In the 1950’s, Alan Lomax travelled througout Europe and made his home in London. There he assisted and had an important role in a “Folk revival” parallel to the one happening in the United States. Many young English of this time were deeply moved and influenced by American Folk Music, through concert performances, radio and [...]
Archive for June, 2009
World Library of Folk and Primitive Music vol.3:England
Posted in England on June 30, 2009 | 1 Comment »
World Library of Folk and Primitive Music vol.2:French Africa
Posted in Africa on June 17, 2009 | 2 Comments »
For this second volume of the World Library, we make a tour of what was called “French west Africa” and also the island of Madagascar. These recordings were made in by french explorers and ethnomusicologists between 1931 and 1950. The territories visited included (in order of appearance on the disc) the Sahara desert, Upper Volta [...]
World Library of Folk and Primitive Music vol.1:Ireland
Posted in Ireland on June 4, 2009 | 4 Comments »
When Alan Lomax left the United States in 1948 he made his home in London, and started immediately to record and travel throughout England, Ireland and Scotland. In Ireland, Seamus Ennis, the famous singer and musician served him as a guide and translator for the Gaelic songs. Ennis was himself a field collector who already [...]
Introduction
Posted in Introduction on June 4, 2009 | 1 Comment »
PRESENTATION OF “THE WORLD’S JUKEBOX”
Dear readers (or should i say listeners) of this blog, I started “The World’s Jukebox” last year in parralel with my other blogs “Times ain’t like they used to be” and “The Old, Weird America” to present some tracks of ethnic and regional music from all around the world that i [...]
