just picked up "Adventures of a Ballad Hunter" by John Lomax from the library and i'm a few pages into it, pretty good so far. the lomaxes did incredibly important work and i'm sure they have plenty of stories so i'm looking forward to getting more into it. For those unfamiliar, John Lomax and his children traveled around the US in the first half of the 20th C recording people singing their traditional songs in isolated communities. very important work, documenting music that now no longer really exists "in the wild" due to how interconnected we have become.
I also picked up a book about the Song Dynasty that I am looking forward to. I've long been interested in the art of the era so I look forward to reading about the history of the time too.
just picked up "Adventures of a Ballad Hunter" by John Lomax from the library and i'm a few pages into it, pretty good so far. the lomaxes did incredibly important work and i'm sure they have plenty of stories so i'm looking forward to getting more into it. For those unfamiliar, John Lomax and his children traveled around the US in the first half of the 20th C recording people singing their traditional songs in isolated communities. very important work, documenting music that now no longer really exists "in the wild" due to how interconnected we have become.
I also picked up a book about the Song Dynasty that I am looking forward to. I've long been interested in the art of the era so I look forward to reading about the history of the time too.
Fun fact “Black Betty” was originally a prison song from Texas originally recorded by the Lomaxes.