Alan Lomax

  • Alan Lomax: The Man Who Recorded the World
    By John Szwed

    196, quoted in Bruce Bastin, A Tribute to Zora Neale Hurston, notes to FlyrightMatchless Library of Congress Series, vols. 3 and 4 (SDM 257 and SDM 258), 1974. 83 Alan had to write his father: Alan Lomax to John A. Lomax, June 22, 1935, ...

  • Alan Lomax: Selected Writings, 1934-1997
    By Ronald D. Cohen, Alan Lomax

    You could find a dead man at de en' of ev'y row. You oughta been heah in nineteen ten, Dey was rollin' de wimmen like dey was drivin' de men. Wake up. Lifetime, hoi' up yo' head, You may git a pardon or you may drop dead. Rise up, dead ...

  • Alan Lomax: The Man Who Recorded the World
    By John Szwed

    This authoritative work reveals how Lomax changed not only the way everyone in the country heard music but also the way they viewed America itself.

  • Alan Lomax: Selected Writings, 1934-1997
    By Ronald Cohen

    This collection of writings, introduced by Lomax's daughter Anna, reintroduces these essential writings. Drawing on the Lomax Archives in New York, this book brings together articles from the 30s onwards.

  • Alan Lomax: The Man who Recorded the World
    By John F. Szwed

    Folklorist, archivist, anthropologist, singer, political activist, talent scout, ethnomusicologist, filmmaker, concert and record producer, Alan Lomax is best remembered as the man who introduced folk music to the masses.

  • Alan Lomax: Selected Writings, 1934-1997
    By Ronald Cohen

    This collection of writings, introduced by Lomax's daughter Anna, reintroduces these essential writings. Drawing on the Lomax Archives in New York, this book brings together articles from the 30s onwards.