It's safe to say that without the tireless efforts of Alan Lomax , the world may never have been introduced to the likes of Woody Guthrie, Muddy Waters, Leadbelly or countless other musicians the folklorist and ethnomusicologist recorded on dusty back roads, barns or just about anywhere else he could set up his recording gear. Lomax spent his entire career making field recordings of folk and traditional music, both in the U.S. and abroad, amassing a collection of 5,000 hours of sound recordings, 400,000 feet of film, 3,000 videotapes, 5,000 photographs and piles of manuscripts. Some 17,000 tracks from [...]
In what has to be among the most exciting and important music news of the year, The Alan Lomax Archives has announced via The New York Times that, " some 5,000 hours of sound recordings, 400,000 feet of film, 3,000 videotapes, 5,000 photographs and piles of manuscripts, much of it tucked away in forgotten or inaccessible corners — is being digitized so that the collection can be accessed online. About 17,000 music tracks will be available for free streaming by the end of February, and later some of that music may be for sale as CDs or digital downloads ." [...]
2011 was the year of the record for me. Not a single collection of songs, but rather a physical entity and a format. When 2011 started, my record collection fit in a corner of a bookshelf. As 2011 ends my collection fills three full shelves, three empty boxes of cat food for 45s, organized by [...]
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Well well well, this was a bloody great event. Alan Lomax, for those of you who don't know, is (to borrow from his own institution's language) considered to be America's foremost folklorist. In normal English, he is a guy who went out and made hundreds, if not thousands, of hours of field recordings, documenting the folk culture of communities across the States, and later further afield. The event at Word of Mouth just off Leith Walk on Wednesday was a screening of selected clips of unseen footage from later journeys where he was able not only to record [...]
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Listening to old school Blues takes you back to a different era, to an era where music was recorded on front porches outside, with nothing between the artists and the recording device but sun-baked Mississippi air. Mississippi Fred McDowell (no relation to another favorite, Mississippi John Hurt ) was discovered by Alan Lomax, a folklorist on a tour of the South, who was trying to find some of the old timey legends whose unadulterated music sounds ancient yet resonates clearly in this troubled and murky time. McDowell, a poor share cropper who had up to that point had a [...]
Via the wonderful Ukeleleist Shelly Rickey Lonnie Pitchford (October 8, 1955 – November 8, 1998) was an American blues musician and instrument maker from Lexington, Mississippi. He was notable in that he was [...]
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By opening with some massive Black Keys style riff and the drop-dead gorgeous Stephanie Wards' luscious voice slathered over the top like maple syrup, Kill It Kid are basically saying this: they are back, and they are gonna KIK (see what I did there?) your ass back against the wall with this audio sledgehammer Feet Fall Heavy. Read more..
Bon Iver, Sharon Van Etten, Megafaun and Fight the Big Bull team up as Sounds of the South to play a gorgeous rendition of 'Trials, Troubles, Tribulations.'
I had no idea Lomax 's The Land Where The Blues Began was on YT! I've got it on vhs and have seen clips on YouTube. C.R. Humphrey from Old Gray Mule sez, "In my opinion, this is the best blues doc out there bar none...if'n you haven't seen it, set aside an hour some evening it's for damn sure [...]
THE SHOUT COMMUNICATIONS STEPPING Alan Silva / Celestrial Communications Orchestra The Shout / Portrait for a Small Woman Sun Records : 1978 Alan Silva, conductor. Georges Menousek, alto sax; Georges Gaumont, soprano sax; Jo Maka*, alto sax, soprano sax; Francois Cotinaud, tenor sax, oboe; Jouk Minor*, baritone sax, contrabass clarinet; Denis Colin, bass clarinet, octocontralto clarinet; Robert Garrison, trumpet; Pierre Sauvageot, trumpet; Bernard Vitet*, trumpet; Itaru Oki*, trumpet; Adolf Winkler*, trombone; Michael Zwerin*, trombone; Pierre Faure, [...]
The island of Barra lies off the North West coast of Scotland in the Outer Hebrides and has been a MacNeil stronghold since it was given to the clan in 1427. Apart from when, in 1838, the 40 th Chief of the MacNeils, a certain Roderick, sold it to a Colonel Gordon, who promptly expelled most of the MacNeils. And replaced them with sheep. Fortunately not all the MacNeils were expelled and, when the island was bought back by the 45 th Chief of the clan, a certain Robert, 99 years later, the remaining islanders were still largely [...]
The legend of Hamper McBee emerges from the Smokey Mountains of Tennessee. Tennessee - Great Smoky Mountains - United States - Great Smoky Mountains National Park - Science and Environment
Ben Sollee and Daniel Martin Moore got together some months ago - with the help of Yim Yames - to record Dear Companion , a project drawing attention to the dire consequences of mountaintop removal mining. In addition to letting us stream the record, which is out Feb. 16 on Sub Pop, Ben and Daniel have been kind enough to take over posting duties for the day. When I stepped off the train at the Bedford Ave. stop in Brooklyn, [...]
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