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Traditional Scottish Folk Song (Clip 1 of 4)

Meet Hugh Sinclair, who sings a song about returning to Barra from Glasgow after 30 years.

Jose Iranzo Sings a Spanish Folk Song (Clip 2 of 4)

Fifty years after Alan Lomax originally recorded him singing, Jose Iranzo sings a Northern Spanish folk song for filmmaker Rogier Kappers.

Manuela Hears Lomax's Recording (Clip 3 of 4)

Manuela Lema Santso from Galicia, Spain, hears Alan Lomax's recording of her and her sisters singing a Spanish folk song.

Friends and Family Reminisce about Lomax (Clip 4 of 4)

Alan Lomax's friends and family reminisce about Lomax the man, and the necessity of his work in preserving traditional music.

  • Updated on February 4, 2010

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Lomax the Songhunter (90 min.)

Broadcast Date: August 22, 2006

Trailer: Link

Filmmaker: Rogier Kappers Bio | Interview | Statement

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Rogier Kappers
Rogier Kappers

Lomax is my hero, a Robin Hood-like figure who stood up for the music of poor people and passed it on to the world through radio programs and LPs.”

— Rogier Kappers, Filmmaker

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Critical Acclaim

Mr. Kappers, in an inspired stroke, travels to places Mr. Lomax visited during a long career of collecting the world's folk music on tape. He finds some of the people Mr. Lomax captured and plays the old recordings for them. Watching their faces light up is beautiful.”

&mdash Neil Genzlinger, The New York Times