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The Song Hunter: How Alan Lomax saved the sounds of America

Twenty Thousand Hertz

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Alan Lomax - The Man Who Recorded the World

Todd Harvey is curator of the Alan Lomax collection at the American Folklife Center. Todd oversees the archives that Lomax recorded and collected, starting in the 1930s. On these trips, Alan would simply drive around and record people in their own homes or churches. He had this big instantaneous vinyl record recorder that fit into the trunk of his car.

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