The 75th anniversary of Library folklorist Alan Lomax's pioneering song collecting trip to the Upper Midwest in 1938.
Latest episodes
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5 min
“Across the Straits of Mackinac”
Popular music in a Polish-American community, Posen, Michigan.
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5 min
“I went to Marquette: The Bellaires of Baraga”
French-American singing in Baraga, Michigan.
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6 min
Lost on Lake Michigan
Irish-American song composition on Beaver Island, Michigan.
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Lost on Lake Michigan
Irish-American song composition on Beaver Island, Michigan
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6 min
The Beaver Island Boys
Beaver Island, Michigan, fiddling and bawdy songs.
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The Beaver Island Boys
Beaver Island, Michigan, fiddling and bawdy songs.
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6 min
Michigan-I-O
Songs of the Great Lakes sailors performed in Traverse City, MI.
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Michigan-I-O
Songs of the Great Lakes sailors performed in Traverse City, MI.
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6 min
Songs and Tales of the Michigan Lumberjacks
Lumbermen and Shantymen from northern Michigan perform their repertoires.
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Songs and Tales of the Michigan Lumberjacks
Lumbermen and Shantymen from northern Michigan perform their repertoires.
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6 min
In the Shadow of the Chrysler Plant
Serbian-Americans perform traditional music in modern Detroit, 1938.
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In the Shadow of the Chrysler Plant
Serbian-Americans perform traditional music in modern Detroit, 1938.
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6 min
Mrs. Maté of Delray
A Hungarian-American singer performs “The Fisherboy’s Sweetheart” in Delray, a Detroit neighborhood.
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Mrs. Maté of Delray
A Hungarian-American singer performs "The Fisherboy's Sweetheart" in Delray, a Detroit neighborhood
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I went to Marquette: The Bellaires of Baraga
French-American singing in Baraga, Michigan.
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4 sec ↗
Across the Straits of Mackinac
Popular music in a Polish-American community, Posen, Michigan.