The Origins of American Folk Music in the Twenty-First Century

Allan lomax was a hugely important figure in the collection, documentation and popularization of what would come to be called folk music. Lomax is probably best known for collecting and documenting kind of old, classic blues. But he's also very well known for having collected and documented the music of the appellation people,. People living in the appellation mountains in the very remote parts of united states. A good example would be from the ninte fifties, maybe would be the stanley brothers, east virginia blues, o ama adane.