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Alan Lomax in Haiti

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In 1936, at the behest of writer Zora Neale Hurston, renowned ethnomusicologist Alan Lomax took a trip Haiti to document the music and rituals of everyday Haitians. Thanks to cutting edge technology, these rare recordings have been newly restored and released for the first time by a San Francisco record company in conjunction with the Library of Congress and the Lomax estate. We talk to the curator of the new boxed set as well as Alan Lomax’s daughter, Anna Lomax Wood.

Guests:

David Katznelson, president of San Francisco-based Birdman Records and Harte Recordings, a producer of the "Alan Lomax in Haiti" box set and former A&R vice president at Warner Bros. Records

Gage Averill, curator of the "Alan Lomax in Haiti" box set, dean of the University of Toronto, Mississauga, former chair of NYU's Department of Music and president-elect of the Society for Ethnomusicology

Anna Lomax Wood, daughter of Alan Lomax, executive director of the Association for Cultural Equity and a producer of the "Alan Lomax in Haiti" box set

Kimberly Green, president of the Green Family Foundation

Max Blanchet, vice chair of the Lambi Fund of Haiti, former president of the U.S. Board of Fonkoze and local Haitian-American activist

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