Alan Lomax: The Man Who Recorded the World

The Leonard Lopate Show | Dec 30, 2010

John Szwed discusses folklorist, archivist, anthropologist, singer, political activist, talent scout, ethnomusicologist, filmmaker, concert and record producer, Alan Lomax, who is best remembered as the man who introduced folk music to the masses. Szwed’s biography Alan Lomax: The Man Who Recorded the World tells his story. Lomax brought Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger, and Burl Ives to the radio, brought white and black performers together, and was tracked by the FBI and MI5.

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