THE LAND WHERE THE BLUES BEGAN
Alan Lomax worked tirelessly for the preservation of music of all types until his death in 2001. He extensively chronicled traditional songs outside the US as well, leading to a 10-disc collection called Folk Songs of Great Britain (1961), as well as field work in Italy, Spain and the West Indies. Lomax hosted several radio programs, and television documentaries followed in later years. In 1993, Alan Lomax published The Land Where the Blues Began, which won a National Book Award. In 2012, the Alan Lomax Sound Archive became available online, offering some 17,000 recordings.
(February 2015)
