Sing It Pretty: A Memoir
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Sing It Pretty: A Memoir

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A leader in the development of state and federal programs supporting traditional arts and folk cultures, Bess Lomax Hawes grew up with her father John Lomax and brother Alan in the first family of American folk music. Her compelling account of the folk music boom of the mid-twentieth century and the development of “public-sector” folklore includes family friends Ruth Crawf...more
Paperback, 216 pages
Published April 2nd 2008 by University of Illinois Press
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Elizabeth
Bess died this year. The youngest--and to my mind--most important Lomax. Also a wonderful person. Anyone interested in folk music should own this.
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