Alan Lomax

South Sudanese culture is at risk, but this Lost Boy wants to protect it

March 27, 2017Culture

Dominic Raimondo, a former Lost Boy of Sudan who now lives in the US, visited the Kakuma refugee camp with a mission — to protect Sudanese culture.

In the field of folk music, Alan Lomax is a giant — if a flawed and controversial one

February 9, 2015Music

Here’s how these musicians balance free speech and being respectful of their public

January 16, 2015Music

Alan Lomax: “The Man who Recorded the World”

August 15, 2013Arts, Culture & Media

Rounder Records looks back on 40 years

August 15, 2013Arts, Culture & Media

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The Premiere of The Global Jukebox

August 15, 2013

Twenty years ago American folklorist and ethnomusicologist Alan Lomax designed “The Global Jukebox,” a database that used descriptive tools to identify and link archival music and dance footage. The Global Jukebox was essentially Pandora – but conceived long before technology that could realize it existed. Ten years after his death, Lomax’s dream may finally be realized: all […]

Alan Lomax: recorder of the world, creator of Pandora?

August 14, 2013Arts, Culture & Media

John Szwed is the author of a new biography centering on the world’s most famous ethnomusicologist called ‘Alan Lomax: The Man Who Recorded the World.’ He joins us in studio.

Life and legacy of Alan Lomax

August 14, 2013Arts, Culture & Media

Alan Lomax was a man whose boundless musical curiosity elevated folksongs to the level of ?serious music.? His work had a large impact on Americans’ understanding of the extraordinary nature of our “ordinary” culture.

Global Hit: Alan Lomax

August 14, 2013Arts, Culture & Media

Alan Lomax made an impressive career out of recording folk music all over the world; But few people heard the recordings that Lomax made in Haiti in the 1930’s. This month they’ll be released to the public for the first time. Ruxandra Guidi has the story.

Global Hit – Beto Villares

August 14, 2013Arts, Culture & Media

What is the soundtrack of Brazil? Try listening to Beto Villares’s new CD. The World’s Marco Werman reports.

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