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Part Two: Alan Lomax: How to Record Everything and Mostly Make the World Better in the Process

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Margaret continues her talk with Bridget Todd about the origins of folk music and the man who dedicated his life to preserving traditional art.

Sources:

https://acousticguitar.com/alan-lomaxs-steel-string-discoveries/
https://pinemountainsettlement.net/biography-a-z/alan-and-elizabeth-lomax-visitors/
Alan Loman: The Man who Recorded the World, John Szwed
Bring Judgment Day: Reclaiming Lead Belly's Truths from Jim Crow's Lies, Sheila Curran Bernard
Andy Cohen, personal correspondence
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loYoTc7Aw0A

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Part Two: Alan Lomax: How to Record Everything and Mostly Make the World Better in the Process

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