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Anthology of American Folk Music

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In Harry Smith: Anthology of American Folk Music
Not long after his move to New York City, Smith found himself short of money, as he had throughout most of his life. (His frequent insolvency contributed to the disappearance of many of his works of art and collections, which…
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In Becoming Dylan: Bob Dylan’s Rise to Fame in Pictures
…with the mystery of the Anthology of American Folk Music (1952). Having authored a string of poignant “protest songs,” he reigned with Joan Baez as the king and queen of the folk revival. Later, in 1965–66, during a concentrated period of prolific creativity, when remarkable songs poured out of him…
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In folk rock
>Anthology of American Folk Music, a collection of evocative 1920s and ’30s hillbilly, blues, Cajun, and gospel songs, released on the Folkways label.
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