Lead Belly, Alan Lomax and the Relevance of a Renewed Interest in American Vernacular Music
Posted by: Stephen Winick
The following is a guest blog post by Dom Flemons, a musician and singer who currently tours and records as “The American Songster.” Dom was one of the founders of the Carolina Chocolate Drops, with whom he has played at the Library of Congress’s Coolidge Auditorium, and with whom he won a GRAMMY Award. Dom …
Posted in: AFC History, African Americans, Alan Lomax, Civil Rights, Lead Belly (Huddie Ledbetter), Pete Seeger