Folklore in the 21st Century

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Listen Thursday, Jan. 19, 2006 at 12:32 p.m. in Arts & Culture, Politics

Alan Lomax was the song collector, musical anthropologist, and cultural activist who introduced the world to the likes of Muddy Waters, Woody Guthrie, and Jelly Roll Morton. Join Kojo as he explores Lomax's legacy preserving the global cultural jukebox.

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Guests

Michael Taft

Head of the Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress

Nick Spitzer

Creator and Host, "American Routes"; Professor of folklore and cultural conservation at the University of New Orleans

John Szwed

Professor of Anthropology and African American Studies, Yale University; Professor of Jazz Studies at Columbia University

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