the of mirror eye

* Vera Ward Hall: Trouble So Hard (2.5 mb)
* Kelly Pace and Group: Rock Island Line (1.5 mb)
* Georgia Turner: The House Of The Rising Sun (Rising Sun Blues) (1.5 mb)
* Leadbelly: Irene Goodnight (Goodnight Irene) (4.5 mb)
From Alan Lomax: Popular Songbook : Rounder Records : CDROUN1863

As far as Musicologists go, Alan Lomax can be considered to be one of the most important. His work, spanning an incredible 60 years, exposed the rest of the world to the incredible traditional musics being created in rural/down home America.

Few figures deserve greater credit for the preservation of America’s folk music traditions than Alan Lomax. Scouring the backroads, honky tonks and work camps of the Deep South, he unearthed a treasure trove of songs and singers, documenting the music of the common man for future generations to discover; through Lomax’s pioneering efforts, cultural traditions ranging from the Delta blues to Appalachian folk to field hollers continue to live on, with his invaluable recordings offering a compelling portrait of times and cultures otherwise long gone.(All Music Guide)

These songs were collected as an example of just how deep the Lomax influence went. Despite his penchant for the traditional musics, the songs by the original artists were so incredible that they went on to enter the popular lexicon.

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