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The Candidate’s a Dodger: An Electoral Folksong from Oral Tradition to Aaron Copland

Posted by: Stephen Winick

Note: this is the first in a series of posts about a classic item from the AFC archive, “The Dodger.” [See the first post here.] [See the second post here.][See the third post here.] Second note: we’ve also created a podcast version of these stories. Download our “Dodger” podcast here! As Election Day draws near, …

Posted in: Aaron Copland, Alan Lomax, Charles Lafayette Todd, Charles Seeger, Dodger, Folk Music, Folklorists, Folksong, John Lomax, Pete Seeger, Robert Sonkin, Sidney Robertson Cowell, U.S. Congress, Woody Guthrie

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

Lomax Challenge Videos Part 1

Posted by: Stephen Winick

Note: This post was co-written with AFC Folklife Specialist Jennifer Cutting. It is part of series of blog posts celebrating the centennial of Alan Lomax’s birth, and also part of another series celebrating the 40th anniversary of AFC!    Part Two of this series of posts is now available, featuring videos of contemporary artists performing French …

Posted in: AFC 40th Anniversary, AFC Events, AFC History, Alan Lomax, Archive Challenge, Folk Music, Folksong, John Lomax, Lead Belly (Huddie Ledbetter), Pete Seeger, Woody Guthrie