Browsing: Alan Lomax

Over the decades, the story of friendship and collaboration between musicologist John Lomax and folk/blues singer-songwriter Lead Belly has reached mythical proportions…

“I think that my time is just the right time,” explains singer/songwriter Valerie June, who released her debut national album “Pushin’ Against A Stone”

This is the grand return of our weekly series, The Language of the Blues, exploring the meaning and significance of unique words used in the blues!

In this documentary filmed in the infamous Angola Prison, deep in the bayou, blueswoman Rita Chiarelli discovers the sad defiance that defines the Blues in prison inmates.

This week’s “Language” article explores one of the most (in)famous blues terms, the BACK DOOR MAN!

Como to celebrate ‘Hill Country Blues’ Feb. 3 as the Alan Lomax Collection gives the small town a piece of it’s own musical heritage — recordings made by the famed musicologist decades ago.

The famed musicologist who made thousands of field recordings, discovering artists such from Muddy Waters to Woodie Guthrie, will finally have a vast amount of his collection freely available in digital format.

The House of the Rising Sun may evoke memories of The Animals, but the song has a hidden & shockingly broad history, spanning every folk-inspired corner of the U.S. & dating back nearly 100 years.

This time in our Behind The Keys series, we’ll take a look at the life of Memphis Slim. Slim brought his unique blues piano to the masses and helped to pioneer the popular sound of the blues in it’s 1950’s heyday.

Today marks the tenth anniversary of the O Brother, Where Art Thou? soundtrack. Both the soundtrack and the movie are loaded with fascinating links back to the blues.