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Title: Great if you're studying the subject!
Review: I needed some field study recordings for an ethnomusicology seminar I was preparing. All of Lomax's recordings fit that bill. However, if you're looking for something for pleasurable listening, well...you might fight this a little rough around the edges! Remember: these recordings are the real thing: untrained musicians and singers, not always singing in tune, not always playing in tune. In addition, the recordings are done using older technologies (between the 30s and the 60s).That, of course has its charm, but I think I would recommend it primarily to students of ethnomusicology.
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