Alan Lomax and the Soundscapes of the Upper Midwest

The 75th anniversary of Library folklorist Alan Lomax's pioneering song collecting trip to the Upper Midwest in 1938.

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    “Across the Straits of Mackinac” Popular music in a Polish-American community, Posen, Michigan.
    • Date: 2024-06-25
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    “I went to Marquette: The Bellaires of Baraga” French-American singing in Baraga, Michigan.
    • Date: 2014-02-14
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    Lost on Lake Michigan Irish-American song composition on Beaver Island, Michigan.
    • Date: 2013-11-15
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    The Beaver Island Boys Beaver Island, Michigan, fiddling and bawdy songs.
    • Date: 2013-11-01
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    Michigan-I-O Songs of the Great Lakes sailors performed in Traverse City, MI.
    • Date: 2013-10-21
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    Songs and Tales of the Michigan Lumberjacks Lumbermen and Shantymen from northern Michigan perform their repertoires.
    • Date: 2013-10-15
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    In the Shadow of the Chrysler Plant Serbian-Americans perform traditional music in modern Detroit, 1938.
    • Date: 2013-10-07
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    Mrs. Maté of Delray A Hungarian-American singer performs “The Fisherboy’s Sweetheart” in Delray, a Detroit neighborhood.
    • Date: 2013-09-30