| May 1, 2005 |
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The Alan Lomax Database
Okay,  folk music fiends and devotees of authentic or unusual sounds, get your headphones ready and pull up a chair. Excerpts of field recordings by the great ethnomusicologist Alan Lomax have arrived online. Collecting sounds from the proto-blues of the Delta to the wedding chants of Morocco, Lomax traveled tirelessly in his efforts to capture the sounds of traditional music, particularly throughout the American South. You'll need to register to access the database, but it's free and quick. After you do, you'll have full liberty with the audio, video, and photographs captured by Lomax between 1946 and 1994. Take in a moment from a 1959 baptism at a Huntsville, Alabama church or catch a 1946 calypso song in New York City. The collection of prison recordings alone elevates the database to something marvelous. (in Music History) |
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