Alan Lomax and the Soundscapes of the Upper Midwest: 75th anniversary of the Library of Congress Folk-Song Expedition to Michigan

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

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Lost on Lake Michigan

Irish-American song composition on Beaver Island, Michigan

11-15
05:39

The Beaver Island Boys

Beaver Island, Michigan, fiddling and bawdy songs.

11-01
06:25

Michigan-I-O

Songs of the Great Lakes sailors performed in Traverse City, MI.

10-21
05:36

Songs and Tales of the Michigan Lumberjacks

Lumbermen and Shantymen from northern Michigan perform their repertoires.

10-15
06:10

In the Shadow of the Chrysler Plant

Serbian-Americans perform traditional music in modern Detroit, 1938.

10-07
05:30

Mrs. Maté of Delray

A Hungarian-American singer performs "The Fisherboy's Sweetheart" in Delray, a Detroit neighborhood

09-30
05:30

I went to Marquette: The Bellaires of Baraga

French-American singing in Baraga, Michigan.

02-14
04:58

Across the Straits of Mackinac

Popular music in a Polish-American community, Posen, Michigan.

02-07
04:58
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