The lifework of the late legendary American folklorist Alan Lomax has been acquired by the American Folklife Center in the Library of Congress. "I think it's the jewel in the crown of the collections ...

Sweet Betsy from Pike; Grey Goose; Blue Tail Fly; Down in the Valley; House Carpenter; Go Fish; Lily Munroe; Tom Dooley; Muskrat; Knock John Booker; Am I Born to Die?; She'll Be Comin’ Round the ...

Early in his career, clarinetist Andy Biskin worked as an assistant to the folklorist Alan Lomax. Biskin's new album features new settings of... Andy Biskin And 16 Tons Revisit 'Songs From The Alan ...

The legacy of Alan Lomax resides at New York's Hunter College in an area set aside for the more than 1,500 hours of field recordings, hundreds of photographs, films and manuscripts that make up the ...

The Library of Congress unveiled today its latest acquisition: the archives of legendary folklorist Alan Lomax. The collection had been housed at a college in New York. Now — as NPR's Felix Contreras ...