American Folklife Center to Provide Free Streaming of Complete Lomax Global Jukebox Library

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Alan Lomax's Global Jukebox treasure trove of music is being digitized and will be available for free streamimg starting the end of February.

"...some 5,000 hours of sound recordings, 400,000 feet of film, 3,000 videotapes, 5,000 photographs and piles of manuscripts, much of it tucked away in forgotten or inaccessible corners — is being digitized so that the collection can be accessed online. About 17,000 music tracks will be available for free streaming by the end of February, and later some of that music may be for sale as CDs or digital downloads."

See full article at:

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/31/arts/music/the-alan-lomax-collection-from-the-american-folklife-center.html?pagewanted=2&_r=2&ref=todayspaper