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Alan Lomax and the Soundscapes of the Upper Midwest

Author: Library of Congress

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The 75th anniversary of Library folklorist Alan Lomax's pioneering song collecting trip to the Upper Midwest in 1938.
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Popular music in a Polish-American community, Posen, Michigan.
French-American singing in Baraga, Michigan.
Lost on Lake Michigan

Lost on Lake Michigan

2013-11-1505:39

Irish-American song composition on Beaver Island, Michigan.
The Beaver Island Boys

The Beaver Island Boys

2013-11-0106:25

Beaver Island, Michigan, fiddling and bawdy songs.
Michigan-I-O

Michigan-I-O

2013-10-2105:36

Songs of the Great Lakes sailors performed in Traverse City, MI.
Lumbermen and Shantymen from northern Michigan perform their repertoires.
Serbian-Americans perform traditional music in modern Detroit, 1938.
Mrs. Maté of Delray

Mrs. Maté of Delray

2013-09-3005:30

A Hungarian-American singer performs “The Fisherboy’s Sweetheart” in Delray, a Detroit neighborhood.