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Ballad Hunter, Parts IX and X
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  • All Music Guide

    The conclusion of Lomax's lecture series features Part Nine: "Jordan and Jubilee: Songs from Livingston, Alabama," and includes excerpts of calls, hollers, worksongs, and spirituals. Part Ten's topic is "Sugarland, Texas: Convict Songs from a Texas Prison," and also includes song excerpts.

    - Roundup newsletter, All Music Guide

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John A. Lomax

Born a farmer's son in Goodman, MS, in 1867, John Lomax would play a central role in recording, preserving, and promoting American folk songs. Lomax grew up in rural Texas where he developed a love for cowboy songs and made a hobby of transcribing them. When he shared his work with professors at the University of Texas, they discouraged him from pursuing this pastime; h... Read more