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Alan Lomax Archive Celebrates the Folklorist's Centennial With 6-LP Box Set
By: Sally Henry Fuller Jan. 31, 2015
The widely respected folklorist, musicologist, writer, and producer Alan Lomax spent over six decades recording thousands of hours of performances by musicians across the globe, on a mission to preserve and promote traditional culture. On January 31st, the Association for Cultural Equity celebrates Lomax's 100th birthday on PledgeMusic with a centennial tribute: a 100 song 6-LP set AND a series of fan-curated 7" singles, giving fans the unique opportunity to be involved in the music production process on the direct-to-fan platform.
Not only will those who pre-order through PledgeMusic get behind-the-scenes access to the production of the box set, they will get the opportunity to vote on which songs are included in the 7" series. Fans will also get access to rare exclusives including a 78-rpm record from Lomax's own collection, a copy of the Grammy-winning set of Lomax's 1938 Library of Congress recordings with Jelly Roll Morton, and the exclusive Alan Lomax Centennial T-shirt. For more information, head to the Alan Lomax PledgeMusic page here http://www.pledgemusic.com/alanlomax
"It's no easy feat to select 100 songs from a collection as vast and as deep as that compiled by Alan Lomax in his lifetime, but it wouldn't be such a collection if Alan had been satisfied by easy feats! We're thrilled to be collaborating with PledgeMusic on our effort to pay ample tribute to Lomax's legacy in his centennial year," said Nathan Salsburg from The Association of Cultural Equity.
All funds raised after production costs will go to the Association for Cultural Equity, the non-profit research and advocacy center founded by Lomax in 1983. ACE continues to preserve and promote Lomax's life's work and actively seeks local partners to repatriate his collections to the communities in which they were created.
PledgeMusic is the world's leading online, direct-to-fan music community, offering artists a unique way to engage their fans in the music making experience while interacting with PledgeMusic's global community of music fans.
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