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April 4, 2003
Another Alan Lomax Special: The fifth in a series of radio genuflections | ||
| Artist | Selection | Album (Label / Recording date) |
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Theme Music: Sarah Webster Fabio |
Jujus: Alchemy of the Blues |
Jujus: Alchemy of the Blues
(Folkways 1976) |
| ECD | In Tempo |
Major Force: The Original Art-Form
(Mo Wax 1990) |
| Super Sounds |
Isalwa Kuchelwa (Listen: Real) |
Viva Zimbabwe!
(Carthage 1983) |
| King Onyina | Destiny of Africa |
![]() King Onyina's Guitar Highlife (PAM early 1960s) |
| Lijadu Sisters | Orere Elejigbo |
Nigeria 70
(Strut 1979) |
| Louis Moholo's Vivia-La-Black | Woza |
Louis Moholo's Vivia-La-Black
(Ogun 1988) |
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Talkover Music: Alice Coltrane |
Ptah, the El Daoud |
Ptah, the El Daoud
(Impulse! 1970) |
![]() Marilyn Crispell |
Burundi |
Live in Berlin
(Black Saint 1982) |
| New York Contemporary 5 |
Like a Blessed Baby Lamb (Listen: Real) |
Bill Dixon / Archie Shepp
(Savoy 1964) |
| Marc Ribot | Hoist the Bloody Icon High |
Shrek
(Avant 1994) |
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Talkover Music: Eddie Lang |
Jet Black Blues |
A Handful of Riffs
(ASV 1929) |
| Ioana Bud |
Semnal de Primavara (Listen: Real) |
World Library of Folk and Primitive Music: Romania
(Rounder 1955) |
![]() Alan Lomax |
Selections from CD sampler |
![]() CD sampler accompanying the book Alan Lomax: Selected Writings 1934-1997 (Routledge 2003) |
| Willie "61" Blackwell |
Four O'Clock Flower Blues (Listen: Real) |
The Land Where the Blues Began
(Rounder 1942) |
| Turner Junior Johnson | When I Lay My Burden Down |
![]() The Land Where the Blues Began (Rounder 1942) |
| J.H. Terrell | Missionary Sermon |
The Land Where the Blues Began
(Rounder 1942) |
| Reverend C.H. Savage and group |
Rock, Daniel (Listen: Real) |
The Land Where the Blues Began
(Rounder 1941) |
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Congregation of the Church of God in Christ, Clarksdake, Mississippi |
I'm a Soldier in the Army of the Lord |
The Land Where the Blues Began
(Rounder 1942) |
| M.C. Orr | The Precher and the Bear |
The Land Where the Blues Began
(Rounder 1942) |
| Reverend Ribbins | Hell Is a Place |
The Land Where the Blues Began
(Rounder 1941) |
| Frederick McQueen & group |
Sand Gone in My Cuckoo-Eye (Listen: Real) |
Bahamas 1935: Ring Games and Round Dances (Rounder 1935) |
| Nassau string band | Bimini Gal |
![]() Bahamas 1935: Ring Games and Round Dances (Rounder 1935) |
| Unknown | Oh, Baby, Lick It Up |
Bahamas 1935: Ring Games and Round Dances (Rounder 1935) |
| Merritt Boddie |
Quadrille (Listen: Real) |
Caribbean Voyage: Nevis & St. Kitts
(Rounder 1962) |
| Unidentified | Good Morning |
Caribbean Voyage: Nevis & St. Kitts
(Rounder 1962) |
| Walter Roberts | Do, My Jolly Boy |
![]() Caribbean Voyage: Nevis & St. Kitts (Rounder 1962) |
| Reginald Syder | Feeny Brown |
Caribbean Voyage: Nevis & St. Kitts
(Rounder 1962) |
| Samuel Hanley | Streets of Laredo |
Caribbean Voyage: Nevis & St. Kitts
(Rounder 1962) |
| Domitila Parra & group |
Te Quiero (Listen: Real) |
The Spanish Recordings: Extremadura
(Rounder 1952) |
| Eight women with panderos | Ahi la Tiense Delante |
![]() The Spanish Recordings: Extremadura (Rounder 1952) |
| Manuel García Matos | Pindongos |
The Spanish Recordings: Extremadura
(Rounder 1952) |
| Lucia Rizzo & Lucia de Pascalis |
Amore, Amore, Ce M'Hai Fattu Fare (Listen: Real) |
Italian Treasury: Puglia: The Salento
(Rounder 1954) |
| Unidentified female chorus | Fimmene Fimmene Ci Sciata Allu Tabaccu |
Italian Treasury: Puglia: The Salento
(Rounder 1954) |
| Lucia de Santis and others | La Carrozza è Già Arrivata |
![]() Italian Treasury: Puglia: The Salento (Rounder 1954) |
| Male chorus | Stamattina Mi Son Alzata |
Italian Treasury: Liguria: Baiardo and Imperia
(Rounder 1954) |
| Unidentified male chorus | La Partenza |
CD sampler accompanying the book Alan Lomax: Selected Writings 1934-1997
(Routledge 1954) |
| Jimmy Macbeath |
Hey Barra Gadgie (Listen: Real) |
Two Gentlemen of the Road
(Rounder 1953) |
| Davie Stewart | They Put a Different Turns in Their Tunes/Diddling |
![]() Two Gentlemen of the Road (Rounder 1957) |
| Jimmy Macbeath | The Barnyards of Delgaty |
Two Gentlemen of the Road
(Rounder ) |
| Spencer Moore |
The Girl I Left Behind (Listen: Real) |
Southern Journey, Volume 2: Ballads and Breakdowns (Rounder 1959) |
| David "Honeyboy" Edwards | Wind Howling Blues |
The Land Where the Blues Began
(Rounder 1942) |
| Belleville A Cappella Choir | Honor the Lamb |
Southern Journey, Volume 11: Honor the Lamb (Rounder 1960) |
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Closing Theme: John Lee Hooker |
Stand By |
I Feel Good
(Jewel 1971) |
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