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Kentucky Miner's Wife, Part 1-2 (Ragged Hungry Blues) - Columbia 15731-D (1931) The Little Dove / Ten Thousand Miles - Library of Congress AAFS-7 (1942) The Songs and Stories of Aunt Molly Jackson, 1960 - Folkways FH-5457 (1961) Aunt Molly Jackson, Library of Congress Recordings, 1939 - Rounder 1002 (1971)
Social and cultural anthropology. v. t. e. Alan Lomax ( / ˈloʊmæks /; January 31, 1915 – July 19, 2002) was an American ethnomusicologist, best known for his numerous field recordings of folk music of the 20th century. He was a musician, folklorist, archivist, writer, scholar, political activist, oral historian, and film-maker.
folklorist. archivist. John Avery Lomax (September 23, 1867 – January 26, 1948) [ 1] was an American teacher, a pioneering musicologist, and a folklorist who did much for the preservation of American folk music. He was the father of Alan Lomax, John Lomax Jr. and Bess Lomax Hawes, also distinguished collectors of folk music.
Paul Hereford Oliver MBE (25 May 1927 – 15 August 2017) was an English architectural historian and writer on the blues and other forms of African-American music. [1] [2] He was equally distinguished in both fields, although it is likely that aficionados of one of his specialties were not aware of his expertise in the other. [3]
The Music of Kentucky is heavily centered on Appalachian folk music and its descendants, especially in eastern Kentucky. Bluegrass music is of particular regional importance; Bill Monroe, "the father of bluegrass music", was born in the Ohio County community of Rosine, and he named his band, the Blue Grass Boys, after the bluegrass state, i.e., Kentucky.
The Public Library of Kentucky was opened to the public on April 27, 1872, inside the Central Market building in downtown Louisville, Kentucky, United States. The library consisted of thousands of volumes of books, an art gallery and a museum. It was the dream of its founders to build a museum inside the library that would rival the British ...
In 1809 the state library was established. The Secretary of State of Kentucky acted as librarian, and it was their duty to collect materials related to legislation. The library was used by the legislature and other members of the government. The entire collection, which was located in the State Capitol burned in a fire in November 1824.
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