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Harry Smith and the Folk Anthology of American Folk Music

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Andrew Collins tells the strange tale of fim maker and artist Harry Smith, a man of no fixed abode, who compiled an anthology of American folk music which inspired Bob Dylan and kick-started the sixties folk boom. Show less

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