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Thread #142420 Message #3282890
Posted By: SteveMansfield
01-Jan-12 - 07:18 AM
Thread Name: Review: Best Book on Folk this year?
Subject: RE: Review: Best Book on Folk this year?
Came out in paperback this year, does that count?
John Szwed's 'The Man Who Recorded the World: A Biography of Alan Lomax'.
Fascinating and well-researched account of Lomax's life and recordings: a really interesting counterpoint to Shirley Collins' 'America Across The Water' of a few years ago. So good that I persevered with it despite the tiny tiny font in the paperback edition!