Sounds Worth Saving
b'Alan Lomax believed that the culture of poor Americans was important and worthy of saving. So he spent decades traveling the American South and recording obscure musicians on their front porches, in churches, even in prisons. Today, he\'s considered an American icon, but the road to becoming a legend wasn\'t an easy one. Featuring Southern Historical Collection archivist Chaitra Powell, American Folklife Center curator Todd Harvey, and filmmaker Rogier Kappers.\\n\\nTwenty Thousand Hertz is produced out of the studios of Defacto Sound and hosted by Dallas Taylor.\\xa0\\nFollow the show on Twitter, Facebook, & Reddit.\\nBecome a monthly contributor at 20k.org/donate.\\xa0\\nIf you know what this week\'s mystery sound is, tell us at mystery.20k.org.\\xa0\\nDiscover more at lexus.com/curiosity.\\nArchival recordings in this episode came from the Alan Lomax Collection at the American Folklife Center, courtesy of the Association for Cultural Equity.\\nCheck out Rogier\'s documentary "Lomax the Songhunter" on Amazon.\\nFor more information on the crowdsourcing project for transcribing Alan Lomax\'s notes, visit https://crowd.loc.gov/campaigns/alan-lomax/\\nSubscribe to The Wind where ever you get your podcasts.\\nEpisode transcript, music, and credits can be found here: https://www.20k.org/episodes/soundsworthsaving\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'