Alan Lomax and the Soundscapes of the Upper Midwest

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The 75th anniversary of Library folklorist Alan Lomax's pioneering song collecting trip to the Upper Midwest in 1938.

Episodes

  1. 06/25/2024

    “Across the Straits of Mackinac”

    Popular music in a Polish-American community, Posen, Michigan.

    5 min

  2. 02/14/2014

    “I went to Marquette: The Bellaires of Baraga”

    French-American singing in Baraga, Michigan.

    5 min

  3. 11/15/2013

    Lost on Lake Michigan

    Irish-American song composition on Beaver Island, Michigan.

    6 min

  4. 11/01/2013

    The Beaver Island Boys

    Beaver Island, Michigan, fiddling and bawdy songs.

    6 min

  5. 10/21/2013

    Michigan-I-O

    Songs of the Great Lakes sailors performed in Traverse City, MI.

    6 min

  6. 10/15/2013

    Songs and Tales of the Michigan Lumberjacks

    Lumbermen and Shantymen from northern Michigan perform their repertoires.

    6 min

  7. 10/07/2013

    In the Shadow of the Chrysler Plant

    Serbian-Americans perform traditional music in modern Detroit, 1938.

    6 min

  8. 09/30/2013

    Mrs. Maté of Delray

    A Hungarian-American singer performs “The Fisherboy’s Sweetheart” in Delray, a Detroit neighborhood.

    6 min
  • 8 Episodes

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The 75th anniversary of Library folklorist Alan Lomax's pioneering song collecting trip to the Upper Midwest in 1938.

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