The remarkable life and times of the man who popularized American folk music and created the science of song Folklorist, archivist, anthropologist, singer, poli

Winner of the 1993 National Book Critics Circle Award for nonfiction, this mususical and cultural exploration of the rich, sorrow-laden birth of the blues is an

Song and dance style--viewed as nonverbal communications about culture--are here related to social structure and cultural history. Patterns of performance, them

Accompany CD has excerpts from a speech given by Alan Lomax on March 7, 1989, at the New York Public Library plus seven tracks of folk songs recorded by Alan Lo

Alan Lomax is a legendary figure in American folk music circles. Although he published many books, hundreds of recordings and dozens of films, his contributions