Podcast appearances and mentions of John A Lomax

A survey of work songs from around the world, recorded by Alan and John A. Lomax. We narrow the definition of work song to mean specifically those sung to assist in or accompany actual jobs of work. Visit our brand new work song exhibit here. Playlist (links to catalog records in the Lomax Digital Archive when available):1a Alla Boara 1b A Mezzononte en Punto 2 Walter Brown on Privileged Penitentiary https://archive.culturalequity.org/film-and-video/american-patchwork/greenville-levee-19783 Levee Camp Hollers https://archive.culturalequity.org/field-work/mississippi-delta-survey-1941-1942/lake-cormorant-941/levee-camp-hollers4a Track Lining Song and Talk https://archive.culturalequity.org/node/16894b Dogging Steel https://archive.culturalequity.org/field-work/southern-us-1959-and-1960/williamson-959/dogging-steel-part-14c Sis Joe https://archive.culturalequity.org/field-work/mississippi-1933-1940/parchman-farm-833/sis-joe5 Houston Bacon Sinking and Joining Iron https://archive.culturalequity.org/field-work/mississippi-delta-survey-1941-1942/clarksdale-842/sinking-rails-and-joining-iron6a Di Yo Pa Hele https://archive.culturalequity.org/field-work/caribbean-1962/la-plaine-ii-662/di-yo-pa-hele-pou-nou6b Naje Kanot-la https://archive.culturalequity.org/field-work/caribbean-1962/scotts-head-662/naje-kanot-la7a Dekouwe bwa-la https://archive.culturalequity.org/field-work/caribbean-1962/la-plaine-ii-662/dekouwe-bwa-la7b Clyde Maxwell wood chopping https://archive.culturalequity.org/film-and-video/american-patchwork/clyde-maxwells-wood-chopping-holler-1-19787c John Bray Cypress Logging 8 Winnowing songshttps://archive.culturalequity.org/field-work/morocco-1967/tazzarine-967/winnowing-song-i & https://archive.culturalequity.org/field-work/morocco-1967/tazzarine-967/winnowing-song-ii 8b Shouts on the threshing floor https://archive.culturalequity.org/field-work/morocco-1967/tazzarine-967/shouts-threshing-floor8c Unidentified Threshing Songhttps://archive.culturalequity.org/field-work/spain-1952-1953/valldemossa-752/unidentified-threshing-song-i9a I Like Picking Olives https://archive.culturalequity.org/field-work/spain-1952-1953/valldemossa-752/magrada-collir-oliva9b Bentara Noa https://archive.culturalequity.org/field-work/spain-1952-1953/uitzi-1252/bentara-noa9c Larre Berrian https://archive.culturalequity.org/field-work/spain-1952-1953/uitzi-1252/larre-berrian-i10a Warning Cry https://archive.culturalequity.org/field-work/spain-1952-1953/alan-lomax-inspecting-recording-machine-marble-quarry11b O's Toils https://archive.culturalequity.org/field-work/scotland-1951-1958/garrygall-851/o-s-toil-s-ro-thoil-liom-i-i-very-much-desire12a O's Fhada https://archive.culturalequity.org/field-work/scotland-1951-1958/garrygall-651/o-s-fhada-bhuainn-anna-far-away-us-anna12b Oganach https://archive.culturalequity.org/field-work/scotland-1951-1958/balivanich-651/oganach-gun-toir-na-dheaghaidh-young-man-whom-no-one-012c An Cuala https://archive.culturalequity.org/field-work/scotland-1951-1958/balivanich-651/cuala-sibh-man-mhaighdean-cheutach-have-you-heard

Between 1933 and 1946, John A. Lomax made some 80 hours of recordings in the state of Texas, his home state. (John was born in Mississippi in 1867, but his family moved to rural Bosque County, Texas, near Waco, just after his second birthday.) It's a massive amount of material, reflecting an extraordinary diversity of vernacular traditions, and featuring the first and last recordings that John made. We've labored for quite a few years to secure the funding to digitize, catalog, and make available the collection in its entirety, but have to date come up short. In 2020 our colleagues at the Library of Congress' American Folklife Center kindly provided us with the transfers they'd done some years earlier of the ten hours of Texas recordings that John and his second wife Ruby Terrill Lomax (“Miss Terrill,” as he always called her) made in the spring of 1939—our idea being that this discrete collection could function as a representative sample of all the Lomax Texas material while we continue our efforts to digitally preserve and make the entirety available. With the support of the National Endowment for the Arts, we digitally cataloged all of the ‘39 recordings and prepared the catalog for inclusion in the Lomax Digital Archive, where they are now available for your exploration and enjoyment (here). 1. Charles Eckhardt, Otis Evans, and Clinton Saathoff: The Fox and the Hounds (Pipe Creek, Bandera County, May 4, 1939)2. Gonzalo and Cleofe Lopez: La vida de los arrieros (The life of the muleteers) (The home of Gonzalo Lopez, Sugarland, Fort Bend County, April 23, 1939)3. Lake Porter: Black Jack Grove (The home of Lake Porter, Falfurrias, Brooks County, April 29, 1939)4. Elmo Newcomer: Glory to the Meetinghouse (Mabel) (The home of Elmo Newcomer, Pipe Creek, Bandera County, May 3, 1939)5. Shirley Duggan Lomax: Crows in the Garden (Calloway Ranch, the home of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Calloway, Comanche, Comanche County, May 7, 1939)6. Sylvester Jones (Texas Stavin' Chain) and Wallace Chains: My Mother Keeps On Praying for Me (Camp #4, Ramsey State Farm, Otey, Brazoria County, April 23, 1939)7. Smith Casey: Shorty George (Dormitory, Clemens State Farm, Brazoria, Brazoria County, April 16, 1939)8. Hattie Ellis w/ Cowboy Jack Ramsey: Desert Blues (Goree State Farm For Women, Huntsville, Walker County, May 14, 1939)9. Francisco Leal & Agapito Salinas: La Potranquita (The Little Filly) (At the home of Rev. William A. Moye and his wife Carmen Taffinder Moye, Kingsville, May 2, 1939)10. E.A. Briggs: Sam Sherman's Barroom (The home of Beal D. Taylor, Medina, Bandera County, May 5, 1939)11. Frank Goodwyn: Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie (Falfurrias, Brooks County, April 29, 1939)12. Manuela Longoria: Love Song (El Sentimiento) (The home of Manuela Longoria, Brownsville, Cameron County, April 24, 1939)Bed music:Ace Johnson and L.W. Gooden: Mama Don't Allow (Dormitory, Clemens State Farm, Brazoria, Brazoria County)Clinton Saathoff and J. Otis Evans: Eeph Caught A Rabbit, (Pipe Creek, Bandera County) 2635B2Smith Casey: Grey Horse Blues (Dormitory, Clemens State Farm, Brazoria, Brazoria County) 2597B2

(Scroll down for playlist and links to resources mentioned.)This episode provides an introduction to the singers and sites visited by John A. Lomax in the Palmetto State between 1934 and 1940, on the occasion of...:The American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress, the Association for Cultural Equity, and the Charles Joyner Institute for Gullah and AfricanStudies at Coastal Carolina University are pleased to announce that theentirety of John A. Lomax's historic South Carolina recordings—made between 1934 and 1940 under the aegis of the Library of Congress' Archive of Folk Song—are now freely available online via the Lomax Digital Archive. [Access the collection here.] This collaboratively produced catalog provides free access to more than 12 hours of historic audio, accompanied by extensive descriptive metadata, documenting a diversity of Black and white folk and vernacular music in the Palmetto State: spirituals, hymns, blues, lullabies, ballads, children's game songs, work songs, as well as stories and personal narratives.  John A. Lomax made several trips to South Carolina as a guest of folkloristGenevieve W. Chandler in coastal Murrells Inlet, who introduced him to some of the renowned singers in the Gullah community there: among them Zackie Knox, Lillie Knox, and "Mom" Hagar Brown. Also representing Gullah traditions of the region in these recordings are Caesar Roper and the Wadmalaw Island singers who participated in Rosa Warren Wilson's "Plantation Echoes" program, which Lomax recorded in Columbia in 1937. White singers also contributed to the sessions at Chandler's home with children's songs, contemporary hillbilly numbers, and ballads. Lomax recorded incarcerated men and women—at the Reid Farm in rural Kershaw County; at the state penitentiary in Columbia; and in a "convict camp" in Anderson County—singing group work songs, sacred pieces, and the occasional blues. Two WPA ditch-digging crews appear in these recordings, one from the Murrells Inlet area and the other from Clemson; this latter group Lomax recorded at the home of South Carolina journalist and memoirist Ben Robertson. Only a fraction of these recordings have ever been published or otherwise made available publicly.(The Murrells Inlet and Wadmalaw Island material was processed with the support of a National Historic Publications and Records Commission grant with Coastal Carolina University.)Playlist (links to catalog records in the Lomax Digital Archive):*Zackie Knox: When I'm Gone, Gone, Gone*Lillie Knox: I Know My Time Ain't Long*Hagar Brown: Stay In the Field*Jonesie Mack, James Mack and Nick Robison: Corrine, Corrina*Capitol City Laundry Quartet: Ezekiel Saw the Wheel*Minnie Floyd: Time Enough Yet*Mike Maybank and group: See John the Writer*Cleve "Dynamite" Wright & Slick Owens: Ain't No Heaven On the County Road*D.W. White & People's Burial Aid Choir: I'll Be Standing at the StationWorks cited:*Coming Through: Voices of a South Carolina Gullah Community from WPA Oral Histories. U. of South Carolina Press, 2008.*Alan Lomax's 1983 Johns Island recordings. (Perhaps strangely, Alan didn't visit South Carolina on his 1959 and 1960 trips through the American South, although he does appear as an announcer on a Folkways LP documenting the 1964 folk festival on Johns Island that featured the singers of the Moving Star Hall - like Benjy Bligen, Bertha Pinckney, and Janie Hunter - who appear in the '83 footage. That festival was organized by Guy and Candie Carawan, who also compiled the gorgeous book “Ain't You Got A Right to the Tree of Life," consisting of narrative segments by Johns Islanders and photographs by Bob Yellin.) *The Oxford American piece about Rosa Warren Wilson and “Plantation Echoes” has gone missing from their online archives between the recording of this episode and compiling these notes. If anyone turns up a link, please let us know!

The Cognitive Crucible is a forum that presents different perspectives and emerging thought leadership related to the information environment. The opinions expressed by guests are their own, and do not necessarily reflect the views of or endorsement by the Information Professionals Association. During this episode, US Army Sergeant Major Denver Dill discusses how music and the arts can be used as tools of influence. Our wide ranging conversation covers the role of music in military operations to the theme park experience to movies to sports. Resources: Cognitive Crucible Podcast Episodes Mentioned #19 Ash Holzmann on PsyOps #35 Jessica Dawson on Social Media Weaponization #34 Emma Chiu on Global Trends and Market Intelligence #14 BDJ on Threatcasting The Twenty-Six Words That Created the Internet by Jeff Kosseff Jeff Kosseff's website West Point SS493 Music & Influence Reading List The Social Psychology of Music, Edited by David J. Hargreaves & Adrian C. North Music and Conflict Transformation Harmonies and Dissonances in GEO Politics, Edited by Olivier Urbain Jazz Diplomacy, Promoting America In The Cold War Era, Lisa E. Davenport Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid, Douglas Hofstadter Propaganda and Persuasion New and Classic Essays, Garth S. Jowett & Victoria O'Donnell Chronicles of a black musician, Charles Jones Game Theory and Strategy, Philip D. Straffin 33 Revolutions per minute: A History of Protest songs from Billie Holiday to Green Day, Dorian Lynskey Playing for Change: Music and Musicians in the service of social movements, Rob Rosenthal and Richard Flacks Talkin' 'bout a revolution: Music and social change in America, Dick Weissman Mr. Lincoln's T-Mails | How Abraham Lincoln Used the Telegraph to Win the Civil War, Tom Wheeler Tracking the Audience – The Ratings Industry from Analog to Digital, Karen Buzzard Radicalism & Music, Jonathan Pieslak Slave Songs of the United States, unknown author – Forgotten Books American Ballads and Folk Songs, John A. Lomax and Alan Lomax The American Songbag Carl Sandburg Link to full show notes and resources https://information-professionals.org/episode/cognitive-crucible-episode-91 Guest Bio: Sergeant Major Denver Dill is a member of the West Point Band and an instructor of American Politics at the United States Military Academy, West Point, New York. He has developed the course SS493 Music & Influence which he teaches in the Department of Social Sciences.  He also serves as a co-founder and researcher in the West Point Music Research Center and as the Army Music Analytics Team Leader.  He has taught and assisted in several departments including the Department of Mathematical Sciences, Department of Systems Engineering, Department of English and Philosophy as well as with the Army Cyber Institute. As a trumpet player Sergeant Major Dill has been a prize winner in several national and international competitions. Additionally, Sergeant Major Dill has appeared as both a soloist and a principal trumpet player with the New York Philharmonic and has performed with the Metropolitan Opera Brass. Prior to coming to the United States Military Academy Sergeant Major Dill was a doctoral teaching assistant at the Eastman School of Music. He holds degrees from Juilliard and Eastern Kentucky University and holds certifications in: Lean Six Sigma, Security+, and Influence in Special Operations. About: The Information Professionals Association (IPA) is a non-profit organization dedicated to exploring the role of information activities, such as influence and cognitive security, within the national security sector and helping to bridge the divide between operations and research. Its goal is to increase interdisciplinary collaboration between scholars and practitioners and policymakers with an interest in this domain. For more information, please contact us at communications@information-professionals.org. Or, connect directly with The Cognitive Crucible podcast host, John Bicknell, on LinkedIn. Disclosure: As an Amazon Associate, 1) IPA earns from qualifying purchases, 2) IPA gets commissions for purchases made through links in this post.

In this episode, it's our last Blast from the Past. We'll be returning to our regular schedule on Thursday, but you can find some big stories of 2021, including vandalism investigated by the Meridian Police Department, wedding vows exchanged at a barbecue cookoff, and the dedication of the John A. Lomax Amphitheater last year. Listen in for the best moments of our most popular episodes of 2021, and watch out for some fresh news Thursday. Support the show (https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=X5XXASRHXWAAW)

 In this episode, we hear from many at the dedication of the John A. Lomax literary Landmark Saturday in Meridian, Texas. Director Marianne Woerner and Pam Hardcastle from the Meridian Texas Public Library spoke, in addition to Texas Texas State Library and Archives Commission Director and Libarian Gloria Meraz, and Rebekah Manley of Texas Center for the Book. We take a look at local news briefs like the Big Buck Contest, FallFest, National Championship Barbecue Cookoff, and the Norwegian Country Christmas Home Tour. You'll hear the arrest report, and we talk barbecue with a local couple that renewed their vows...at a barbecue competition in Texas.Support the show (https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=X5XXASRHXWAAW)

In this episode, we hear from Heath Wright of Ricochet, set to headline FallFest in Downtown Clifton this year. We pay a visit to the John A. Lomax Amphitheater for the Lomax Gathering held by the Bosque Museum, talk countywide news briefs, and even hear a little bit from the first run of the Healthy Kids Running Series Clifton, Texas from last Sunday. Support the show (https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=X5XXASRHXWAAW)

It was in 1941 that America's great Shakespearean scholar, George Lyman “Kitty” Kittredge, slipped the surly bonds of Cambridge, Massachusetts, never more to enthrall and terrify the boys of Harvard. Kitty would not have been at home on the range, but he was a mentor to the greatest of all collectors of western ballads, John A. Lomax of Texas.

Show 138 – Recorded 7-10-21 – This podcast features Major 12-String Acoustic Blues Legend Blind Willie McTell from a field recording session in Atlanta on November 5, 1940. This recording was by John A Lomax for the Folk Archives of the Library of Congress. Included are Ballads, Blues and Gospel selections performed impromptu by Mr […]

This episode looks at three “Hidden Folklorists” from Louisiana with special guest Joshua Clegg Caffery from the Center for Louisiana Studies at the University of Louisiana Lafayette. The Hidden Folklorists are Becky Elzy and Alberta Bradford, two spiritual singers who had been born in slavery, but who years later sang over a hundred spirituals for collectors; and E.A. McIlhenny, the head of the Tabasco Sauce company, who first collected their spirituals into a book. We recount details of how a microfilm of unique, unpublished manuscript spirituals by Bradford and Elzy came to be part of the American Folklife Center archive, and how Bradford and Elzy came to be recorded on audio discs for the Library of Congress by Alan Lomax in 1934, with the resulting recordings also coming to the AFC Archive. It’s an amusing story in which the 19-year-old Alan Lomax is forced to leave his father, the seasoned collector John A. Lomax “by the side of the road” and drive 40 miles with the 73 year old Bradford to try to find the 82 year old Elzy so they can sing together for the Library’s recording machine. The episode also presents several of their spirituals, and ends with the very moving recording of two women who had been born in slavery singing “Free at last, free at last, thank God almighty, got free at last!”

In this episode, we talk to Angela Smith of Clifton Main Street about road repair and how the City of Clifton is funding it. We also caught up with Morgan VFD, West Shore VFD, and Clifton VFD about how to become a firefighter, the process, and why it's important. Listen in for an update on the movie set to take place this Saturday at the John A. Lomax Amphitheater in Meridian, put on by Meridian Parks & Recreation. We also include local news at the Bosque Arts Center, Uncle Gus' Marina and Resort, an event provided by Whitehaven Canine to support Bosque Animal Rescue Kennels, and more. Last but certainly not least, we spoke with Sheriff Trace Hendricks about his first week, inmate transfers from Hamilton County, and the status of the Bosque County Sheriff's Office. Listen in for your News Blast Podcast.

In this episode, we hear from Brett Voss of Meridian Parks & Recreation about some big movie plans for the John A. Lomax Amphitheater. We also spoke to Trace Hendricks of the Clifton Police Department about his recent selection by voters as Bosque County Sheriff Elect, and talk to Kay Davalos of the Bosque County Child Welfare Board about the 28th Annual Toy Run this year. Those interested can help area children in foster care by bringing two unwrapped toys to the Meridian Civic Center November 22 between noon and 2 p.m. Enjoy some chili, or call Davalos at 254-723-0723 to contribute ahead of time.

In this episode, we visit the John A. Lomax Amphitheater in Meridian, Texas for a special dedication ceremony, take a look at local events at Uncle Gus Marina and an art contest open to Bosque residents, and a dead zebra discovered by a landowner looking for who's responsible. We take a look at football games last week, games this week, and the local arrest report.

In this episode, we talk to the organizers behind the Kids Kloset in FUMC Meridian, some wild hogs at the John A. Lomax Amphitheater in Meridian, a local library's humble beginnings, and more. We caught up with Chief Deput Clint Pullin of the Bosque County Sheriff's Office. We also visit with Meridian Police Chief Will Stevens to talk about his career, and highlight your local news briefs.

Oh, the pretty little gal, the sweet little gal, The gal I left behind me, With rosy cheeks and curly hair, The gal I left behind me... A very old standard found in "American Ballads and Folk Songs" by John A. Lomax, with some clawhammer syncopation. [gCGBD]

Knock back a cold one with me this week on Moonlight Mile Radio Enjoying the show? Please support BFF.FM with a donation. Playlist 0′00″ The Beers by The Front Bottoms on The Front Bottoms (Bar None Records) 2′13″ I Got Drunk by Mal Blum on Every Time You Go Somewhere (Don Giovanni Records) 9′32″ Vodkasodaburg by Birdcloud on Tetnis (Burger Records) 10′16″ Whiskey Bottle by Uncle Tupelo on No Depression (Sony Music) 14′51″ Rye Whiskey (Jack of Diamonds) by John A. Lomax Jr. on John A. Lomax Jr. Sings American Folksongs (Smithsonian Folkways) 16′29″ Moonshiner - Studio Outtake - 1963 by Bob Dylan on The Bootleg Series Volumes 1-3 (Rare And Unreleased) 1961-1991 (Columbia) 24′11″ Beer, Beer, Beer by The Clancy Brothers on Irish Drinking Songs (Sony Music) 25′40″ First Beer of the Night by Bert Kreischer on Bert Bert Bert (n/a) 27′21″ Gimme A Beer by Diamond Rugs on Diamond Rugs (Partisan Records) 31′07″ One Scotch, One Bourbon, One Beer by Snooks Eaglin on New Orleans Street Singer (Smithsonian Folkways) 32′45″ Scotch and Soda by The Kingston Trio on The Kingston Trio (Capital Records) 35′15″ Scotch On The Socks by The Shadows on Shadows - The Collection (Parlophone) 39′26″ Poison Milk by Sallie Ford & The Sound Outside on Dirty Radio (Partisan Records) 41′55″ Canned Heat Blues by Tommy Johnson on Tommy Johnson 1928 - 1929 (Document Records) 45′32″ Drink to Have a Good Time by Doug Stanhope on Beer Hall Putsch (Comedy Dynamics) 48′32″ Good Gin Blues by Bukka White on Behind the Mule (Suncoast Music) 50′49″ Cold Gin by Kiss on Kiss (The Island Def Jam Music Group) 55′00″ Here Comes A Regular by The Replacements on Tim (Sire) 60′55″ Wine Lips by Lydia Loveless on Somewhere Else (Bloodshot) 64′49″ Red Wine, Success! by Cold War Kids on Robbers & Cowards (Downtown Records) 68′09″ Bluebird Wine by Emmylou Harris on Pieces of the Sky (Warner Bros.) 73′15″ White Lightning And Wine by Heart on Dreamboat Annie (Capitol Records) 78′17″ Drinking Fathers by Eddie Murphy on Greatest Comedy Hits (Sony) 82′11″ Champagne And Wine by Otis Redding on Soul Manifesto: 1964 - 1970 (Warner Bros.) 86′06″ Two More Bottles of Wine by Delbert McClinton on Best of (MCA) 92′03″ Kisses Sweeter Than Wine by Jimmie Rodgers on Jimmie Rodgers (Parlophone) 98′19″ Drinking Song by Haley Heynderickx on Fish Eyes EP (.) 102′24″ Drinkin' Whiskey Tonight by Pokey Lafarge on Middle of Everywhere (Free Dirt Records) 107′31″ Too Drunk To Fuck by Nouvelle Vague on Nouvelle Vague (Kwaidan) 110′46″ Dive Bars by Matt Kavan on Relenting Dimensions (n/a) 112′03″ They Speak Of My Drinking, But Never Of My Thirst by The Menzingers on Hold On, Dodge (Red Scare) 114′53″ Drinking by Nick Swardson on Party (Comedy Central) 115′10″ Hey Hey, Bartender by Del McCoury on I Wonder Where You Are Tonight (Arhoolie Records) 116′54″ The Kneeling Drunkard's Plea by The Louvin Brothers on Satan Is Real (Capitol Records Nashville) 117′31″ Drinking and Driving by Black Flag on In My Head (SST) 117′59″ 40oz on Repeat by FIDLAR on Too (Mom + Pop) 118′41″ Little Ole Wine Drinker, Me by Dean Martin on The Essential (Dean Martin) 119′48″ Drink, Drink, Drink (From by Sigmund Romberg on . (.) Check out the full archives on the website.

A selection of songs concerning love in its vagaries, timed for Valentine's Day. Performances from Atlanta, Georgia; Cajun Louisiana; Scotland; Southwest Virginia; Turkmenistan; Eastern Kentucky, and the Arkansas Ozarks. Playlist: 1. Blind Willie McTell: King Edward Blues. Recorded by John A. Lomax in Atlanta, Georgia, November 5, 1940. 2. Isla Cameron: Died for Love. Recorded in London, England, February 11, 1951. 3a. Ella Hoffpauir: Papier d'épingles. Recorded by John A. and Alan Lomax in New Iberia, Louisiana, August 1934.3b. Mr. & Mrs. John Mearns: Pennyworth O' Preens. Recorded in Aberdeen, Scotland, on July 15, 1951. 3c. E.C. and Orna Ball: Paper of Pins. Recorded in Rugby, Virginia, August 30, 1959.4. Gurbandurdy Jeng Ienov and ensemble: You Are Beautiful. Original recording date unknown; dubbed by Alan Lomax at Radio Moscow, August 1964. (Notes read: singer Mr. Gurbandury Ienov, accompanied himself on dutar, with gyjak and 2 dutars.) 5. Harvey Porter: Since You Have Disdained Me. Recorded in Salyersville, Kentucky, on October 23, 1937. 6. Almeda Riddle: The Lonesome Dove. Recorded in Greers Ferry, Arkansas, on October 6 or 7, 1959. 7. Primitiva Amado Díaz, Balbina Díaz-Jiménez, and Marcelina Díaz-Jiménez: The Wedding of Inisilla and Brilliante. Recorded in Arroyo de la Luz, Extremadura, Spain on October 4, 1952.

A selection of songs concerning love in its vagaries, timed for Valentine's Day. Performances from Atlanta, Georgia; Cajun Louisiana; Scotland; Southwest Virginia; Turkmenistan; Eastern Kentucky, and the Arkansas Ozarks. Playlist:1. Blind Willie McTell: King Edward Blues. Recorded by John A. Lomax in Atlanta, Georgia, November 5, 1940. 2. Isla Cameron: Died for Love. Recorded in London, England, February 11, 1951. 3a. Ella Hoffpauir: Papier d'épingles. Recorded by John A. and Alan Lomax in New Iberia, Louisiana, August 1934.3b. Mr. & Mrs. John Mearns: Pennyworth O' Preens. Recorded in Aberdeen, Scotland, on July 15, 1951. 3c. E.C. and Orna Ball: Paper of Pins. Recorded in Rugby, Virginia, August 30, 1959.4. Gurbandurdy Jeng Ienov and ensemble: You Are Beautiful. Original recording date unknown; dubbed by Alan Lomax at Radio Moscow, August 1964. (Notes read: singer Mr. Gurbandury Ienov, accompanied himself on dutar, with gyjak and 2 dutars.) 5. Harvey Porter: Since You Have Disdained Me. Recorded in Salyersville, Kentucky, on October 23, 1937. 6. Almeda Riddle: The Lonesome Dove. Recorded in Greers Ferry, Arkansas, on October 6 or 7, 1959. 7. Primitiva Amado Díaz, Balbina Díaz-Jiménez, and Marcelina Díaz-Jiménez: The Wedding of Inisilla and Brilliante. Recorded in Arroyo de la Luz, Extremadura, Spain on October 4, 1952.

Sung by Harry Stephens of Denison, Texas, 1946. Recorded at Dallas, Texas, by John A. Lomax.

Sung by Harry Stephens of Denison, Texas, 1942. Recorded at Dallas, Texas, by John A. Lomax.

Sung by Johnny Prude at Fort Davis, Texas, 1942. Recorded by John A. Lomax.

Sung by Sloan Matthews of Alpine, Texas, at Pecos, Texas, 1942. Recorded by John A. Lomax.

Sung by Johnny Prude at Fort Davis, Texas, 1942. Recorded by John A. Lomax.

Sung by Sloan Matthews of Alpine, Texas, at Pecos, Texas, 1942. Recorded by John A. Lomax.

Spoken and illustrated with cattle calls by Sloan Matthews of Alpine, Texas, at Pecos, Texas, 1942. Interviewed and recorded by John A. Lomax.

Sung by Sloan Matthews of Alpine, Texas, at Pecos, Texas, 1942. Recorded by John A. Lomax.

Sung by Sloan Matthews of Alpine, Texas, at Pecos, Texas, 1942. Recorded by John A. Lomax.

Sung, with fiddle, by Jess Morris at Dalhart, Texas, 1942. Recorded by John A. Lomax.

Sung and recorded by John A. Lomax of Dallas, Texas, at Washington, D.C., 1941.

Wayne Perry, fiddle, Crowley, La., June 1934, John A. Lomax and Alan Lomax.

John Rector, fiddle, Galax, Va., October 23, 1937, John A. Lomax and Bess Brown Lomax.