The Southern Journey of Alan Lomax

Name: The Southern Journey of Alan Lomax
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ISBN: 9780393081077

Words, Photographs, and Music

Tom Piazza, Alan Lomax, William Ferris

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English

WW Norton & Co
02 January 2013

Folk & traditional music

More than fifty years ago, on a trip dubbed ""the Southern Journey,"" Alan Lomax visited Virginia, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Kentucky, and Tennessee, uncovering the little-known southern backcountry and blues music that we now consider uniquely American. Lomax's camera was a constant companion, and his images of both legendary and anonymous folk musicians complement his famous field recordings.

These photographs-largely unpublished-show musicians making music with family and friends at home, with fellow worshippers at church, and alongside workers and prisoners in the fields. Discussions of Lomax's life and career by his disciple and lauded folklorist William Ferris, and a lyrical look at Lomax's photographs by novelist and Grammy Award-winning music writer Tom Piazza, enrich this valuable collection.

By: Tom Piazza
Photographs by: Alan Lomax
Introduction by: William Ferris
Imprint: WW Norton & Co
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 244mm, Width: 193mm, Spine: 23mm
Weight: 714g
ISBN: 9780393081077
ISBN 10: 0393081079
Pages: 136
Publication Date: 02 January 2013
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Tom Piazza’s books include the nonfiction bestseller Why New Orleans Matters and the novels The Auburn Conference and A Free State. He is a four-time winner of the ASCAP Deems Taylor Award for Music Writing. He lives in New Orleans. Alan Lomax (1915–2002) was one of the great ethnomusicologists and field collectors of folk music of the twentieth century, recording thousands of songs throughout the United States and Europe.