Alan Lomax Collection

Britain, Ireland and Scotland

Between 1951 and 1957, Lomax spent time living in England, during which time he recorded traditional music of England, Scotland and Ireland, making numerous radio and television broadcasts of these folk traditions for the BBC.

Seamus Ennis, Ireland, 1950s

Michael Gorman and Margaret Barry, Ireland

Lomax with microphone, Hamish Henderson with recorder, Scotland, 1958

Singer and Musician Harry Cox in England, 1953

Jimmy MacBeath, Scottish folksinger

Hamish Henderson, Scottish folklorist, folksinger and poet

RECORDINGS:

• The Copperplate Reel: Seamus Ennis (tin whistle), Stephen Folan (dancing)
• The Woman of the House: Seamus Ennis (uilleann pipes)