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Shirley Collins

Alan-Lomax

10/09/2016

Southern Journeys

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Shirley Collins tells the story of Alan Lomax's historic 1959 trip to the southern states.

Shirley Collins presents a portrait of pioneering sound recordist Alan Lomax, who collected songs of the poor and the oppressed. From July 2002.

The story of American traditional music is dominated by the father and son team John and Alan Lomax.

They discovered, recorded, and popularised the music of the poor, the dispossessed and voiceless. 

During Alan Lomax 's 1959 tour of the southern states, he was accompanied by his then lover, English folk singer Shirley Collins.

Here she tells the story of how he recorded the sounds of a world that was fast disappearing, but which still influences popular music today.

Producer: Jolyon Jenkins

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2002.

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