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Interview Details
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Interview: Jeff Place, Producer At Smithsonian Folkways - The Musically Sound Music Blog
Publish Date
February 12, 2024
Interviewees
Jeff Place
Interviewers
Abby Parks
Publisher
The Musically Sound Music Blog
Topics
Content of the album and its production
Debate on African American secular songs
Definition of a 'songster'
Folk music traditions and modern influences
Grammy awards and recognition
Smithsonian Folklife Festival
Smithsonian Folkways album 'Classic African American Songsters'
People Mentioned
Barry Lee Pearson
Bascom Lamar Lunsford
Big Bill Broonzy
Brownie McGhee
Doc Watson
John Cephas
John Jackson
Lead Belly
Mississippi John Hurt
Peg Leg Sam
Pink Anderson
Ralph Rinzler
Tony Seeger
Warner Williams
Works Mentioned
American Favorite Ballads
Anthology of American Folk Music
Classic African American Songsters
Lead Belly Sings for Children
The Asch Recordings
The Best of Broadside, 1962-1988
Woody at 100
Woody Guthrie Centennial Collection
Places Mentioned
National Mall, Washington
Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
Smithsonian Folklife Festival
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