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The Folklore and Folksong of Trains in America, Part One

Posted by: Stephanie Hall

Part two of this article is available at this link. Part One:  The Development of the Railroads The advent of railroads in the United States is part of the country’s coming-of-age story as an industrial power during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Because of this, trains and people associated with the developing railways became …

Posted in: Alan Lomax, Austin Fife, Charles Lafayette Todd, Charles Lafayette Todd and Robert Sonkin, Cowboys, Folksong, John Lomax, Legends, Old Time Music, Robert Sonkin, Ruby Terrill Lomax, Zora Neale Hurston

A man playing a guitar and singing to a close crowd of a dozen or so men and women

The Battle of New Orleans Bicentennial

Posted by: Stephen Winick

When I woke up this morning, my Facebook feed was full of pictures of people dressed in colorful uniforms that naval or military units wore 200 years ago.  Many of these pictures are of personal friends, who have made their way from the cold snowy north down to New Orleans and are now dressed up …

Posted in: Alan Jabbour, Alan Lomax, Charles Lafayette Todd and Robert Sonkin, England, Folk Music, Folksong, Louisiana