A conversation with Nathan Salsburg, the curator for the Alan Lomax collection at the Association for Cultural Equity. As most people know, Lomax devoted his life to collecting the songs and sounds of people from around the world, starting in the 1930s. 2015 was the centenary of his birth. Although he was born in Texas, Lomax came to school at Choate in Connecticut before attending college and then embarking his travels around the United States and the world.

The segment starts and ends with several of Alan Lomax's recordings:

Before:

Unidentified Women--Flirtation (Bessie Jones: Diamond Joe Jones, vocal. At Lomax’s apartment, Greenwich Village, New York City. October 6, 1961)

Duke of Iron and group--Calypso Invasion (Duke of Iron and group: Calypso Invasion Duke of Iron (Cecil Anderson), vocal and cuatro, with Gerald Clark and His Invaders: Clark, leader and guitar; Victor Pacheco, fiddle; Gregory Felix, clarinet; Albert Morris, piano; “Hi” Clark, double bass)

Steven Wright--Hambone (Steven Wright: Hambone* Wright, vocal and body percussion. Harlem, New York City. 1950)

Bessie Jones--Diamond Joe Jones (At Lomax’s apartment, Greenwich Village, New York City. October 6, 1961)

Belton Sutherland--Blues #2 (At the home of Clyde Maxwell, near Canton, Madison Co., Mississippi. September 3, 1978)

Calvin Frazier and Sampson Pittman--This Old World's In A Tangle (Calvin Frazier, vocal and guitar; Pittman, guitar. Detroit, Michigan. October 15, 1938)

After:

Alice Gibbs--Jerusalem Cuckoo (Alice Gibbs: Jerusalem Cuckoo* Gibbs, lead vocal and (presumably) guitar, with unidentified chorus vocals. Sint Eustatius. 1967)

Cédar Place Children--My Gal's A Corker (Unidentified among the following: Jack Mearns, Kathleen Mearns, Pat Cushnie, Jennifer Cushnie, Jim Hunter, Willie Hunter, Norma Watt, Tom Watt, Arthur Ronald, Christopher Ronald, and/or Gwen Ronald, vocals. Scotland)

Waulking group--Mo nighean donn a? Co?rnaig (Mrs. Peter MacCormick, Archie MacDonald, Fanny MacIsaac, Mrs. A.J. MacLellan, Catriona A. MacMillan, Effie Monk, Penny Morrison, and Kate Nicholson, vocals. At the Benbecula airport, Balivanich, Benbecula, Scotland)