Alan Lomax: Starting in the 1930s Lomax began travelling the back roads of the U.S, Caribbean, and Africa to record songs from cultures on the verge of extinction, according to CBC. Q: What is the Lomax Project and The pioneering folk music recordings of Alan Lomax will serve as the inspiration for a group of musicians led by banjo virtuoso Jayme Stone, this Sunday at the Vancouver Folk Fest. Jayme Stone could barely contain his grin when he chatted with the 's Elaine Chau about why Alan Lomax's work matters to him. Alan Lomax and Raphael Hurtault listening to playback, La Plaine, Dominica, June 25, 1962. Antoinette Marchand. Alan Lomax Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
(www.immigrantscanada.com). As
reported in the news.
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