“The modern computer with all its various gadgets and wonderful electronic facilities now makes it possible to preserve and reinvigorate all the cultural richness of mankind,” he said in a 1991 interview with CBS. He began work on a “global jukebox” to store thousands of songs and dances, cross-referenced with anthropological data. You can learn more about this in our Cookie Policy and our Privacy Policy. Lomax envisioned this sort of database as computer technology progressed in the 1980s. LOMAX - SWING IT by lomax muzic Free Listening on SoundCloud With your consent, we would like to use cookies and similar technologies to enhance your experience with our service, for analytics, and for advertising purposes. The wide-ranging samples were digitized from hard copies at the Library of Congress and include 1978 field recordings from the Kullu culture in Himachal Pradesh, India harvest songs from 1954 Romania and a ballad to John Henry from Asheville, N.C., in 1941, recorded by Lomax. The website, organized by map and by culture, is free to use. 2012 Preview 1 Swing It 4:01 1 Song, 4 minutes 2012 Aaron L.The project, an interactive website, allows users to listen to and learn about more than 6,000 songs from 1,000 cultures - including many from Lomax’s personal collection. Lomax died in 2002, but the organization he founded, the Association for Cultural Equity (ACE), is hoping to further his research with the Global Jukebox, a new online database. The Association for Cultural Equity, a nonprofit organization founded by Lomax in the 1980s, has posted some 17,000 recordings. He also created systems to classify this music and explore the links between cultures. A huge treasure trove of songs and interviews recorded by the legendary folklorist Alan Lomax from the 1940s into the 1990s have been digitized and made available online for free listening. Stream Lomax - SWING IT by jenweb on desktop and mobile. Lomax - Swing It MrShaggerDJ 12.8K subscribers Subscribe 9.4K 1.8M views 9 years ago Mr. He spent decades in the field, recording heralded artists like Muddy Waters and Woody Guthrie, as well as far more obscure musicians, from the British Isles to Haiti. Stream Lomax - SWING IT by jenweb Listen online for free on SoundCloud. Alan Lomax made it his lifelong mission to archive and share traditional music from around the world.
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