In 1937, the American folklorist Alan Lomax invited Louisiana folksinger Huddie Ledbetter (better known as Lead Belly) to record some of his songs for the…

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It was January 1983 and raining in San Francisco. The summer before, I’d moved here from Portland, Oregon, a city known for…
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