Real-to-Reel Records

Thousands of hours of international field recordings housed in the Alan Lomax Archive will now reach audiences through Real-to-Reel Records (formerly Global Jukebox Records), the Archive's first independent music imprint. Real-to-Reel will produce LPs, CDs and digital albums in partnership with other folkloric institutions, record labels, university presses, along with the global reach of the digital distributor Orchard. These releases will engage and inspire audiences around the world with the ever-vital work that Alan Lomax documented, and help fulfill Lomax's mission of "cultural equity," the right of every culture to express and develop its distinctive heritage of songs, dances and stories.

Our Latest Release

Hush The Waves Are Rolling In: Lullabies from the Alan Lomax Collection


Available via: Bandcamp

The Lomax Collection reflects a variety of human experience—from the sacred to the profane, from the rural to the urban, and from the public square to the domestic scene. The Lomaxes recorded lullabies all over the world, creating a record of the universality of these particularly intimate moments between parents and children. This compilation gathers some of our favorite lullabies from the archive alongside new interpretations by contemporary artists.