Recording Sessions By Year (1933–1985)
1933
Kentucky (with John A. Lomax):
Harlan County
Louisiana (with John A. Lomax):
Angola State Penitentiary (first recordings of Lead Belly)
Mississippi:
Canton
Oakley Prison Farm, Jackson
Mississippi State Penitentiary (Parchman Farm), Parchman
Tennessee:
State Penitentiary, Nashville
Work House, Memphis
Texas:
Central State Farm, Sugar Land
Huntsville Prison, Huntsville
Smithers Plantation, Dallas County
1934
Arkansas (with John A. Lomax):
Bellwood Prison Camp
Cummins State Farm, near Gould
Louisiana (with John A. Lomax):
Angola State Penitentiary
Crowley
Delchambre
Indian Bayou
Jennings
Lafayette
New Iberia
North Carolina (with John A. Lomax):
State Penitentiary, Raleigh
South Carolina (with John A. Lomax):
Reid State Farm, Boykin
Texas:
Austin
Central State Farm, Sugar Land
Cotulla
Darrington State Farm, Sandy Point
State Penitentiary, Huntsville
San Antonio
1935
Bahamas (with Elizabeth Lyttleton Lomax):
Andros Island
Cat Island
Nassau
Florida:
Belle Glade
Chosen
Eatonville
Georgia (with Zora Neale Hurston and Mary Elizabeth Barnicle):
Frederica
Haiti (with Elizabeth Lyttleton Lomax):
Carrefour, Deux Forts
Petionville
Plaisance
Pont Beudet
Port-au-Prince
New York (New York City):
Aunt Molly Jackson
1936
Texas (with John A. Lomax):
Austin (includes first recordings of the Soul Stirrers gospel group)
1937
Kentucky (with Elizabeth Lyttleton Lomax):
Arjay
Big Creek
Billy’s Branch
Cody
Dalesburg
Floress
Fort Thomas
Goose Rock
Hazard
Horse Creek
Hyden
Lakeville
Manchester
Martin’s Creek
Middlefork
Middlesboro
Paintsville
Pine Mountain
Providence
Salyersville
Webb Branch
West Liberty
Wooten
Maryland:
Chevy Chase (Songs played and sung by Alan Lomax, Bess Brown Lomax, Margaret Valiant, and the “Resettlement Folk Singers.” Recorded by Lomax.)
New York (New York City):
Jim Garland
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Gelder
Sarah Ogan Gunning
Aunt Molly Jackson
Ohio:
Akron
Washington, D.C. (Library of Congress):
Charles J. Finger
Myra E. Hull
1938
Illinois:
Chicago
Indiana (with Elizabeth Lyttleton Lomax):
Bloomington
Deuchars
Evansville
New Harmony
Princeton
Michigan:
Beaver Island
Calumet
Champion
Charles
Detroit
Grandville
Greenland
Marinesco
Mt. Pleasant
Munising
Newberry
Ontonagon
St. Ignace
Traverse City
New Jersey (with Kay Dealy):
Gloucester
Ohio (with Elizabeth Lyttleton Lomax):
Akron
Cincinnati
Hamilton
Pennsylvania:
Bryn Mawr
Washington, D.C. (Library of Congress):
Barbara Bell
Ernest Bourne
Jelly Roll Morton
Judge Learned Hand
W. C. Handy
James P. Johnson
Pete Johnson
Huddie Ledbetter (Lead Belly)
Rindlisbacher Lumberjack Group
Johnnie Robertson
Gertrude Smartts
Blaine Stubblefield
Minnie Swearingen
Wisconsin:
Odonah
1939
New Hampshire (with Helen Hartness Flanders):
Orford
Walpole
New York (New York City):
Albert Ammons
Aunt Molly Jackson
James P. Johnson
Pete Johnson
Meade Lux Lewis
Captain Richard Maitlin
Saunders Terrell (Sonny Terry)
Vermont (with Helen Hartness Flanders):
Bennington
Chelsea
East Calais
Quebec
Springfield
Virginia (with Pete Seeger):
Galax
Roanoke
Washington, D.C. (Library of Congress):
Blaine Stubblefield
1940
Washington, D.C (Library of Congress):
Woody Guthrie
Herbert Smoke
1941
Mississippi:
Lula
Clarksdale
Senatobia
Stovall Plantation (first recordings of Muddy Waters)
North Carolina:
Asheville (with Jerome Wiesner and Robert Liss)
Swannanoa
Virginia:
Ft. Myer, Arlington
Galax
Rugby
Salem
Winchester
Washington, D.C (Library of Congress):
Barbara Bell
Huddie Ledbetter (Lead Belly)
Sailor Dad Hunt
Robert McGimpsey
Mariana Schaupp
1942
Alabama:
Birmingham (Sacred Harp convention, with George Pullen Jackson)
Arkansas:
Sadie Beck’s plantation, near Robinsonville, MS
Mississippi:
Clarksdale
Robinsonville
Senatobia
Virginia:
Saltville
Washington, D.C. (Library of Congress):
Barbara Bell
Sailor Dad Hunt
Blaine Stubblefield
1944
Florida:
Tampa
1946
New York (New York City):
(“Blues In the Mississippi Night” session, Decca Studios)
Big Bill Broonzy
Peter Chatman (Memphis Slim)
John Lee (Sonny Boy) Williamson
(“Calypso At Midnight” and “Calypso After Midnight” concerts, Town Hall)
Duke of Iron
Lord Invader
Macbeth the Great
1947
Mississippi:
Mississippi State Penitentiary (Parchman Farm), Parchman
1948
Mississippi:
Mississippi State Penitentiary (Parchman Farm), Parchman
Greenville
Texas:
Dallas
1949
Louisiana:
New Orleans (interviews with Leonard Bechet, Ulysseus Picou, Alphonse Picou, Johnny St. Cyr, Paul Dominguez, Jr., and Albert Glenny for the book Mister Jelly Roll.)
New York (New York City):
Jean Ritchie
1950
England (London):
Violeta Parra
1951
England:
Hyde, Cheshire
Middleton-in-Teesdale, Durham
Newcastle
Padstow, Cornwall
Sweffling, Suffolk
Ireland:
Ballylickey, Cork
Carna, Galway
Convoy, Donegal
Coolea, Cork
Dublin
Galway City, Donegal
Kilnaleck, Cavan
Letterkenny, Donegal
Macroom, Cork
Oughterard, Galway
NB: Lomax also recorded sessions with Margaret Barry and Michael Gorman in London.
Scotland:
Aberdeen
Balivanich, Barra
Castlebay, Barra
Daliburgh, South Uist
Ersary, Barra
Edinburgh
Ferrindonald, Skye
Fyvie, Aberdeenshire
Garrynamonie, South Uist
Glasgow
Iochdar, South Uist
Onich, Inverness-shire
Snishival, South Uist
Uig, Skye
NB: Lomax also recorded sessions with Hamish Henderson, Ewan MacColl, and Isla Cameron in London.
1952
France:
Paris (recordings of Big Bill Broonzy)
1953
Spain:
Andalucia:
Bormujos
Cadíz
Granada
Guacín
Seville
Aragón:
Albarracín, Teruel
Yebra de Basa, Huesca
Zaragoza
Asturias:
Arenas de Cabrales
Belmonte de Miranda, Tineo
Llanes
Luarca
Oviedo
Pola de Siero
Porrúa
Basque Country:
Arizkun, Navarre
Elizondo, Navarre
Ergoien-Oiartzun, Guipuzcoa
Lesaka, Navarre
Ondarroa, Guipuzcoa
Pamplona, Navarre
Tolosa, Guipuzcoa
Uitzi, Navarre
Zarautz, Guipuzcoa
Zeanuri, Biscay
Cantabria:
Santander
Castilla & León:
Astorga
Lumago de Laciana
Segovia
Toledo
Catalonia:
Port Bou
Extremadura:
Arroyo de la Luz, Cáceres
Trujillo, Cáceres
Galicia:
Cañizo, Orense
Corcubión
Faramontaos, Orense
Fisterre
Hío
Lumatra
Paredes Leiro, Orense
Ribadavia, Orense
Sobado del Obispo, Orense
Solveira, Orense
Soutoxuste
Ibiza & Formentera:
Sant Josep, Ibiza
La Mola, Formentera
La Mancha:
La Solana
Villanueva de los Infantes
Mallorca:
Palma de Mallorca
Sóller
Valldemossa
Murcia:
Almaha de Murcia
La Parroquia de Lorca
Monteagudo
Sangonera la Verde
Valencia:
Tavernes de la Valldigna
Villanueva de Castellín
1953
England:
Sutton, Norfolk
Blaxhall, Suffolk
Hetton-Le-Hole, Durham
Pin Mill, Suffolk
Scotland:
Newtongrange, Midlothian
NB: Lomax also recorded sessions with Jimmy MacBeath and Jeannie Robertson in London
Wales:
Treorchy
1954
England:
Barrow-on-Humber, Lincolnshire
1954-1955
Italy (with Diego Carpitella):
Abruzzo:
Aielli di Avezzano, Aquila
Castel del Monte, Aquila
Scanno, Aquila
S. Stefano di Sessanio, Aquila
Terranera, Aquila
Basilicata:
Muro Lucano, Potenza
Calabria:
Bagnara Calabra, Reggio Calabria
Cardeto, Reggio Calabria
Cinquefrondi, Reggio Calabria
Feroleto Antico, Catanzaro
Giffone, Reggio Calabria
Mammaola, Reggio Calabria
Melia, Reggio Calabria
Nicastro, Catanzaro
Scilla, Reggio Calabria
Serrastretta, Catanzaro
Vibo Valentia, Catanzaro
Campania:
Capri, Napoli
Caggiano, Salerno
Letino, Caserta
Mercogliano, Avellino
Montemarano, Avellino
Montecalvo Irpino, Avellino
Napoli
Pagani, Salerno
Polla, Salerno
Positano / Monte Pertuso, Salerno
Sant’Andrea di Conza. Avellino
S. Arsenio, Salerno
Emilia-Romagna:
Camposanto sul Panaro, Modena
Civitella di Romagna, Forli
Compiano, Parma
Costabona, Reggio Emilia
Fasatone di Bagno di Romagna, Forli
Gorino di Mesola, Ferrara
Longiano, Forli
Mezzogoro, Ferrara
Pontelangorino, Ferrara
Ranchio, Forli
Riolunato, Modena
S. Giuseppe di Comacchio, Ferrara
S. Pietro in Bagno, Forli
Friuli-Venezia Giulia:
Cormons
Ovaro
S. Giorgio Resia
Lazio:
Cittareale
Liguria:
Bariardo, Imperia
Ceriana, Imperia
Genoa
Imperia
Lombardia:
Almenno S. Salvatore, Bergamo
Bottanugo, Bergamo
Confienza, Pavia
Mantua
Parre, Bergamo
Rota d’Imagna, Bergamo
Rovasenda, Pavia
Marche:
Apiro, Macerata
Strada Cingoli
Treia
Ualdo Tadino
Piemonte / Val D’Aosta:
Cogne
Gurro, Novara
Lillaz
Moncalvo, Monferrato
Niella Belbo, Cuneo
Nus
Tonco, Monferrato
Puglia:
Bisceglia, Bari
Cagnano, Foggia
Calimera, Lecce
Carpino di Gargano, Foggia
Galatone, Lecce
Gallipoli, Lecce
Lago di Varano, Foggia
Locorotondo, Bari
Monte S. Angelo, Foggia
Martano, Lecce
Sannicandro, Foggia
Terlizzi, Bari
Sicily:
Alimena, Palermo
Avola, Siracusa
Bagheria, Palermo
Castelbuono, Palermo
Geraci Siculo, Palermo
Maletto, Catania
Mirto, Messina
Modica, Ragusa
Nicosia, Enna
Petralia Sottana, Palermo
Riposto, Catania
Sciacca, Agrigento
Serra di Falco, Caltanisetta
Sommatino, Caltanisetta
Trapani
Toscana:
Arezzo
Barga, Lucca
Carrara, Lucca
Castel del Piano, Grosseto
Celle sul Rigo
Livorno
Sambuca Pistoiese
Siena
Terranova Bracciolini
Treppio
Trentino-Alto Adige:
Bolzano
Curon Venosta
Moena
Umbria:
Assisi
Norcia
Pieve di Compresseto
Savelli, Perugia
Siena
Veneto:
Chioggia
Pellestrina
Rosolina
Venezia
1957
England (London)
Wanda Sana
Davie Stewart
1958
England (London):
Ewan MacColl
Jeannie Robertson
Peggy Seeger
1959 (with Shirley Collins)
Alabama:
United Sacred Harp Musical Association Convention, Fyffe
Huntsville
Lexington
Livingston
Arkansas:
Heber Springs
Hughes
Landis
Timbo
Georgia:
St. Simons Island
Kentucky:
Blackey
Mayking
Whitesburg
Mississippi:
Como (first recordings of Fred McDowell)
Mississippi State Penitentiary (Parchman Farm), Parchman
Panola County
Senatobia
Tate County
Tyro
North Carolina:
Concord
Tennessee:
Memphis
Virginia:
Chilhowie
Galax
Hillsville
Rugby
West Virginia:
Williamson
1960
Georgia:
St. Simons Island (with Anna Lomax)
Spain:
Sóller, Mallorca (recordings of British author Robert Graves)
Virginia:
Belleville
Portsmouth
Warrenton
Weems
Williamsburg
1961
New York (New York City):
Bessie Jones
Tom Paxton
Rev. McKinley Peebles (Sweet Papa Stovepipe)
(filming Ballads, Blues, and Bluegrass with George Pickow and Jean Ritchie)
Clarence Ashley
Doc Watson
Greenbriar Boys
Jack Elliott
Jean Ritchie
Memphis Slim
New Lost City Ramblers
Peter LaFarge
Roscoe Holcomb
Willie Dixon
1962 (with Antoinette Marchand)
Anguilla:
Copse Eastern
South End
South Hill Village
The Valley
Carriacou:
Bellevue
Hillsborough
La Resource
L’Esterre
Six Roads
Windward
Dominica:
Calibishe
La Plaine
Mahaut
Marigot
Massacre
Roseau
Scotts Head
Wesley
Woodford Hill
Grenada:
Gouyave
La Filette
La Fortune
Levera
Petit Bacaye
Saint George
Guadeloupe:
Capesterre Belle-Eau
Lasserre, Morne-à-l’Eau
Martinique:
Fort-de-France
Le François
Le Pérou, Sainte-Marie
Nevis:
Brick Kiln Village
Gingerland
Newcastle
St. Bartholomew (St. Barthelemy / St. Barts):
Columbier
Flamands
St. Kitts (with Roger Abrahams):
Irishtown
St. Lucia:
Anse La Raye
Dennery
Gros Islet
Rosseau
Vieux Fort
Tobago (with J. D. Elder):
Pembroke
Trinidad (with J. D. Elder):
Blanchisseuse
Charlo Village
Charlieville
Cumana
Debe
Diego Martin
Indian Walk
Lopinot
Maraval
Mayaro
Morvant
Pasea
Penal
Plaisance
Port-of-Spain
Radix Village
Rampanalgas
Santa Cruz
San Fernando
San Juan
Syne Village
Toco
Upper Laventille
1963
New York (New York City):
Bob Dylan
1964
Georgia (Republic of):
Sidili
New York (New York City):
Mohamad Glaus Waziri
Romania:
Dragas
Russia:
Moscow
1967
Dominican Republic:
[Unknown location]
Morocco (with Joan Halifax):
Aguelmous
Dades Valley
Erfoud
Fès
Ksar El Souk
Marrakech
Ourika Valley
Ouarzazate
Tinjdad
St. Eustatius:
[Unknown location]
1978
Mississippi:
(filming The Land Where Blues Began with John Bishop and Worth Long)
Arkabutla
Bentonia
Bolton
Canton
Como
Greenville
Hollandale
Independence
Lexington
Sardis
Senatobia
Vicksburg
1979
Bahamas:
Long Cay
1982
Alabama:
Bremen
Georgia:
Dahlonega
Hiawassee
Tallapoosa
North Carolina:
Balsam Grove
Banner Elk, Beech Mountain
Burton Cove, Sodom
Laurel Valley
Maggie Valley
Mars Hill
1983
Arizona:
Tuscon
Georgia:
Hiawassee
Kentucky:
Whitesburg
Louisiana:
Abbeville
Breaux Bridge
Cankton
Eunice
Mamou
Scott
Welsh
New York:
Williamsburg, Brooklyn (filming of the Giglio festivities)
North Carolina:
Toast, Mt. Airy
Johnson County
South Carolina:
John’s Island
Tennessee:
Knoxville
Virginia:
Fancy Gap
Hiltons, Poor Valley (the Carter Family Fold)
Washington, D.C.:
Smithsonian Folklife Festival
1985
Louisiana:
Basile
Breaux Bridge
Church Point
Lawtell
Mamou
Oberlin
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