Southern Journey
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This freewheeling film retraces the route of a 1959 song-
collecting trip made by legendary ethnomusicologist
Alan Lomax. In the company of the then unknown
English folksinger Shirley Collins, Lomax visited singers
and musicians across the region, recording them in their
homes, and thereby collected a definitive cross-section
of traditional American roots music. This was at the
time of the civil rights struggle when despite being able
to vote since 1957, segregation and prejudice were
collecting trip made by legendary ethnomusicologist
Alan Lomax. In the company of the then unknown
English folksinger Shirley Collins, Lomax visited singers
and musicians across the region, recording them in their
homes, and thereby collected a definitive cross-section
of traditional American roots music. This was at the
time of the civil rights struggle when despite being able
to vote since 1957, segregation and prejudice were
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