print email comment close Southern Mosaic: The John and Ruby Lomax 1939 Southern States Recording Trip URL: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/lohtml/ Description: Searchable site documenting a recording expedition by Archive of American Folk Song curator John Lomax and his wife. Nearly 700 of the songs they recorded are available in MP3 format, browsable by subject, title, and performer, representing "ballads, blues, children's songs, cowboy songs, fiddle tunes, field hollers, lullabies, play-party songs, religious dramas, spirituals, and work songs." Includes biographical essays on John and Ruby Lomax, a map of the region, fieldnotes, a bibliography, and discography. From the American Memory Project, Library of Congress. Publisher: Library of Congress Extra Keywords notablefolklorists Library of Congress Subject Headings: Ethnomusicologists Field recordings Folk songs -- Southern States Lomax, John Avery, 1867-1948 Lomax, Ruby T. (Ruby Terrill) People LII Database Information: Record 9213 created by Tom McGibney on 06/01/2001 Last modification on 10/02/2004 Published: 06/01/2001   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/9213