Contributor:
Library of Congress - American Folklife Center
Date:2016
Film, Video
American Folklife Center/Folk Alliance Lomax Challenge: Mary Battiata
Mary Battiata sings "Doney Gal" as part of the Lomax Challenge. To mark the 100th birthday of influential folklorist and musician Alan Lomax (1915-2002), who collected songs from musicians like Muddy Waters, Lead Belly, Aunt Molly Jackson and Woody Guthrie, Folk Alliance International joined the American Folklife Center to create the Lomax Challenge. Folk Alliance members chose collected by Lomax from the collections of…
Contributor:
Library of Congress - American Folklife Center
Date:2015
Film, Video
American Folklife Center/Folk Alliance Lomax Challenge: Mary Bragg
Mary Bragg sings "Trouble So Hard" as part of the Lomax Challenge. To mark the 100th birthday of influential folklorist and musician Alan Lomax (1915-2002), who collected songs from musicians like Muddy Waters, Lead Belly, Aunt Molly Jackson and Woody Guthrie, Folk Alliance International joined the American Folklife Center to create the Lomax Challenge. Folk Alliance members chose collected by Lomax from the collections…
Contributor:
Library of Congress - American Folklife Center
Date:2015
Film, Video
American Folklife Center/Folk Alliance Lomax Challenge: Cody Brewer
Cody Brewer sings "Muleskinner Blues" as part of the Lomax Challenge. To mark the 100th birthday of influential folklorist and musician Alan Lomax (1915-2002), who collected songs from musicians like Muddy Waters, Lead Belly, Aunt Molly Jackson and Woody Guthrie, Folk Alliance International joined the American Folklife Center to create the Lomax Challenge. Folk Alliance members chose collected by Lomax from the collections of…
Contributor:
Library of Congress - American Folklife Center
Date:2015
Film, Video
American Folklife Center/Folk Alliance Lomax Challenge: Dan Weber
Dan Weber sings "I Bid You Good Night" as part of the Lomax Challenge. To mark the 100th birthday of influential folklorist and musician Alan Lomax (1915-2002), who collected songs from musicians like Muddy Waters, Lead Belly, Aunt Molly Jackson and Woody Guthrie, Folk Alliance International joined the American Folklife Center to create the Lomax Challenge. Folk Alliance members chose collected by Lomax from…
Contributor:
Library of Congress - American Folklife Center
Date:2015
Film, Video
American Folklife Center/Folk Alliance Lomax Challenge: Ian Fitzgerald
Ian Fitzgerald sings "Pretty Polly" as part of the Lomax Challenge. To mark the 100th birthday of influential folklorist and musician Alan Lomax (1915-2002), who collected songs from musicians like Muddy Waters, Lead Belly, Aunt Molly Jackson and Woody Guthrie, Folk Alliance International joined the American Folklife Center to create the Lomax Challenge. Folk Alliance members chose collected by Lomax from the collections of…
Contributor:
Library of Congress - American Folklife Center
Date:2015
Film, Video
American Folklife Center/Folk Alliance Lomax Challenge: Graham Weber
Graham Weber sings "Good Night, Irene" as part of the Lomax Challenge. To mark the 100th birthday of influential folklorist and musician Alan Lomax (1915-2002), who collected songs from musicians like Muddy Waters, Lead Belly, Aunt Molly Jackson and Woody Guthrie, Folk Alliance International joined the American Folklife Center to create the Lomax Challenge. Folk Alliance members chose collected by Lomax from the collections…
Contributor:
Library of Congress - American Folklife Center
Date:2015
Film, Video
American Folklife Center/Folk Alliance Lomax Challenge: Wayne Haught
Wayne Haught sings "O Death" as part of the Lomax Challenge. To mark the 100th birthday of influential folklorist and musician Alan Lomax (1915-2002), who collected songs from musicians like Muddy Waters, Lead Belly, Aunt Molly Jackson and Woody Guthrie, Folk Alliance International joined the American Folklife Center to create the Lomax Challenge. Folk Alliance members chose collected by Lomax from the collections of…
Contributor:
Library of Congress - American Folklife Center
Date:2015
Film, Video
American Folklife Center/Folk Alliance Lomax Challenge: Gerald Trimble
Gerald Trimble sings "Love Alone" as part of the Lomax Challenge. To mark the 100th birthday of influential folklorist and musician Alan Lomax (1915-2002), who collected songs from musicians like Muddy Waters, Lead Belly, Aunt Molly Jackson and Woody Guthrie, Folk Alliance International joined the American Folklife Center to create the Lomax Challenge. Folk Alliance members chose collected by Lomax from the collections of…
Contributor:
Library of Congress - American Folklife Center
Date:2015
Film, Video
American Folklife Center/Folk Alliance Lomax Challenge: The Vivants
The Vivants sing "Jesus on the Main Line" as part of the Lomax Challenge. To mark the 100th birthday of influential folklorist and musician Alan Lomax (1915-2002), who collected songs from musicians like Muddy Waters, Lead Belly, Aunt Molly Jackson and Woody Guthrie, Folk Alliance International joined the American Folklife Center to create the Lomax Challenge. Folk Alliance members chose collected by Lomax from…
Contributor:
Library of Congress - American Folklife Center
Date:2015
Film, Video
American Folklife Center/Folk Alliance Lomax Challenge: Peggy Seeger
Peggy Seeger remembers Alan Lomax as part of the Lomax Challenge. To mark the 100th birthday of influential folklorist and musician Alan Lomax (1915-2002), who collected songs from musicians like Muddy Waters, Lead Belly, Aunt Molly Jackson and Woody Guthrie, Folk Alliance International joined the American Folklife Center to create the Lomax Challenge. Folk Alliance members chose collected by Lomax from the collections of…
Contributor:
Library of Congress - American Folklife Center
Date:2015
Film, Video
American Folklife Center/Folk Alliance Lomax Challenge: Roosevelt Dime
Roosevelt Dime sings "Goin' Down the Road Feelin' Bad" as part of the Lomax Challenge. To mark the 100th birthday of influential folklorist and musician Alan Lomax (1915-2002), who collected songs from musicians like Muddy Waters, Lead Belly, Aunt Molly Jackson and Woody Guthrie, Folk Alliance International joined the American Folklife Center to create the Lomax Challenge. Folk Alliance members chose collected by Lomax…
Contributor:
Library of Congress - American Folklife Center
Date:2015
Film, Video
American Folklife Center/Folk Alliance Lomax Challenge: Dom Flemons
Dom Flemons sings "Hey Hey Baby and "Pick a Bale of Cotton" as part of the Lomax Challenge. To mark the 100th birthday of influential folklorist and musician Alan Lomax (1915-2002), who collected songs from musicians like Muddy Waters, Lead Belly, Aunt Molly Jackson and Woody Guthrie, Folk Alliance International joined the American Folklife Center to create the Lomax Challenge. Folk Alliance members chose…
Contributor:
Library of Congress - American Folklife Center
Date:2015
Film, Video
American Folklife Center/Folk Alliance Lomax Challenge: Mélisande & Alexandre
Mélisande and Alexandre sing "Je suis née en automne" as part of the Lomax Challenge. To mark the 100th birthday of influential folklorist and musician Alan Lomax (1915-2002), who collected songs from musicians like Muddy Waters, Lead Belly, Aunt Molly Jackson and Woody Guthrie, Folk Alliance International joined the American Folklife Center to create the Lomax Challenge. Folk Alliance members chose collected by Lomax…
Contributor:
Library of Congress - American Folklife Center
Date:2015
Film, Video
American Folklife Center/Folk Alliance Lomax Challenge: Chris Lee Becker
Chris Lee Becker sings "I Ain't Got No Home in the World Anymore" as part of the Lomax Challenge. To mark the 100th birthday of influential folklorist and musician Alan Lomax (1915-2002), who collected songs from musicians like Muddy Waters, Lead Belly, Aunt Molly Jackson and Woody Guthrie, Folk Alliance International joined the American Folklife Center to create the Lomax Challenge. Folk Alliance members…
Contributor:
Library of Congress - American Folklife Center
Date:2015
Film, Video
American Folklife Center/Folk Alliance Lomax Challenge: Jim Herbert & Karla Peterie
Jim Herbert and Karla Peterie sing "Rollin' and Tumblin'" as part of the Lomax Challenge. To mark the 100th birthday of influential folklorist and musician Alan Lomax (1915-2002), who collected songs from musicians like Muddy Waters, Lead Belly, Aunt Molly Jackson and Woody Guthrie, Folk Alliance International joined the American Folklife Center to create the Lomax Challenge. Folk Alliance members chose collected by Lomax…
Contributor:
Library of Congress - American Folklife Center
Date:2015
Film, Video
American Folklife Center/Folk Alliance Lomax Challenge: Taarka (David & Enion Tiller)
Taarka sings "Cold Mountains" as part of the Lomax Challenge. To mark the 100th birthday of influential folklorist and musician Alan Lomax (1915-2002), who collected songs from musicians like Muddy Waters, Lead Belly, Aunt Molly Jackson and Woody Guthrie, Folk Alliance International joined the American Folklife Center to create the Lomax Challenge. Folk Alliance members chose collected by Lomax from the collections of the…
Contributor:
Library of Congress - American Folklife Center
Date:2015
Film, Video
American Folklife Center/Folk Alliance Lomax Challenge: The Roamies (Alexa James & Rory Partin)
The Romies sing "Là-bas dans Carencro" as part of the Lomax Challenge. To mark the 100th birthday of influential folklorist and musician Alan Lomax (1915-2002), who collected songs from musicians like Muddy Waters, Lead Belly, Aunt Molly Jackson and Woody Guthrie, Folk Alliance International joined the American Folklife Center to create the Lomax Challenge. Folk Alliance members chose collected by Lomax from the collections…
Contributor:
Library of Congress - American Folklife Center
Date:2015
Film, Video
American Folklife Center/Folk Alliance Lomax Challenge: Tillamook Burn (Lauren Sheehan & Zoe Carpenter)
Tallamook Burn sings "The House Carpenter" as part of the Lomax Challenge. To mark the 100th birthday of influential folklorist and musician Alan Lomax (1915-2002), who collected songs from musicians like Muddy Waters, Lead Belly, Aunt Molly Jackson and Woody Guthrie, Folk Alliance International joined the American Folklife Center to create the Lomax Challenge. Folk Alliance members chose collected by Lomax from the collections…
Contributor:
Library of Congress - American Folklife Center
Date:2015
Film, Video
Sharing Military Voices Archived at the American Folklife Center
During this panel presentation, staff from the Library's Veterans History Project ("VHP") and StoryCorps' Military Voices Initiative will share collection materials and discuss the ways in which first person reflections and narratives help us understand the diverse experiences of active duty personnel and veterans alike. Hosted by the American Folklife Center - the archival home for VHP and StoryCorps - the event will offer…
Contributor:
Library of Congress - Veterans History Project (U.S.)
Contributor:
Library of Congress - American Folklife Center
Date:2015
Film, Video
Alan Jabbour, 1942-2017: His Legacy in Folklife & Traditional Music
Betsy Peterson, Carl Fleishhauer, David Furchgott, Ken Perlman, Stephen Wade and Karen Jabbour pay tribute to the life of Alan Jabbour, American musician, folklorist and founding director of the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress.
Contributor:
Library of Congress - American Folklife Center
Date:2018
Collection
Corridos: A Mexican Ballad Tradition About Outlaws & Heroes
American Folklife Center lecture, 2015-09-15
Juan Díes presents an illustrated lecture on the Corrido, a 150-year-old Mexican ballad tradition that narrates tragic tales based on true events and honors folk heroes.
Contributor:
Herrera, Juan Felipe - American Folklife Center - Sones De México Ensemble Chicago - Library of Congress - Díes, Juan - Archive of Folk Culture (Library of Congress)
Date:2015
Film, Video
Folklife Archives Challenge Concert 2017
A variety of Washington D.C.-area folk musicions perform material taken from the Lomax Collection and other collections of the American Folklife Center.
Contributor:
Library of Congress - American Folklife Center
Date:2017
Film, Video
Folklife Archives Challenge Concert 2018
A variety of Washington D.C.-area folk musicions perform material taken from the collections of the American Folklife Center. The Center has been organizing these "Archive Challenges," at the annual Folk Alliance International conference. This year, artists Jaimeo Brown, Huda Asfour & Kamyar Arsani, Elena & Los Fulanos, and the Ship's Company Chanteymen performed works from the archives in a special showcase.
Contributor:
Library of Congress - American Folklife Center
Film, VideoAmerican Folklife Center Directors Roundtable: A Retrospective of 40 Years Cliff Murphy moderates a roundtable discussion with current and former directors of the American Folklife Center about the Center's historical initiatives and programs and its future prospects to mark its 40th anniversary.
Film, VideoAmerican Folklife Center/Folk Alliance Lomax Challenge: Mary Battiata Mary Battiata sings "Doney Gal" as part of the Lomax Challenge. To mark the 100th birthday of influential folklorist and musician Alan Lomax (1915-2002), who collected songs from musicians like Muddy Waters, Lead Belly, Aunt Molly Jackson and Woody Guthrie, Folk Alliance International joined the American Folklife Center to create the Lomax Challenge. Folk Alliance members chose collected by Lomax from the collections of…
Film, VideoAmerican Folklife Center/Folk Alliance Lomax Challenge: Mary Bragg Mary Bragg sings "Trouble So Hard" as part of the Lomax Challenge. To mark the 100th birthday of influential folklorist and musician Alan Lomax (1915-2002), who collected songs from musicians like Muddy Waters, Lead Belly, Aunt Molly Jackson and Woody Guthrie, Folk Alliance International joined the American Folklife Center to create the Lomax Challenge. Folk Alliance members chose collected by Lomax from the collections…
Film, VideoAmerican Folklife Center/Folk Alliance Lomax Challenge: Cody Brewer Cody Brewer sings "Muleskinner Blues" as part of the Lomax Challenge. To mark the 100th birthday of influential folklorist and musician Alan Lomax (1915-2002), who collected songs from musicians like Muddy Waters, Lead Belly, Aunt Molly Jackson and Woody Guthrie, Folk Alliance International joined the American Folklife Center to create the Lomax Challenge. Folk Alliance members chose collected by Lomax from the collections of…
Film, VideoAmerican Folklife Center/Folk Alliance Lomax Challenge: Dan Weber Dan Weber sings "I Bid You Good Night" as part of the Lomax Challenge. To mark the 100th birthday of influential folklorist and musician Alan Lomax (1915-2002), who collected songs from musicians like Muddy Waters, Lead Belly, Aunt Molly Jackson and Woody Guthrie, Folk Alliance International joined the American Folklife Center to create the Lomax Challenge. Folk Alliance members chose collected by Lomax from…
Film, VideoAmerican Folklife Center/Folk Alliance Lomax Challenge: Ian Fitzgerald Ian Fitzgerald sings "Pretty Polly" as part of the Lomax Challenge. To mark the 100th birthday of influential folklorist and musician Alan Lomax (1915-2002), who collected songs from musicians like Muddy Waters, Lead Belly, Aunt Molly Jackson and Woody Guthrie, Folk Alliance International joined the American Folklife Center to create the Lomax Challenge. Folk Alliance members chose collected by Lomax from the collections of…
Film, VideoAmerican Folklife Center/Folk Alliance Lomax Challenge: Graham Weber Graham Weber sings "Good Night, Irene" as part of the Lomax Challenge. To mark the 100th birthday of influential folklorist and musician Alan Lomax (1915-2002), who collected songs from musicians like Muddy Waters, Lead Belly, Aunt Molly Jackson and Woody Guthrie, Folk Alliance International joined the American Folklife Center to create the Lomax Challenge. Folk Alliance members chose collected by Lomax from the collections…
Film, VideoAmerican Folklife Center/Folk Alliance Lomax Challenge: Wayne Haught Wayne Haught sings "O Death" as part of the Lomax Challenge. To mark the 100th birthday of influential folklorist and musician Alan Lomax (1915-2002), who collected songs from musicians like Muddy Waters, Lead Belly, Aunt Molly Jackson and Woody Guthrie, Folk Alliance International joined the American Folklife Center to create the Lomax Challenge. Folk Alliance members chose collected by Lomax from the collections of…
Film, VideoAmerican Folklife Center/Folk Alliance Lomax Challenge: Gerald Trimble Gerald Trimble sings "Love Alone" as part of the Lomax Challenge. To mark the 100th birthday of influential folklorist and musician Alan Lomax (1915-2002), who collected songs from musicians like Muddy Waters, Lead Belly, Aunt Molly Jackson and Woody Guthrie, Folk Alliance International joined the American Folklife Center to create the Lomax Challenge. Folk Alliance members chose collected by Lomax from the collections of…
Film, VideoAmerican Folklife Center/Folk Alliance Lomax Challenge: The Vivants The Vivants sing "Jesus on the Main Line" as part of the Lomax Challenge. To mark the 100th birthday of influential folklorist and musician Alan Lomax (1915-2002), who collected songs from musicians like Muddy Waters, Lead Belly, Aunt Molly Jackson and Woody Guthrie, Folk Alliance International joined the American Folklife Center to create the Lomax Challenge. Folk Alliance members chose collected by Lomax from…
Film, VideoAmerican Folklife Center/Folk Alliance Lomax Challenge: Peggy Seeger Peggy Seeger remembers Alan Lomax as part of the Lomax Challenge. To mark the 100th birthday of influential folklorist and musician Alan Lomax (1915-2002), who collected songs from musicians like Muddy Waters, Lead Belly, Aunt Molly Jackson and Woody Guthrie, Folk Alliance International joined the American Folklife Center to create the Lomax Challenge. Folk Alliance members chose collected by Lomax from the collections of…
Film, VideoAmerican Folklife Center/Folk Alliance Lomax Challenge: Roosevelt Dime Roosevelt Dime sings "Goin' Down the Road Feelin' Bad" as part of the Lomax Challenge. To mark the 100th birthday of influential folklorist and musician Alan Lomax (1915-2002), who collected songs from musicians like Muddy Waters, Lead Belly, Aunt Molly Jackson and Woody Guthrie, Folk Alliance International joined the American Folklife Center to create the Lomax Challenge. Folk Alliance members chose collected by Lomax…
Film, VideoAmerican Folklife Center/Folk Alliance Lomax Challenge: Dom Flemons Dom Flemons sings "Hey Hey Baby and "Pick a Bale of Cotton" as part of the Lomax Challenge. To mark the 100th birthday of influential folklorist and musician Alan Lomax (1915-2002), who collected songs from musicians like Muddy Waters, Lead Belly, Aunt Molly Jackson and Woody Guthrie, Folk Alliance International joined the American Folklife Center to create the Lomax Challenge. Folk Alliance members chose…
Film, VideoAmerican Folklife Center/Folk Alliance Lomax Challenge: Mélisande & Alexandre Mélisande and Alexandre sing "Je suis née en automne" as part of the Lomax Challenge. To mark the 100th birthday of influential folklorist and musician Alan Lomax (1915-2002), who collected songs from musicians like Muddy Waters, Lead Belly, Aunt Molly Jackson and Woody Guthrie, Folk Alliance International joined the American Folklife Center to create the Lomax Challenge. Folk Alliance members chose collected by Lomax…
Film, VideoAmerican Folklife Center/Folk Alliance Lomax Challenge: Chris Lee Becker Chris Lee Becker sings "I Ain't Got No Home in the World Anymore" as part of the Lomax Challenge. To mark the 100th birthday of influential folklorist and musician Alan Lomax (1915-2002), who collected songs from musicians like Muddy Waters, Lead Belly, Aunt Molly Jackson and Woody Guthrie, Folk Alliance International joined the American Folklife Center to create the Lomax Challenge. Folk Alliance members…
Film, VideoAmerican Folklife Center/Folk Alliance Lomax Challenge: Jim Herbert & Karla Peterie Jim Herbert and Karla Peterie sing "Rollin' and Tumblin'" as part of the Lomax Challenge. To mark the 100th birthday of influential folklorist and musician Alan Lomax (1915-2002), who collected songs from musicians like Muddy Waters, Lead Belly, Aunt Molly Jackson and Woody Guthrie, Folk Alliance International joined the American Folklife Center to create the Lomax Challenge. Folk Alliance members chose collected by Lomax…
Film, VideoAmerican Folklife Center/Folk Alliance Lomax Challenge: Taarka (David & Enion Tiller) Taarka sings "Cold Mountains" as part of the Lomax Challenge. To mark the 100th birthday of influential folklorist and musician Alan Lomax (1915-2002), who collected songs from musicians like Muddy Waters, Lead Belly, Aunt Molly Jackson and Woody Guthrie, Folk Alliance International joined the American Folklife Center to create the Lomax Challenge. Folk Alliance members chose collected by Lomax from the collections of the…
Film, VideoAmerican Folklife Center/Folk Alliance Lomax Challenge: The Roamies (Alexa James & Rory Partin) The Romies sing "Là-bas dans Carencro" as part of the Lomax Challenge. To mark the 100th birthday of influential folklorist and musician Alan Lomax (1915-2002), who collected songs from musicians like Muddy Waters, Lead Belly, Aunt Molly Jackson and Woody Guthrie, Folk Alliance International joined the American Folklife Center to create the Lomax Challenge. Folk Alliance members chose collected by Lomax from the collections…
Film, VideoAmerican Folklife Center/Folk Alliance Lomax Challenge: Tillamook Burn (Lauren Sheehan & Zoe Carpenter) Tallamook Burn sings "The House Carpenter" as part of the Lomax Challenge. To mark the 100th birthday of influential folklorist and musician Alan Lomax (1915-2002), who collected songs from musicians like Muddy Waters, Lead Belly, Aunt Molly Jackson and Woody Guthrie, Folk Alliance International joined the American Folklife Center to create the Lomax Challenge. Folk Alliance members chose collected by Lomax from the collections…
Film, VideoSharing Military Voices Archived at the American Folklife Center During this panel presentation, staff from the Library's Veterans History Project ("VHP") and StoryCorps' Military Voices Initiative will share collection materials and discuss the ways in which first person reflections and narratives help us understand the diverse experiences of active duty personnel and veterans alike. Hosted by the American Folklife Center - the archival home for VHP and StoryCorps - the event will offer…
Film, VideoLibrary Folklife Collections Orientation for the National Association of Black Storytellers Staff in the Library's American Folklife Center hosted an orientation of its collections for members of the National Association of Black Storytellers in Washington, D.C., for the group's annual membership conference.
Film, VideoAlan Jabbour, 1942-2017: His Legacy in Folklife & Traditional Music Betsy Peterson, Carl Fleishhauer, David Furchgott, Ken Perlman, Stephen Wade and Karen Jabbour pay tribute to the life of Alan Jabbour, American musician, folklorist and founding director of the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress.
CollectionCorridos: A Mexican Ballad Tradition About Outlaws & Heroes
Film, VideoFolklife Archives Challenge Concert 2017 A variety of Washington D.C.-area folk musicions perform material taken from the Lomax Collection and other collections of the American Folklife Center.
Film, VideoFolklife Archives Challenge Concert 2018 A variety of Washington D.C.-area folk musicions perform material taken from the collections of the American Folklife Center. The Center has been organizing these "Archive Challenges," at the annual Folk Alliance International conference. This year, artists Jaimeo Brown, Huda Asfour & Kamyar Arsani, Elena & Los Fulanos, and the Ship's Company Chanteymen performed works from the archives in a special showcase.