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lomax-haiti150Alan Lomax made an impressive career out of recording folk music all over the world; bringing it to American audiences, and preserving it for posterity. But few people heard the recordings that Lomax made in Haiti in the 1930's. This month those Haiti recordings will be released to the public for the first time in a box set. Ruxandra Guidi has the story. Download MP3
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lomax-haiti150Alan Lomax made an impressive career out of recording folk music all over the world; bringing it to American audiences, and preserving it for posterity. But few people heard the recordings that Lomax made in Haiti in the 1930′s. This month (Nov 17th) those Haiti recordings will be released to the public for the first time in the form of a 10-CD box set. Ruxandra Guidi has the story. (Audio available after 5PM Eastern)
]]> http://www.theworld.org/2009/11/global-hit-alan-lomax/feed/ 1 11/02/2009,Alan Lomax,folk,Global Hit,Haiti,Ruxandra Guidi Alan Lomax made an impressive career out of recording folk music all over the world; bringing it to American audiences, and preserving it for posterity. But few people heard the recordings that Lomax made in Haiti in the 1930's. Alan Lomax made an impressive career out of recording folk music all over the world; bringing it to American audiences, and preserving it for posterity. But few people heard the recordings that Lomax made in Haiti in the 1930's. This month those Haiti recordings will be released to the public for the first time in a box set. Ruxandra Guidi has the story. Download MP3 Box set info The Haiti Box blogAlan Lomax Collection at the Library of Congress PRI's The World no http://64.71.145.108/audio/11022009.mp3 2446524 audio/mpeg216749366