The Ultimate Supercollector: Alan Lomax

Soundcheck | Feb 16, 2012

Long before the rise of the Internet, Alan Lomax envisioned a “global jukebox” that could play every style of music on the planet. Today: our Supercollectors series concludes with a look at the quest to digitize and distribute the late historian’s vast archive of recordings. Plus: A live performance from L.A.-based Gypsy jazz collective Noah and the MegaFauna.

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