Folklorist ALAN LOMAX. A new collection of six CD's will be released next month by Rounder Records featuring folk music recordings he recorded in the American South from 1959-60. It is titled "The Alan Lomax Collection: Southern Journey" In addition, A double CD set featuring folk music recordings from around the world will also be released. "The Alan Lomax Collection: Sampler." Also Rounder records next week will re-issue a 1962 collection by Lomax called "Negro Blues and Hollers. Lomax spent more than a half century recording the folk music and customs of the world. Lomax and his father, John, were the first folklorists to travel around the American south, recording songs on portable record machines. They both contributed thousands of field recordings to the Library of Congress' Archive of American Folk Song, which John Lomax founded in 1941. LOMAX won the National Book Critics Circle Award for his non-fiction book, "The Land Where the Blues Began." (Pantheon Books) 1993. His work was featured in a five part Public Television series, called "American Patchwork". The series showcased Cajun culture, Mississippi blues, Appalachian culture, and New Orleans Jazz Parades. Alan Lomax is 82 and is living in Florida. (REBROADCAST from 7/9/90).

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