Alan Lomax, American historian, scholar, and activist (born 1915)

Alan Lomax

American musicologist (1915–2002)

Alan Lomax was an American ethnomusicologist, best known for his numerous field recordings of folk music during the 20th century. He was a musician, folklorist, archivist, writer, scholar, political activist, oral historian, and filmmaker. Lomax produced recordings, concerts,…