Been All Around This World Association for Cultural Equity

Been All Around This World has a new co-host! ACE Program Coordinator and Been All Around This World producer Michael Cormier-O'Leary joins Curator Nathan Salsburg in bringing you new episodes of this podcast. We are expanding the show's format to include episodes like today's, which is a continuous mix of music, mixed in with our deeper dives. This will allow us to release content more frequently while still developing longer form explorations of material within the collection.In the wake of the devastation recently wrought by Hurricane Beryl, today's mix is a survey of recordings Alan Lomax made on the Grenadian island of Carriacou in 1962. If you'd like to help with relief efforts, consider making a donation to support the rebuilding efforts on the island: https://www.facebook.com/share/QgA2Zg2Aph6iWFNr/ (https://www.facebook.com/share/QgA2Zg2Aph6iWFNr/)Tracklist:* "Demba-o" (https://archive.culturalequity.org/field-work/caribbean-1962/la-resource-862/demba-o)* "Meet Me On The Road" (https://archive.culturalequity.org/field-work/caribbean-1962/la-resource-862/meet-me-road)* "It's Time For A Man To Go Home" (https://archive.culturalequity.org/field-work/caribbean-1962/la-resource-862/its-time-man-go-home)* "I Want To Hear Somebody Pray" (La%20Resource,%20Carriacou,%20Carriacou%20and%20Petite%20Martinique,%20Grenada)* "Wila-wila-mena (I)" (https://archive.culturalequity.org/field-work/caribbean-1962/six-roads-862/wila-wila-mena-i)* "O The Angels Send Me For You" (https://archive.culturalequity.org/field-work/caribbean-1962/la-resource-762/o-angels-send-me-you)* "Hi Lo Boys" (https://archive.culturalequity.org/field-work/caribbean-1962/lesterre-762/hi-lo-boys)* "Rosibella (I)" (https://archive.culturalequity.org/field-work/caribbean-1962/lesterre-762/rosibella-i)* "Aunty-o, Coro, Coro" (https://archive.culturalequity.org/field-work/caribbean-1962/bellevue-762/aunty-o-coro-coro)* "Breakaway (II)" (https://archive.culturalequity.org/field-work/caribbean-1962/lesterre-762/breakaway-ii)* " (https://archive.culturalequity.org/field-work/caribbean-1962/bellevue-762/khaki-o-we-yo-diamonds)Khaki-o, Wé Yo Diamonds" (https://archive.culturalequity.org/field-work/caribbean-1962/bellevue-762/khaki-o-we-yo-diamonds)* "C‘est Mwe, Nani Moko" (https://archive.culturalequity.org/field-work/caribbean-1962/lesterre-862/cest-mwe-nani-moko)

An admittedly cursory holiday mix presenting performances from our new digital release, "Songs of Christmas, New Year, and Midwinter from the Lomax Collection," available now on the Lomax Archive's Bandcamp page (https://alanlomaxarchive.bandcamp.com/album/songs-of-christmas-midwinter-new-year) as well as the streaming services.We invite you to pair this mix with our older holiday-themed episode (http://culturalequity.org/node/1039), which features other related material (if some occasional overlap) and the complete "Sing Christmas" program. This ambitious radio broadcast was produced by Alan for the BBC on Christmas Day 1951, and featured regional Yuletide traditions transmitted via live hook-ups all across Britain. 1) Vera Ward Hall: No Room at the Inn story / song (The home of Vera Ward Hall, Livingston, Sumter County, Alabama, October 10, 1959). (https://archive.culturalequity.org/solr-search/content/list?search_api_fulltext=no+room+at+the+inn&not_type=&is_type=&sort_by=field_edtf_date_created&sort_order=ASC&items_per_page=75)2) United Sacred Harp Musical Association: Sherburne (56th Annual United Sacred Harp Musical Association Convention, Corinth Baptist Church, Fyffe, Dekalb County, Alabama, September 12, 1959) (https://archive.culturalequity.org/field-work/southern-us-1959-and-1960/fyffe-959/sherburne-186)3) Steven Wright: Jingle Bells (New York City, New York, 1950) (https://archive.culturalequity.org/field-work/steven-wright-1950/new-york-city-1950/jingle-bells)4) Group from Sangonera la Verde, Murcia: Rondalla (En tu puerta está la Virgen) ( (https://archive.culturalequity.org/field-work/spain-1952-1953/monteagudo-1252/en-tu-puerta-esta-la-virgen)Monteagudo (https://archive.culturalequity.org/field-work/spain-1952-1953/monteagudo-1252/en-tu-puerta-esta-la-virgen),  (https://archive.culturalequity.org/field-work/spain-1952-1953/monteagudo-1252/en-tu-puerta-esta-la-virgen)Murcia (https://archive.culturalequity.org/field-work/spain-1952-1953/monteagudo-1252/en-tu-puerta-esta-la-virgen),  (https://archive.culturalequity.org/field-work/spain-1952-1953/monteagudo-1252/en-tu-puerta-esta-la-virgen)Región de Murcia (https://archive.culturalequity.org/field-work/spain-1952-1953/monteagudo-1252/en-tu-puerta-esta-la-virgen),  (https://archive.culturalequity.org/field-work/spain-1952-1953/monteagudo-1252/en-tu-puerta-esta-la-virgen)Spain, December 14, 1952) (https://archive.culturalequity.org/field-work/spain-1952-1953/monteagudo-1252/en-tu-puerta-esta-la-virgen)5) Alice Gibbs and group: Today, Today is Christmas Day ( (https://archive.culturalequity.org/field-work/dominican-republic-and-sint-eustatius-1967/sint-eustatius-1967/today-today-christmas-0)Sint Eustatius (https://archive.culturalequity.org/field-work/dominican-republic-and-sint-eustatius-1967/sint-eustatius-1967/today-today-christmas-0),  (https://archive.culturalequity.org/field-work/dominican-republic-and-sint-eustatius-1967/sint-eustatius-1967/today-today-christmas-0)Bonaire,

Fiddlers, harp blowers, and guitarists recorded by John A. and Ruby T. Lomax during their 1939 Texas field-trip. 1) Frank Goodwyn & Manuel Salinas: Chinese Breakdown (Falfurrias, Brooks County, Texas, April 29, 1939) (https://archive.culturalequity.org/node/63265) 2) Lake Porter: The Lost Girl (Falfurrias, Brooks County, Texas, April 29, 1939) (https://archive.culturalequity.org/node/63273)3) Lake Porter: Drunken Hiccups (Falfurrias, Brooks County, Texas, April 29, 1939) (https://archive.culturalequity.org/node/63268)4) Elmo Newcomer: Rye Whiskey (The home of Elmo Newcomer, Pipe Creek, Bandera County, Texas, May 3, 1939) (https://archive.culturalequity.org/node/63345) [see here for Newcomer's later Cro-Mart release (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcPRwNw18d4) of "Rye Whiskey."]5) Elmo Newcomer: The Old Grey Mare (The home of Elmo Newcomer, Pipe Creek, Bandera County, Texas, May 3, 1939) (https://archive.culturalequity.org/node/63339)6) Clinton Saathoff, and Otis Evans: Eeph Caught A Rabbit (Pipe Creek, Bandera County, Texas, May 4, 1939) (https://archive.culturalequity.org/node/63349)7) Pop Warner: Inspiration (State Penitentiary [The Walls], Huntsville, Walker County, Texas, May 11, 1939) (https://archive.culturalequity.org/node/63404)[see here (https://www.themarshallproject.org/2016/05/16/a-peek-at-the-golden-age-of-prison-radio#:~:text=In%201938%2C%20as%20the%20Great,strumming%2C%20dancing%2C%20and%20acting) for the fine Marshall Project piece on prison radio, which includes a discussion of "Thirty Minutes Behind the Walls" and the Ace Johnson photo discussed in the episode.]8) Ace Johnson: Rabbit in the Garden (Dormitory, Clemens State Farm, Brazoria, Brazoria County, Texas, April 16, 1939) (https://archive.culturalequity.org/node/63164)9) Ace Johnson: Train song (Dormitory, Clemens State Farm, Brazoria, Brazoria County, Texas, April 16, 1939) (https://archive.culturalequity.org/node/63178)10) Smith Casey: East Texas Rag, (Dormitory, Clemens State Farm, Brazoria, Brazoria County, Texas, April 16, 1939) (https://archive.culturalequity.org/node/63450)11) L.W. Gooden: Clemens Rag (Dormitory, Clemens State Farm, Brazoria, Brazoria County, Texas, April 16, 1939) (https://archive.culturalequity.org/node/63452)Bed Music:Wilbert Gilliam: Long Freight Train Blues (State Penitentiary [The Walls], Huntsville,

The Lomax Collection reflects a variety of human experience—from the sacred to the profane, from the rural to the urban, and from the public square to the domestic scene. The Lomaxes recorded lullabies all over the...

An expansion of our Christmas and New Year episode of a few years back with extra tracks and more all around cheer. Links are to tracks' records in the Lomax Digital Archive. Those without them are either not Lomax recordings, or not yet included in the LDA. (If you'd like to assist in digitization/cataloging efforts to preserve and make available some of the early Lomax collections currently offline, please consider making a donation at culturalequity.org/donate, or drop us a line!) Happy Winter solstice and assorted holidays to everybody.1. Villagers of Lagartera, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain: Ronda de Nochebuena (https://archive.culturalequity.org/field-work/spain-1952-1953/lagartera-1252/fandango-plowing), Christmas Eve 1952.2. Merritt Boddie and the Marigolds Band: Christmas Machete / Noel (https://archive.culturalequity.org/field-work/caribbean-1962/gingerland-i-762/noel), Gingerland, Nevis, July 1962. 3. Georgia Sea Island Singers: Yonder Come Day (https://archive.culturalequity.org/field-work/central-park-concert-1965/new-york-city-865/o-day), Central Park, NYC, July 1965.4. Sophie Loman Wing and group: All Night Long, St. Simons Island, Georgia, June 1935.5. Norman Edmonds and the Old-Timers: Breaking Up Christmas (https://archive.culturalequity.org/field-work/southern-us-1959-and-1960/hillsville-i-859/breaking-christmas), Hillsville, Virginia, August 1959.6. Kelly Pace and group: Holy Babe, Cumins State Farm, near Gould, Arkansas, May 1939.7. Vera Ward Hall: No Room At the Inn (song & story) / Last Month of the Year (song), Livingston, Alabama, October 1959 (https://archive.culturalequity.org/solr-search/content/grid?search_api_fulltext=livingston&f%5B0%5D=member_of%3A873). 8. Phil Tanner: The Gower Wassail (https://archive.culturalequity.org/field-work/england-and-wales-1951-1958/bbc-disc-dubs-1951/gower-wassail-song), Columbia 372-M, 1937.9. Jean Ritchie: Wassail song (https://archive.culturalequity.org/field-work/jean-ritchie-1949-and-1950/jean-ritchie-349/wassail-song), NYC, March 1949. 10. 1959 United Sacred Harp Musical Association: Sherburne (#186) (https://archive.culturalequity.org/field-work/southern-us-1959-and-1960/fyffe-959/sherburne-186-0), Fyffe, Alabama, September 195911. Alice Gibbs and friends: Today, Today Is Christmas Day (https://archive.culturalequity.org/field-work/dominican-republic-and-sint-eustatius-1967/sint-eustatius-1967/today-today-christmas-0), St. Eustatius, January 1967.12. “Special group” from the 1959 United Sacred Harp Musical Association: Christmas Anthem (#225) (https://archive.culturalequity.org/field-work/southern-us-1959-and-1960/fyffe-959/christmas-anthem-225)13. Shirley and Dolly Collins: The Moon Shines Bright, from “For As Many As Will,” Topic Records, 1978.14. Villagers of Hío, Aragon: Buenas Entradas de Reyes (https://archive.culturalequity.org/field-work/spain-1952-1953/hio-1152/buenas-entradas-de-reyes), Hío, Galicia, November 195215. Ottavio Dogali, Giuseppe Napoli, and Giuseppe Ascani: Alla Pastorale, Cinquefrondi, Reggio Calabria, August 1, 1954. 16. Iaconelli and Arcari: La Novena di Natale, Columbia 14490, NYC, September 1929. 17. Edward King: Le Jour De L'an (New Year's Day), Baraga, Michigan, October 1938.18: Georgia Sea Island Singers with Ed Young, Hobart Smith, and Nat Rahmings: Yonder Come Day (https://archive.culturalequity.org/field-work/southern-us-1959-and-1960/st-simons-island-iii-460/o-day), St. Simons Island, April 1960. 19 and beyond: “Sing Christmas and the Turn of the Year,” BBC Radio, 1957.

Our eschatological episode of the program. Songs on final things: the end of the world, the end of time, judgement day, "when the stars begin to fall," etc.Playlist (links to catalog records in the L...