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Field Recordings

In the 1940s, Alan Lomax set out on the road in search of blues and folk songs with the intention of capturing them in a great archive before they disappeared and were lost forever. He recorded thousands of songs and interviews for the Archive of American Folk Songs and helped start both the American and British folk revival of the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s. I’ve always loved listening to these unadorned songs. I’ve always been a little bit torn about whether or not I should try and produce my albums into rock and roll or if I should just leave them alone and let them be folk songs. And then I figured why not do both, so with Estée we’ve decided to make a series of our very own field recordings. We will be releasing the first one next week! ” -Gus