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Film, Video American Folklife Center/Folk Alliance Lomax Challenge: Chris Lee Becker

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Title

  • American Folklife Center/Folk Alliance Lomax Challenge: Chris Lee Becker

Summary

  • 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 chose collected by Lomax from the collections of the center and performed their versions on the Alan Lomax Centennial Stage at Folk Alliance's conference in Kansas City.

Names

  • Library of Congress
  • American Folklife Center, sponsoring body

Created / Published

  • Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 2015-02-21.

Headings

  • -  Chris Lee Becker, Alan Lomax, folklife, folk music, American Folklife Center
  • -  Culture, Performing Arts

Notes

  • -  Classification: Music and Books on Music.
  • -  Chris Lee Becker.
  • -  Recorded on 2015-02-21.
  • -  Kids, Families.
  • -  Librarians, Archivists.
  • -  Teachers.

Medium

  • 1 online resource

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021689661

Online Format

  • video
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Library Of Congress, and Sponsoring Body American Folklife Center. American Folklife Center/Folk Alliance Lomax Challenge: Chris Lee Becker. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -02-21, 2015. Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021689661/.

APA citation style:

Library Of Congress & American Folklife Center, S. B. (2015) American Folklife Center/Folk Alliance Lomax Challenge: Chris Lee Becker. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -02-21. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021689661/.

MLA citation style:

Library Of Congress, and Sponsoring Body American Folklife Center. American Folklife Center/Folk Alliance Lomax Challenge: Chris Lee Becker. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -02-21, 2015. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021689661/>.