A raiz de toxo verde 00:00 Tools
John 'Black Samson' Gibson - Track-Lining Song 00:00 Tools
Blue Bonnets Over The Border 00:00 Tools
Sonny Terry - New Careless Love 00:00 Tools
It Just Suits Me - Hobart Smit 00:00 Tools
The Hairst O Rettie 00:00 Tools
Llebeig, Ponent I Mestral 00:00 Tools
Barbara Allen 00:00 Tools
The John MacLean March 00:00 Tools
Mo Nighean Donn Bhòidheach 00:00 Tools
Sa Pastoreta 00:00 Tools
La partenza 00:00 Tools
The Lass of Loch Royale 00:00 Tools
Eighth of January 00:00 Tools
Sink 'Em Low 00:00 Tools
Thug Mi 'N Oidhche Raoir San Àirigh 00:00 Tools
Discussion About Shielings (Conclusion) 00:00 Tools
Man Smart (Woman Smarter) - [Chorus]/MacBeth The Great 00:00 Tools
O'S Toil 'S Is Rò Thoil Liom 00:00 Tools
Gaol A' Chruidh 00:00 Tools
Discussion About Shielings (Continued) 00:00 Tools
Discussion About Milking Songs / 'Se Mo Ghaol An T-Aghan Caisfhionn 00:00 Tools
'S Fhada Bhuainn Anna 00:00 Tools
Hicks' Farewell (Texas Gladden) 00:00 Tools
graveyard blues (hobart smith) 00:00 Tools
Didn't Leave Nobody but the Baby 00:00 Tools
Mama's Gonna Buy 00:00 Tools
Go Down, Old Hannah 00:00 Tools
61 Highway Blues 00:00 Tools
Judgment 00:00 Tools
Soon One Mornin' 00:00 Tools
Clarksdale Mill Blues (John Dudley) 00:00 Tools
Soon One Mornin' (Fred Mcdowell) 00:00 Tools
Whole Heap A Little Horses (Texas Gladden) 00:00 Tools
She Lived Her Life Too Fast 00:00 Tools
Blind Pete & George Ryan - Banty Rooster 00:00 Tools
Berta, Berta 00:00 Tools
I Been Down in the Circle Before 00:00 Tools
Longest Train I Ever Saw 00:00 Tools
Boll Weevil 00:00 Tools
Blind Pete & George Ryan - Black Bayou 00:00 Tools
O Cancellier 00:00 Tools
Hog Hunt 00:00 Tools
If It's All Night Long 00:00 Tools
Fred McDowell's Blues 00:00 Tools
Mama Lucy 00:00 Tools
Nashville Washboard Band - Soldier's Joy 00:00 Tools
Testimony 00:00 Tools
Howard Adams / Testimony 00:00 Tools
Viens Donc T'Assir Sur la Croix de Ma Tombe 00:00 Tools
Duermete nino 00:00 Tools
Theopolis Stokes - Washboard Rhythm 00:00 Tools
Shake 'Em on Down - Mississippi Fred McDowell 00:00 Tools
Hobart Smith / See That My Grave Is Kept Clean 00:00 Tools
Soldier's Joy 00:00 Tools
Testimony - I.D. Beck (1959) 00:00 Tools
Corrido y bolero 00:00 Tools
Almeda Riddle / I Am A Poor Wayfaring Stranger 00:00 Tools
Madame Gallien 00:00 Tools
Three Nights Drunk - J.E. Mainer & Group (1959) 00:00 Tools
Swordfishermen's Calls 00:00 Tools
Sermon: Hell is a Place 00:00 Tools
Murderer's Home 00:00 Tools
A Cantar M'Heu Aginyat 00:00 Tools
Devil's Dream 00:00 Tools
Muineira De Carballo 00:00 Tools
Bells of an Alpine Cattle Herd 00:00 Tools
Jo Llaurava Amb en Vermell 00:00 Tools
Començares Joveneta 00:00 Tools
Surfarara (Song In The Sulfur Miner's Style) 00:00 Tools
Cuando La Nina Es Casada 00:00 Tools
Portnockie Road 00:00 Tools
Johnnie O Braidislie 00:00 Tools
Mormond Braes 00:00 Tools
Copeo de Bergant 00:00 Tools
Bolero Vell 00:00 Tools
Skippin Barfit Through The Heather 00:00 Tools
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Alan Lomax (January 31, 1915 – July 19, 2002) was an American folklorist and ethnomusicologist. 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, Ireland, the Caribbean, Italy, and Spain. The Lomax Collection is now available online at http://culturalequity.org Lomax was the son of pioneering folklorist and author John Lomax, with whom he started his career by recording songs sung by sharecroppers and prisoners in Texas, Louisiana, and Mississippi. Because of frail health he was mostly home schooled, but attended The Choate School (now Choate Rosemary Hall) for a year, graduating in 1930 at age 15. He enrolled at the University of Texas at Austin in 1930 and the following year studied philosophy at Harvard but upon his mother's death interrupted his education to console his father and join him on his folk song collecting field trips. He subsequently earned a degree in philosophy from the University of Texas and later did graduate studies with Melville J. Herskovits at Columbia University and with Ray Birdwhistell at the University of Pennsylvania. To some, he is best known for his theories of Cantometrics, Choreometrics, and Parlametrics, elaborated from 1960 until his death with the help of collaborators Victor Grauer, Conrad Arensberg, Forrestine Paulay, and Roswell Rudd. From 1937 to 1942, Lomax was Assistant in Charge of the Archive of Folk Song of the Library of Congress to which he and his father and numerous collaborators contributed more than ten thousand field recordings. During his lifetime, he collected folk music from the United States, Haiti, the Caribbean, Ireland, Great Britain, Spain, and Italy, assembling a treasure trove of American and international culture. A pioneering oral historian, he also recorded substantial interviews with many legendary folk musicians, including Woody Guthrie, Lead Belly, Muddy Waters, Jelly Roll Morton, Irish singer Margaret Barry, Scots ballad singer Jeannie Robertson, and Harry Cox of Norfolk, England, among many others. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor he took his recording machine into the streets to capture the reactions of everyday citizens. While serving in the army in World War II he made numerous radio programs in connection with the war effort. The 1944 "ballad opera", The Martins and the Coys, broadcast in Britain (but not the USA) by the BBC, featuring Burl Ives, Woody Guthrie, Will Geer, Sonny Terry, Pete Seeger, and Fiddlin' Arthur Smith, among others, was released on Rounder Records in 2000. He also produced recordings, concerts, and radio shows, in the U.S and in England, which played an important role in both the American and British folk revivals of the 1940s, '50s and early '60s. In the late 1940s, he produced a highly regarded series of folk music albums for Decca records and organized a series of concerts at New York's Town Hall and Carnegie Hall, featuring blues, Calypso, and Flamenco music. He also hosted a radio show, Your Ballad Man, from 1945-49 that was broadcast nationwide on the Mutual Radio Network and featured a highly eclectic program, from gamelan music, to Django Reinhardt, to Klezmer music, to Sidney Bechet and Wild Bill Davison, to jazzy pop songs by Maxine Sullivan and Jo Stafford, to readings of the poetry of Carl Sandburg, to hillbilly music with electric guitars, to Finnish brass bands – to name a few. Alan Lomax received the National Medal of Arts from President Reagan in 1986, a Library of Congress Living Legend Award in 2000, and was awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Philosophy from Tulane University in 2001. He won the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Ralph J. Gleason Music Book Award in 1993 for his book The Land Where the Blues Began, connecting the story of the origins of blues music with the prevalence of forced labor in the pre-World War II South (especially on the Mississippi levees). Lomax also received a posthumous Grammy Trustees Award for his lifetime achievements in 2003. Jelly Roll Morton: The Complete Library of Congress Recordings by Alan Lomax (Rounder Records, 8 CDs boxed set) won in two categories at the 48th annual Grammy Awards ceremony held on Feb 8, 2006. The box set Alan Lomax In Haiti: Recordings For The Library Of Congress, 1936–1937, on Harte Records, featuring 10 CDs of recorded music and film footage (shot by Elizabeth Lomax), a bound book of Lomax's letters and field journals, and notes by musicologist Gage Avrill, was nominated for two Grammy Awards in 2011. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.