Alan Lomax

Alan Lomax, with his father John A. Lomax, created the
Archive of American Folk Song at the Library of Congress
and published many anthologies, including American Ballads
and Folk Songs and The Folk Songs of North America. Lomax
produced the first albums of American folk song in 1939 and
has edited more than a hundred recordings from all parts of
the world. He received the National Medal of Arts in 1986.
Lawrence Gushee is Professor Emeritus at the School of
Music, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.