"For the first time, everything that we've digitized of Alan's field recording trips are online, on our Web site. It's every take, all the way through. False takes, interviews, music."
"He believed that all cultures should be looked at on an even playing field. Not that they're all alike. But they should be given the same dignity, or they had the same dignity and worth as any other."
The Association for Cultural Equity, founded by legendary folklorist Alan Lomax in the 1980s, has digitized and released approximately 20,000 recordings spanning from the 1940s to 1990s. This comprehensive archive includes all field recordings, false takes, interviews, and music from Lomax's research across multiple regions and cultures. Lomax's work extended beyond the Deep South to encompass other American areas, the Caribbean, Europe, and Asia. His philosophy emphasized examining all cultures on equal footing, granting each the same dignity and worth regardless of differences. The archive is searchable by artist, date, genre, country, and other categories, featuring recordings from notable musicians including Woody Guthrie, Jelly Roll Morton, Lead Belly, and Mississippi Fred McDowell.
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