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Alan Lomax

Alan Lomax

Alan Lomax was an American field collector of folk music of the 20th century. He was also a folklorist, ethnomusicologist, archivist, writer, scholar, political activist, oral historian, and film-maker. Lomax produced recordings, concerts, and radio shows in the US and in England, which played an important role in both the American and British folk revivals of the 1940s, 1950s and early 1960s. He collected material first with his father, folklorist and collector John A. Lomax, and later alone and with others, Lomax recorded thousands of songs and interviews for the Archive of American Folk Song, of which he was the director, at the Library of Congress on aluminium and acetate discs.

Personal information

Birthday

1915-01-31

Birth Place

Austin, Texas, USA

Movies and TV shows :

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American Patchwork: Songs and Stories of America

1990

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Ballads, Blues & Bluegrass

Ballads, Blues & Bluegrass

2012

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Lomax the Songhunter

Lomax the Songhunter

2004

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Movie
The Ballad of Ewan MacColl

The Ballad of Ewan MacColl

1990

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Movie
Woody Guthrie: Ain't Got No Home

Woody Guthrie: Ain't Got No Home

2006

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