These recordings of oral history, play songs, blues, spirituals, and stories were made in 1948 when Alan Lomax invited Vera Hall to come from her home in Livingston, Alabama, to New York City for a concert. Vera Hall's mother had been a slave, and...
Songs--United States--20th Century; Popular Music--United States
Cover: drawing of two well dressed African Americans -- the male is on his knees addressing the female, who has her back turned to him and her nose turned up
Songs--United States--20th Century; Popular Music--United States
Cover: drawing of a young lady taking a promenade, as a cherubim touches a blue bow in her hair; text reads: ""Supplement to the Newark Sunday News, June 9th, 1901""
Songs--United States--20th Century; Popular Music--United States
Cover: drawing of three scenes of African Americans -- one of picking cotton, another of a duo singing and playing banjo, and the last of dock workers; photo inset of singer Emma Carus
In 1959 and 1960, Alan Lomax revisited the American South to record the still-living stream of traditional music in newly developed stereo sound. The collection features some of the region's most representative musicians and styles: Delta blues...