When ethnomusicologist and folklorist Alan Lomax died in 2002, he left behind a gigantic library of research materials—in other words, a treasure trove of crystallized musical Americana. Now, a decade ...

Early in his career, clarinetist Andy Biskin worked as an assistant to the folklorist Alan Lomax. Biskin's new album features new settings of... Andy Biskin And 16 Tons Revisit 'Songs From The Alan ...

Jazz clarinetist Andy Biskin worked for the seminal American ethnomusicologist Alan Lomax right out of college. For his latest recording, Biskin turns to Lomax's classic collection, "Folksongs of ...

Longmont banjo player Jayme Stone holds an old recording from the Alan Lomax collection. "Jayme Stone’s Lomax Project" puts a new spin on old music. The new album from the Longmont banjo player and 14 ...

More than 17,000 sound recordings made by the famed folklorist are now available, for free. Alan Lomax's Massive Archive Goes Online Folklorist Alan Lomax spent his career documenting folk music ...

The William A. Wilson Folklife Archives Founder’s Lecture will feature Todd Harvey, folklife specialist at the Library of Congress, who will present “Your Ballad Man: Alan Lomax, Radio and ...

The Library of Congress unveiled today its latest acquisition: the archives of legendary folklorist Alan Lomax. The collection had been housed at a college in New York. Now — as NPR's Felix Contreras ...

Alan Lomax, the celebrated folklorist and musicologist whose collections of thousands of recordings of folk, jazz and blues musicians since the 1930s helped preserve America’s and the world’s heritage ...

During the early twentieth century, Alan Lomax and his father John traveled throughout the American South searching for the work songs, spirituals and folk tales that gave the region it’s unique ...

WASHINGTON — It was billed as a dedication of the Library of Congress’ latest acquisition, but it felt more like a mini-folk culture revival. Friends and family, musicians and journalists gathered at ...

The lifework of the late legendary American folklorist Alan Lomax has been acquired by the American Folklife Center in the Library of Congress. "I think it's the jewel in the crown of the collections ...